360 block hao123 Baidu loses the case and was sentenced to pay 500,000-hao123 Baidu, 360 qihoo-IT news 360 block hao123 Baidu loses the case and was sentenced to pay 500,000

Yesterday, the Beijing Municipal People's Court 360 malicious interception hao123 a judgment of first instance. According to the Court, 360 companies in violation of the law of unfair competition and abuse of trust on the Internet security software, need to stop acts of unfair competition, Baidu economic losses totaling 500,000 yuan of compensation.

Hao123 Baidu's navigation website, founded in May 1999, after more than 10 years of development, has become the first stop for millions of users Internet, Internet navigation in Chinese brand. The beginning of 2013, netizens discovered, hao123 client installed when downloading software "hao123 desktop" when 360 security guards will popup a prompt, say "hao123 desktop" may mislead the installation of unwanted software, it is recommended that users do not install, and Setup does not install by default option. In addition, 360 security guards through "health checks" and "key recovery" means to interfere with the user's normal selection.

In response to these acts, Baidu on the grounds of unfair competition will qihoo 360 to court to stop infringement, on its official Web site Home for 30 days published statements and claims 10 million yuan of economic loss. In the view of many industry insiders, to "be evil" cost too low is a major cause of this phenomenon. According to reports, more than 3,600 more lawsuits against the total amount of the penalty imposed by the Court is only 7 million, less than a day. This data and its banner of "protect the interests of users," gained a huge advantage in the name of, which can be ignored.