Baidu Antivirus is a false?

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CNJJ

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BAIDU ANTIVIRUS IS A FALSE?

Hello
A few days ago I installed the Antivirus Baidu vers.4; but to make a scanner with my protection system I detect the following threats, so i had to uninstall immediately. I had already read in some page that regard it as dangerous and advised immediate uninstall endangering our PC.

Threats detected:
Threat Name: BaiduBar
Threat Type: Adware
Threat Category: Toolbar
Risk Level: Elevated
Threat found at Thursday, May 8, 2014 2:07:10

Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ BAIDU \ CommonDll \ Splitupload \ bav \ DllVersion_2.0 1
Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ BAIDU -1
Registry HKEY_USERS \. DEFAULT \ SOFTWARE \ BAIDU \ Application Bug \ Bav \ log \ BavSvc.exe \ Times 4
Registry HKEY_USERS \. DEFAULT \ SOFTWARE \ BAIDU \ Application Bug \ Bav \ log \ BavSvc.exe \ Ticks 11
Registry HKEY_USERS \. DEFAULT \ SOFTWARE \ BAIDU -1
 

kjdemuth

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What made the detection? Baidu bar by some AV and scanners is adware. Meaning it might be unwanted application but shouldn't be malicious.
 
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xywcloud

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Well,could you tell me the name of the scanner you used.
I have seen the report you uploaded.Maybe this scanner may judge Baidu Antivirus as an adware just because of registry key of "Baidu".
 
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CNJJ

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Perdon por no mencionar el scanner:
El nombre es Unthreat Antivirus vers. 6
 

xywcloud

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Perdon por no mencionar el scanner:
El nombre es Unthreat Antivirus vers. 6
In my opinion,this detection is false positive,Baidu Bar and Baidu Antivirus are two different things.
Well,due to personal reasons,I have no time to do the test.
 
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omidomi

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baidu is good
trust port said its not threat!
bitdefender and MSE is too :)
 

Mateotis

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Baidu is one of the biggest AV vendors in China, next to Qihoo and Tencent. If anything, they're not fake. :)
 

FreddyFreeloader

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Don't remember the file name. Just uninstall Baidu and run a scan with Q360. No other scanner flagged it...it may just be a bit of a war between those two. Baidu did leave behind several drivers, too.
 

Littlebits

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It is just a false positive, Baidu and Qihu are competitors they have been detecting each others files where awhile now as a way to limit competition. It is a dirty trick but in China is accepted.

Thanks. :D
 
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xywcloud

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Don't remember the file name. Just uninstall Baidu and run a scan with Q360. No other scanner flagged it...it may just be a bit of a war between those two. Baidu did leave behind several drivers, too.
Well,the driver which Baidu antivirus left will not load to the system.
 

xywcloud

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It is just a false positive, Baidu and Qihu are competitors they have been detecting each others files where awhile now as a way to limit competition. It is a dirty trick but in China is accepted.

Thanks. :D
You're right.The competition environment in China is much different from the other countries';)
 
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