Baidu PC Faster beta

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I just came across this from Baidu who have just realsed the beta of version of their free antivirus.

It is based on Kingsoft PC Doctor. But is being updated more frequently than Kingsoft's product.

You can get it here: http://security.baidu.co.th/en/
You can also get it bundled with the free version of Avira http://www.avira.com/en/baidu-pc-faster

I will try it out tonight. It looks interesting since it's been a while since Kingsoft released an update to PC Doctor.

[7anon]

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showp...1&postcount=46

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Version 2.0 is mention a lot on the web. But the version I have which was only released today is 1.18.0.21

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Version 3 beta was released yesterday.

It includes an antivirus component called Cloud Security - with no options for configuring real time protection, and no options related Avira. With the claim of "Online protection against every new threat" on their webpage, it would see, that it does have real time protection.

The optimization features have been extended, e.g. it now includes internet optimization and some checks for bad system settings which it can fix.

It now includes an app store which quite a few programs to download, including antivirus software such as Avast.

You can download it for here: http://security.baidu.co.th/en/

[7anon]

Baidu PC Faster 3.4.0.5 Beta
http://www.neowin.net/news/baidu-pc-faster-3405-beta

Release notes (2013-05-15) PC Faster Beta 3.4.0.5:
http://security.baidu.co.th/en/log.php

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I install the new version yesterday manually as I was not yet picked up by the automatic update. I don't see much a difference in use between this and the previous version. In did not find anything more to speed up. But on a different system the result may be different. There is a game booster feature now, but I don't use my PC for gaming so have no tried it.

One plus however, is that the system tray icon has been changed to no longer be the same as Baidu Antivirus.