Windows XP retirement creates opportunity for Chinese security firm

[anuseems]

Microsoft may have retired Windows XP, but one of China's leading security vendors is trying to keep the OS threat-free, and rolling out protection software to hundreds of millions of users in the nation.

From Computerworld:

On April 8, Microsoft officially ended support to the OS, meaning that Windows XP users will no longer receive security updates from the company. In preparation, Chinese security vendor Qihoo 360 has been developing its own free "XP Shield" software for Chinese PC users.

It has become one of the biggest projects for Qihoo 360, whose security products already have 470 million users. Since XP Shield was launched in late February, over 90 percent of the company's Windows XP users have downloaded the software, Sun Xiaojun, a security engineer with the company, said Wednesday. That puts its users at 200 million, he added.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247730/Windows_XP_retirement_creates_opportunity_for_Chinese_security_firm

Edited April 17, 2014 by anuseems

[BEngEE]

is there an English UI translation for any of these utilities, seems we are quick to do chinese translations but the same courtesy is not offered the other way around in this case, therefore, why is there even any buzz around this ?!

[DesiPirate]

Nice. :showoff:

WIll use it after license of current antivirus expires.

[DesiPirate]

is there an English UI translation for any of these utilities, seems we are quick to do chinese translations but the same courtesy is not offered the other way around in this case, therefore, why is there even any buzz around this ?!

Download from this link. http://www.360safe.com

Installed 360 internet security and the default gui was in english.Uses very less resources and does not slow down PC or boot time.