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词条 Qihoo 360
释义

  1. Business model

  2. Products

  3. Financials

  4. History

  5. Controversies

     Lawsuits  Traffic data  Antivirus test results  Certificates  Hidden backdoor 

  6. Widespread streaming webcasts of security footage in China

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Confusing|date=April 2014}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2018}}{{Infobox company
| name = Qihoo 360
| logo = Qihoo 360 logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Private
| foundation = Beijing, China, {{start date and age|2005}}
| founder = Zhou Hongyi (Chairman, CEO, co-founder), Qi Xiangdong(President, director, co-founder)
| location = Beijing, China
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Zhou Hongyi, Qi Xiangdong, Cao Shu (Chief Engineer & Director), Xu Zuoli Alex (Co-CFO), Yao Jue (Co-CFO)
| industry = Computer software
| products = Security software
| services = Computer security
| revenue = $1.39 billion (2014)[1]
| net_income = $222.8 million (2014)[1]
| num_employees = 4,200
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.360.cn}}
}}Qihoo 360 ({{zh|c=奇虎 360|p=Qíhǔ Sānliùlíng}}; approximate pronunciation CHEE-hoo), full name Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., is a Chinese internet security company[2] known for its antivirus software (360 Safeguard, 360 Mobile Safe), Web Browser (s), and Mobile Application Store (360 Mobile Assistant). It was founded by Zhou Hongyi and Qi Xiangdong in June 2005.[3][4] Qihoo 360 claimed to have ≈500 million users for its Internet Security products and over 600 million users for its Mobile Antivirus products as of June 2014.[5]

The company's head office is in Chaoyang District, Beijing.[6]

Business model

Qihoo 360 initiated its business operations by selling third-party antivirus software online. Soon afterwards they realized the potential of the freemium business model in the Chinese market and started providing their own antivirus products free of charge. In a short period of time, Qihoo 360's security products gained popularity and market share in China. Their current revenues are generated by leveraging their massive user base through online advertising and services such as online games, remote technical support, and system integration.

Products

  • 360 Internet Security - PC security product, launched on June 11, 2013.
  • 360 Mobile Security - Mobile security product for Android, launched on June 11, 2013.
  • 360 Safeguard - Internet security product including antivirus and system performance optimization.
  • 360 Secure Browser - Web browser that features integrated Trident (Internet Explorer) layout technology and Webkit (Google Chrome, Safari) layout technology, meaning that depending on the page being requested by the user, the 360 Browser chooses the optimal layout technology for that webpage.
  • 360 Mobile Assistant - Mobile application store that enables users to download, install and manage Android apps from their PC.
  • 360 Security - International version of mobile antivirus and general security product.
  • 360 Total Security - Qihoo's newest product which cleans and speeds up Windows for global users.[7]

Financials

Qihoo 360's main revenue sources include advertising space on 360 Startup Page, as well as revenue sharing with independent games developers which have published their games on the 360 Mobile Assistant. The revenue breakdown in 2012 was split between the revenue streams as follows: 67% from advertising, 31% from internet value added services and less than 1% from selling third party software. The revenues increased by 96.0% from $167.9 million in 2011 to $329.0 million in 2012. As of January 2014, the market cap is $11.42B.

History

In the summer of 2012, Qihoo 360 entered the smartphone market by launching the Battleship phone together with Haier, the large Chinese consumer electronics company.[8] Qihoo 360 said that Haier will provide the hardware while Qihoo 360 will focus on customising the software, albeit the main operating system will be Android. Qihoo 360 received over 220,000 pre-orders for the phone the first day.[9]

Later in 2012, Qihoo 360 entered the search market by launching so.com, thereby directly competing with Baidu, the dominant search engine in China. Qihoo's share of unique visitors grow to 10.52%.[10] "Sōu" (搜) in Chinese means "search". On July 18, 2013, Qihoo launched its new search engine leidian.com, which aimed at increasing its presence in the mobile market.[11] At the end of July in 2013 Qihoo was in early talks to acquire Sohu.com’s Sogou.com search engine for around $1.4 billion.[12]

In early 2015, Qihoo rebranded its so.com search engine to redirect to haosou.com. "Hao" in Chinese means good; Haosou directly translated to English means "good search engine".[13]

In December 2013, the company increased its stake in Brazilian Tech Company PSafe.[14][15]

On July 11, 2014, the company has set up a venture capital (VC) fund in Silicon Valley.[16]

On December 18, 2015, Qihoo 360 said it agreed to be acquired by a group of investors in a deal valued at about $9.3 billion.[17] On July 15, 2016, Qihoo 360 announced the finalization of its take-private transaction.[18]

On July 18, 2016, Qihoo 360 bought most of Opera Software for US$600 million.[19] On 4 November 2016 Golden Brick Capital (Qihoo included) completed the acquisition.[20]

Controversies

Lawsuits

Qihoo has been described by Forbes as a confrontational and litigious company due to its involvement in various anti-competition lawsuits.[21]

The company was involved in lawsuits with Tencent,[21][22] starting with the 360 v. Tencent dispute, as well as other companies such as Baidu,[23] Emiage,[24] Sogou.[25]

Traffic data

The company has been accused by Anonymous of overstating the volume of traffic to its site in order to attract advertisers.[26]

Antivirus test results

The antivirus testing companies, AV-Comparatives of Austria, Germany's AV-Test and Virus Bulletin of the UK have accused Qihoo of providing for testing its anti-virus equipped with a Bitdefender engine, while the consumer version uses Qihoo's own QVM engine.[27][28]

Certificates

According to documents released by Mozilla Corporation, Qihoo appears to have acquired a controlling interest in the previously Israeli-run Certificate Authority "StartCom", through a chain of acquisitions, including the Chinese-owned company WoSign. WoSign also has a CA business; WoSign has been accused of poor control and misissuing certificates. Furthermore, Mozilla alleges that WoSign and StartCom are in violation of their obligations as Certificate Authorities in respect of their failure to disclose the change in ownership of StartCom; Mozilla is threatening to take action, to protect their users.[29]

Google have stated that their Chrome product will no longer trust by default any certificates signed by StartCom or Wosign roots, starting with Chrome 61.[30] Mozilla have stated that their Firefox product will no longer trust by default any certificates signed by StartCom or WoSign roots, starting with Firefox version 58.[31]

Hidden backdoor

{{See also|360 Secure Browser#Controversies}}

In 2012, a whistleblower reported a hidden backdoor in 360 Secure Browser. The Product Director of 360 Secure Browser, Tao Weihua, responded that "Whoever has a mind to beat a dog will always be able to find a stick" and accused the whistleblower of "smearing 360 on behalf of Baidu", which the whistleblower said was "the worst professional response in history". Independent analysis of the claim showed that the browser has an "undeclared mechanism (i.e., via ExtSmartWiz.dll) which connects to the server on a regular basis (e.g., every 5 minutes), and allows it to download files of any type (including executables) from the server."[32]

Widespread streaming webcasts of security footage in China

In December 2017, the Chinese Government acted to curtail the widespread webcasting of live security-company-cameras, private webcams, and IP camera footage, voicing concerns of violations of privacy and portrait rights, sanctioning Qihoo.[33][34][35]

References

1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://ir.360.cn/phoenix.zhtml?c=243376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2024051 |title=2014 Annual Report |accessdate= 9 March 2015 |publisher=Qihoo}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-28/tech-mogul-gets-13-billion-richer-just-by-leaving-ny-for-china|title=Tech Mogul Gets $13 Billion Richer Just by Leaving New York for China|date=2018-02-28|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en}}
3. ^  {{dead link|date=August 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=88530674&ticker=QIHU:US&previousCapId=85076655&previousTitle=QIHOO%20360%20TECHNOLOGY%20CO-ADR |title=CEO profile|website=Investing.businessweek.com|accessdate=2017-08-10}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://ir.360.cn/phoenix.zhtml?c=243376&p=irol-IRHome |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130628075637/http://ir.360.cn/phoenix.zhtml?c=243376&p=irol-IRHome |dead-url=yes |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=2012 Annual Report |accessdate=1 June 2013 |website=Ir.360.cn }}
6. ^"Contact Us {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405001132/http://corp.360.cn/cu/contactus.html |date=2011-04-05 }}." Qihoo 360. Retrieved on May 11, 2016. "Address :Building #2, No. 6 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015, China"
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.360totalsecurity.com/index.html#wiki|title=360 Total Security: Free Antivirus Protection - Virus Scan & Removal for Windows, Mac and Android|website=360 Total Security|accessdate=10 August 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.techinasia.com/qihoo-360-launches-battleship-phone-haier/ |title=Qihoo 360 Launches Battleship Phone|website=Techinasia.com|accessdate=2017-08-10}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.gsminsider.com/2012/07/360-qihoo-haier-super-battleship.html |title=220,000 pre-order of the Battleship phone|website=Gsminsider.com|accessdate=2017-08-10}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/62416/cnzz_qihoo_360_takes_105_of_chinas_december_search_uv_share |title=Qihoo market share|website=Marbridgeconsulting.com|accessdate=2017-08-10}}
11. ^{{cite web |work=BrightWire News |url=http://bw-original-reporting.tumblr.com/post/55783815472/qihoo-launches-new-search-engine-targeting-mobile-users |title=Qihoo Launches New Search Engine Targeting Mobile Users | last=Hsu | first=Alex | date=18 Jul 2013}}
12. ^{{cite web| title=Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions | author=Reuters| publisher=Reuters| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/19/deals-day-idUSL4N0FP2EM20130719| date=19 July 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thedomains.com/2015/01/08/qihoo-360-re-brands-its-search-engine-so-com-to-haosou-com/|title=Qihoo 360 Re-brands Its Search Engine So.com To Haosou.com|date=8 January 2015|website=TheDomains.com|accessdate=10 August 2017}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=New York Times Dealbook: Qihoo Chinese Firm Increases Stake in Brazilian Tech Company|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/chinese-firm-increases-stake-in-brazilian-tech-company/?_r=0|website=Nytimes.com|accessdate=11 December 2014}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=PSafe Official Website|url=http://www.psafe.com|website=Psafe.com|accessdate=11 December 2014}}
16. ^{{cite web| title=360 Joins Asian Companies Launching VC Groups in Silicon Valley | author=Lizette Chapman| publisher=Wall Street Journal| url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/07/10/qihoo-360-joins-asian-companies-launching-vc-groups-in-silicon-valley/|date=19 July 2013}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qihoo-360-m-a-idUSKBN0U118720151218|title=Chinese tech company Qihoo 360 latest to be taken private|date=18 December 2015|website=Reuters.com|accessdate=10 August 2017|via=Reuters}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qihoo-360-announces-completion-of-merger-300299435.html|title=Qihoo 360 Announces Completion of Merger|first=Qihoo 360 Technology Co.|last=Ltd.|website=Prnewswire.com|accessdate=10 August 2017}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/18/opera-renegotiates-its-1-2b-sale-down-to-600m-for-browser-privacy-apps-chinese-jv/|title=Opera renegotiates its $1.2B sale down to $600M for its browsers, privacy apps, Chinese JV - TechCrunch|first=Ingrid|last=Lunden|website=Techcrunch.com|accessdate=10 August 2017}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=412755|title=Successful closing of the Transaction|website=Newsweb.no|accessdate=2017-08-10}}
21. ^1 {{cite web |work=Forbes Asia |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ccuster/2014/02/24/qihoo-360-loses-in-court-again/#75281e99d852 |title=Qihoo 360 Loses In Court Again | last=Custer | first=Charles | date=24 Feb 2014}}
22. ^{{cite web |work=PCWorld |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/211293/article.html|title=Chinese Internet Firms Forced to Apologize Over Privacy Spat | last=Kan | first=Michael | date=22 Nov 2010}}
23. ^{{cite web |work=Tech in Asia |url=https://www.techinasia.com/baidu-sues-qihoo-360-unfair-competiton-asks-100k-compensation |title=Baidu sues Qihoo 360 for unfair competition, asks for $100k in compensation | last=Custer | first=Charles | date=5 Sep 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web |work=Tech in Asia |url=https://www.techinasia.com/qihoo-sued-for-monopoly-abuse |title=Oh, the irony: days after losing its own monopoly abuse suit, Qihoo is getting sued for monopoly abuse | last=Custer | first=Charles | date=18 Oct 2014}}
25. ^{{cite web |work=Tech in Asia |url=https://www.techinasia.com/qihoo-360-loses-chinas-courts-ordered-pay-sogou-82-million-unfair-competition |title=Qihoo 360 loses again in China's courts, ordered to pay Sogou $8.2 million for unfair competition | last=Custer | first=Charles | date=20 Jan 2015}}
26. ^{{cite web |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/03/qihoo_fraud_traffic_comscore/ |title=China's internet wunderkind in the dock over alleged fraud| last=Muncaster | first=Phil | date=3 Jul 2012}}
27. ^{{cite web |work=South China Morning Post |url=http://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/1786698/qihoo-cuts-ties-three-antivirus-testing-firms-software-dispute|title=Qihoo cuts ties with three antivirus testing firms in software dispute| last=Wan | first=Adrian | date=5 May 2015}}
28. ^{{cite web |work=Computerworld|url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2917384/malware-vulnerabilities/antivirus-test-labs-call-out-chinese-security-company-as-cheat.html|title=Antivirus test labs call out Chinese security company as cheat| last=Keizer |first=Gregg |date=1 May 2015}}
29. ^{{cite web|title=WoSign and StartCom|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6BlmbeQfn4a9zydVi2UvjBGv6szuSB4sMYUcVrR8vQ/preview|website=Google Docs|publisher=Mozilla Corp.|accessdate=2 October 2016}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-guillotine-falls-on-certificate-authorities-wosign-startcom/|title=Google guillotine falls on certificate authorities WoSign, StartCom - ZDNet|first=Charlie|last=Osborne|publisher=}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.securityweek.com/mozilla-completely-ban-wosign-startcom-certificates-firefox-58|title=Mozilla to Completely Ban WoSign, StartCom Certificates in Firefox 58 - SecurityWeek.Com|website=www.securityweek.com}}
32. ^{{Cite web| title = Independent Report on Alledged “Hidden Backdoor” in Qihoo 360 Secure Browser| author = Intelligence Defense Friends Laboratory| work = | date = November 25, 2012| accessdate = 2017-06-21| url = http://www.valleytalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Independent-Report-on-Alledged-Hidden-Backdoor-in-Qihoo-360-Secure-Browser-v1.4.pdf| language = | quote = }}
33. ^{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/a-creepy-website-is-streaming-from-73-000-private-secur-1655653510|title=A Creepy Website Is Streaming From 73,000 Private Security Cameras|first=Sarah|last=Zhang|publisher=}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-livestreaming/china-surveillance-streaming-platform-shut-down-amid-privacy-concerns-idUSKBN1EE1OU|title=China surveillance streaming platform shut down amid privacy concerns|date=20 December 2017|publisher=|via=Reuters}}
35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2124158/chinese-tech-firm-told-stop-watching-us-after-footage-security|title=Privacy fears over online surveillance footage broadcasts in China|publisher=}}

External links

  • Official website (China)
  • Official website (Global)
  • http://www.so.com
{{Antivirus software}}

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