Baidu TRICKS users. The bundled installers they use try to trick the users into installing their products.
Baidu uses tricks such as: attempting to camouflage the "Uninstall" button of their applications' uninstallers, or the "Decline" options of their programs in the bundled installers, by greying out the referred buttons, or otherwise attempting to make the user miss them; they also camouflage the "Agree" buttons to appear as if they belonged to the main installation, etc. This kind of method is very different from clearly descriptive bundled installers where the options are all laid out in a way you immediately understand, and which works as you would expect without any trickery.
PC Faster's setup does not need to include anything else because it will show ads for games and assorted programs anyway after it's installed. It will also (again) try to TRICK users into installing new applications, by pretending they're updates to existing applications. And the AppStore is NOT optional. It may seem optional, but as with all things Baidu, "optional" means "we will make that decision for you". AppStore is installed automatically by PC Faster whether you want it or not.
I hope I made myself clear this time.
That uninstall button is not camouflaged, but I have seen different cases, for example with Baidu Antivirus.I'm unable to see what you're talking, the only product that I just downloaded that of Baidu's right now is PC faster. I think you need to try out the latest version of PC Faster
1. The Uninstall button is not camouflaged. During Uninstall all it asked for me is that would I like to clean up the junk files on my PC, cauz I didn't do anything after installing the program. If you don't want that, just uninstall.
2. The interface is clean, there aren't any ads. I wasn't asked to install any new application. There isn't a software updater included to check for updates to installed programs.
The App-store component is a part of Baidu PC faster and is installed when the computer is connected to internet, and is not provided along with the package. You may wish to use App-Store or not, only if you launch it from the interface.
I did test the latest beta. I did not manually install AppStore. I also configured it to be all manual instead of automatic wherever I could. However, I didn't have to wait much for a mysterious popup to appear in my desktop, apparently promoting a game. That is not to mention that Line and Ares were among the recommended updates from AppStore even though I don't have those programs installed. AppStore will also be monitoring your apps and sharing their info with Baidu whether you want the features of AppStore or not, because it runs as a service alongside PC Faster.
The point is Baidu have done enough to prove they use the same methods that malwares use.I didn't get a game promotion, probably i should use it longer to know if that's true. But I think you might need to see that if it's true with the latest stable version.
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IMO, no one of baidu products is safe, and i will not try/test/suggest them no more to anyone.
Here an example. I installed their AV for performance testing, then trying to remove it.
Results: clicking on uninstall by CCleaner or IoBit Uninstaller make them BOTH suddenly crash without starting the uninstalling process.
Only via control panel i managed to remove it.
Their policy is aggressive and unfair and users should avoid them.
IOBit Uninstaller is very good, but a real pain to completely remove after you are finish with it.
"You should **never remove** an antivirus using an external uninstaller utility. Only use Control Panel for the same."
Accept ion Comodo Firewall and Anti-virus,you need some kind of Uninstaller to remove their software.
Kind regards,
You should **never remove** an antivirus using an external uninstaller utility. Only use Control Panel for the same.
Additionally users can use Removal Tools provided by vendors, http://malwaretips.com/threads/list-of-uninstallers-and-removal-tools-for-antivirus-software.299/
Amuse by so many ignorance here. XD
Yes, baidu 's product 're all malware it act as virus and mostly install in your pc without your permission.
Gladly that cp able to remove it now, since make a company and try to be a good guy, even sigh some contract with Asus.
At first it even more hard to remove. - -
back there I got request about 3 times a week for clean up baidu stuff from pcs in my host company.
Actually I made pretty much $$$ form it, I pretty love it that time.
Yes it can do some cleaning, any cleaner software could do that. (make a cleaning program 's not so hard anyways)
But, it build for advertisement perpose so it will keep download some trash from its server, and slow down the internet.
also change your homepage to baidu and starter page to baidu(when you open web browser new tab.)
this place still hard for a newby to remove.
and also with performance test(outside baidu and asus company) pc with baidu 're slower than normal.
Do you really trust the program from a country that made chicken egg with plastic - -
(emphasis added)Hmmm first of all welcome to MT, secondly this is your very first post and it is by far not the best one i have seen and neither does it contribute anything here.
So we as a community are going to disregard it.
And for you i suggest you try to make a fresh start, how about introducing yourself?
Kind Regards
Nico