Last week's discovery of malware in the Android Market seems to have gotten Google's attention.

We've already mentioned how they removed the applications from the market. Now the company has taken a series of measures in response to the incident. If nothing else, you have to give them credit for moving fast.

• Google will use their remote application removal feature to signal to infected devices to remove the malicious applications.
• Users who are affected by the malware should receive an e-mail from android-market-support@google.com by sometime Tuesday night. Those users will also see an update to the Android Market software named "Android Market Security Tool March 2011." This update removes any effects of the exploit. Within 24 hours of applying the update, you should receive a second e-mail.
• Google is taking additional, unspecified measures to prevent this sort of thing in the future.