360 Safeguard
Developer(s) Qihoo 360
Initial release 17 July 2008; 10 years ago
Stable release(s)
Windows 11.0 / 14 October 2016; 21 months ago
macOS 1.2.5 / 29 May 2018; 2 months ago
Preview release(s)
11.1 / 14 October 2016; 21 months ago
Operating system Windows XP and later, macOS[which?] and Linux[which?]
Available in Simplified Chinese
Type Antivirus
License Freeware
Website weishi.360.cn
360 Total Security
360 Total Security Logo.png
Developer(s) Qihoo 360
Initial release 25 February 2014; 4 years ago
Stable release
10.2.0.1019 (Windows)[1] / 10 August 2018; 3 days ago
Operating system Windows XP and later, macOS[which?] and Linux[which?]
Available in Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), English, German, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, French, Italian
Type Antivirus
License Freeware / Subscription
Website www.360totalsecurity.com/en/
360 Safeguard (Chinese: 360安全卫士) and 360 Total Security is a program developed by Qihoo 360, an internet security company based in China. 360 Safeguard's focus is on stopping malware such as computer viruses and trojan horses, and providing security patches for Microsoft Windows. 360 Safeguard trojan horse scanner is cloud-based. A heuristics engine is built into the scanner.
Contents
1 Dispute with Tencent
2 Dispute with testing bodies
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Dispute with Tencent
Main article: 360 v. Tencent
In 2010, 360 Safeguard analyzed the QQ protocol and accused QQ of automatically scanning users' computers and of uploading their personal information to QQ's servers without users' consent. In response, Tencent called 360 itself malware and denied users with 360 installed access to some QQ services. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information reprimanded both companies for "improper competition" and ordered them to come to an accord.[2]
Dispute with testing bodies
On 30 April 2015 the three independent security testing bodies AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST and Virus Bulletin published a joint press release criticizing Qihoo 360 after they found that Qihoo 360 had submitted products for comparative which behaved significantly different from end user products. The products for comparative used an engine by Bitdefender, while the end user products use Qihoo 360's own QVM engine instead. The testing bodies claimed that the end user products would provide a considerably lower level of protection and a higher likelihood of false positives. As a consequence the three testing bodies revoked all certifications and rankings from earlier that year.[3]
Qihoo 360 denied cheating allegations claiming that the QVM engine developed by Qihoo 360 would be more effective in China.[4]
See also
360 Secure Browser
Comparison of antivirus software
Internet security
List of antivirus software
References
"Version History - 360 Total Security". 360 Total Security.
Hille, Kathrin (21 November 2010). "Beijing probes Tencent and Qihoo 360". Beijing: Financial Times. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
"Testing bodies AV‐Comparatives, AV‐TEST and Virus Bulletin" (PDF). 2016-05-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
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