Software Update: 360 Total Security Essential 8.2.0.1031

Qihu 360 has released version 8.0 of Total Security Essential. This free Chinese-made virus scanner uses several engines to scan files for malicious code. For example, there is a cloud engine, Qihu’s own QVMII and it uses technology from Avira and Bitdefender. Furthermore, there is a sandbox and it shows no ads, something that the free products of competitors often do. Qihu 360 has been accused in the past by independent test companies of manipulating the tests in order to come out better and is therefore no longer included in the monthly comparison tests, but the program does its job well. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Added:

• Language – German
• Potentially Unwanted Program(PUP) blocking
• Support scanning iOS IPA files infected with Xcode Ghost
• Virus Scan – Support Rar5 file type(Archive file)
• Virus Scan – Support IPA file type(iOS installer package)
• Virus Scan – Item detail for scan result

Fixed:

• Bug fixes