360 Internet Security: FREE Triple antivirus engine, BitDefender included

I completely agree with all aforesaid answers to you question and want to add that Q360 is even fully compatible with CIS - this av rare allows such neighborhood with fully fledged avs.

 

http://www.ibtimes.com/privacy-issu...des-free-antivirus-software-are-becoming-more

So the devs themselves aknowledge that LOL...

 

OK I am planning to coming back to this program on a test machine (Talks much about quality) LOL

 

from the link (emphasis mine):

So how are they able to steal business secrets to gain market share and secretly uninstall competitors' software?? And these accusations seem to be mainly targeted at the company's web browser product anyway. And to steal useful business secrets, like virus signatures and research from other companies, those competitors would have to be using Qihoo's browser and anti-virus products, which seems unlikely. The allegations of stealing users passwords, financial information and medical records are serious, but what would the company do with them? I mean, if they were actively emptying people's bank accounts and blackmailing them I'd assume there'd be more smoke and fire, and criminal investigations.

I dunno. Doesn't seem like a strong case to me. I'm more concerned that the Chinese govt could pressure Qihoo to backdoor their software so the govt could spy on people more easily. As for the current accusations, maybe Qihoo 360 IS offered to uninstall some competing products that could have clashed with theirs, and maybe their cloud service flagged and uploaded some suspicious files that turned out to include passwords, finanancial data or other sensitive information (especially if those files were infected), but I think that's a risk people take with any cloud service.

 

How you enjoying the 3 engine side of things this time around?

 

I love it...Its superb stuff for free Unbelievable!!!! and light as a feather

I am still having problems with: -http://down.360safe.com/360is/360is_4.1.0.4031I.exe-

Anyone else confirms it?

 

Well its odd,yesterday the download was working off and on and today completely dead,sent mail to support and no response yet,will report my further findings

Not planning to go back to avast until v9 beta is out,so probably gonna install CIS while download problem is being investigated.

 

Much of this nonsense has been other companies (Baidu) accusing Qihoo of deceptive business practices. Considering the almost nuclear war between the two companies, combined with how business is done in China, make the back and forth accusations a bit ridiculous. Baidu accused Qihoo of stealing information from users through their 360 Internet Security software, but through their browser, too. Weeks later Baidu admitted that they were talking about the user sharing data that would be used to improve the product. Well, we know just about every AV paid or free asks users if they want to participate or opt out. Qihoo 360 asks right up front on installation. Qihoo is not an innocent in this game of trying to undermine the competition by almost any means. They do it, too. In fact it is a common business practice in China with many companies.

I have a friend who works for YUM! and is working in Beijing. His job is to get YUM! eateries like KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut off the ground in China. He has told me on several occasions how different it is over there because you have a country that is trying to employ a form of capitalism from within a Communist state. Just that bizarre dynamic all by itself informs how they do business. I take most of this nonsense with a grain of salt. If you are paranoid about the product, then don't use it. It's quite simple.

If you are on the fence you should know that Qihoo 360 Internet Security is a fantastic product developed by some of the best software designers and coders in the world. In a sport like baseball the Qihoo team would be the equivalent of an all star team. The product is mature and proven. In the past I have tried almost every multi engine (let alone three engines) AV product around and none have run as light as 360 along with fast boot times. I also like the option of deciding what gets quarantined and what does not on my machine. Qihoo, at least for me, with my surfing habits, is very defiantly not chatty! 360's detection rates are very good and the Proactive Defense is superior but can be shut down if you do not care for it. As EASTER mentioned, this brilliant software seems to play nice with just about any firewall software. I have tested it with Comodo FW, Outpost Pro FW, Privatefirewall, and ZoneAlarm. Qihoo 360 worked perfectly with every single one of these security solutions. I am running Qihoo 360 with both WSA and Privatefirewall and do not see myself changing this setup any time soon.

At times I have felt that some companies go out of their way to make their products incompatible with other security products. Qihoo's approach is refreshing to say the least. They go out of their way to do the opposite. Those are just some of my reasons for using this fine security software. To be honest, the fact that it's free is the least of my reasons for using it.

 

OK phew!!

Installed CIS then got a response from Qihoo support then I uninstalled CIS,downloaded 360 IS and installed and updated it without any issues.

I was queing up avast to Qihoo on AV-C real world test graphs for just the heck of it and according to this:
http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php

So from results of different months I evaluated them with points, so Qihoo scored 3 points for outbeating avast thrice and avast scored 2 I gave avast a extra point to make it 3 because of below reason.

Note the compromised ratio for QIhoo in july is 0.8 whereas avast is 0.7 and still avast is behind because of the way the chart is sorted by AV-C,it is sorted by green and not red...I still think AV-C should sort chart by compromised ratio.

Anyway,I give it the doubt and so I think Qihoo and Avast are neck to neck in terms of AV-C real world test.They both are excellent! Though in terms of company reputation Qihoo is a bit shady and lot of gospel about it so many of us will choose avast but you can pick anyone of them in my opinion.

 

How's the Anti Keylogger component that comes with this product?

Would there be any use/problem to run Zemana AntiLogger with 360?

 

I did do the keylogger test last time when I tried it,and it passed the test.

I think it is pointless having Zemana Antilogger by it because 360 IS has very good antilogger and other stuff anyways from my tests

What I did pair up with 360 IS is my standard MBAM Pro and Winpatrol free.

 

I have Qihoo 360 running with OA free, Sandboxie and WSA. All is well and everything is running very light. I love the extra protection and superior detection of 360.

 

Do you have Windows x86? Because it doesn't seem to be working at all under x64.

 

Bitdefender Free got a better score on PCMag.

 

Dont believe everything you read

 

Qihoo was rated good, Bitdefender Free excellent

 

Don't get me wrong, the triple engine thing does sound enticing. I want to try it out one of these days.

 

With so many options out there, I don't understand how even the *threat* of your privacy being violated makes it worth installing this software. To each their own, but those articles (true or not) made it a very easy decision for me.

 

Here, here. Hooray!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

And there's no doubt whatsoever that other mainstream AV's have been a royal pain in more then just a few ways exactly what's been pointed out among other things. And they have the audacity to require a fee for use of their substandard product?? And they've had years on end to perfect it but instead choose to omit useful improvements deliberately in order to keep user's hooked into their license plan always promising by hyping up what's new but never really delivering what customers been expecting for years with no joy, just throwing more fees at blind expectations that continue to fall short each and every time.

Darn right Qihoo 360 is a HUGE RELIEF from the same old program vendors who laugh all the way to the bank and treat customers like just another sucker in their pocket. No shame whatsoever.

Well things are a changing finally and thanks to bold moves like this one.

Qihoo 360 all the way.

 

Qihoo detected more threats:
http://www.pcmag.com/image_popup/0,1871,iid=385332,00.asp

The "threat" isn't very credible, and not even relevant to the software in question.

 

I think my use of "threat", even in quotes, was misunderstood. How about allegations? To me, if there's other options out there, I'll drop something that's even remotely suspicious. Again, I'm not telling anyone what to do, I just don't understand it.

We're on a forum where security borders on paranoia, yet when privacy concerns come up, brand loyalty lets you turn a blind eye? I don't want to say it seems hypocritical, but it's definitely a curiosity.

 

Tried this out for a while, and liked it pretty well. The only persistent "problem" I had that eventually led to my uninstalling it was that Windows Security Center popped up indicating that I didn't have any "spyware and antimalware protection" installed. Antivirus, yes; spyware and antimalware, no. Just got tired of seeing the alert, and the degree of doubt in the product that it created in my mind.

Anybody else have an experience like this? How did you resolve it?

 

I agree totally. This "blind faith" that others have in this antivirus is a bit puzzling. I gave it a try a couple of times but that lingering doubt I had about it always made its stay a short one. On top of that it didn't work with Sandboxie (it didn't monitor the Sandboxie folder...C:\Sandbox). That was a deal breaker.

Later...

Bob

 

Choice is FREE.

You don't like it you don't need it. Story over.

As far the windows security center message, on windows 8 i only see it after i close Qihoo 360 which confirms without doubt that #1 The AV did indeed shut down and #2, windows security center is confirming that it's working as expected.

 

actually i have the same problem with it at times windows says its turned off when its not. not all the time but happened a few times.