Chapter 228 Anti-virus software is nasty

Zhou Buqi waited in the office for more than two hours before he got a call from Lei Jun.

"I've checked with the people in the technical department. It's like this. Your security certificate does not comply with the regulations. It is suspected of being a backdoor program or a suspicious program. Let alone Jinshan, it must be blocked by any anti-virus software. of."

"Regulation? What regulation? Are there any regulations in the country?"

"This kind of webpage plug-in, the industry has a set of guidelines..."

Zhou Buqi interrupted him very politely, "Boss Lei, Membership Purchase is a product developed by Xiaonei. The auxiliary plug-ins we developed for our own products still need to be bound by some inexplicable rules? Do you know You know, innovation is often restricted by such invisible rules!"

"Don't get excited." Lei Jun comforted him and smiled, "This matter is not that complicated, and the way to deal with it is also simple. According to the requirements here, you have to provide..."

Zhou Buqi laughed angrily, and interrupted him again, with a mocking tone, "The testing fee of 500,000 yuan? Your product has killed our plug-ins for no reason. It's fine if you don't give an explanation, and you still want it from me. Money? Is this considered extortion?"

Lei Jun calmly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Jinshan and Xiaonei are partners, so there is no need for testing fees. However, if you send the original code encapsulated in the security certificate, our technicians will Check. If you are sure that you have not reserved a backdoor for the plug-in, you can add it to the trusted program database.”

"I want the original code? It's impossible!" Zhou Buqi refused coldly, "Mr. Lei, I don't know what the rules are in the antivirus software industry, but it doesn't work here! Why do you outsiders make irresponsible remarks about the auxiliary products provided by your own users?"

Lei Jun was very helpless, thinking that Xiao Zhou was young and energetic after all.

However, he still has a mind, and he is not as knowledgeable as a college student. He sighed: "Xiao Zhou, you have to understand the difficulty of our anti-virus software. Users spend money to buy our products, and we have to provide them with security. Protection, this is a responsibility, and we also have to bear the corresponding risks."

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "I only know that others have no right to interfere with our own affairs."

Lei Jun said helplessly: "The competition in the current antivirus market is too fierce, and it is changing rapidly. Kingsoft Antivirus has managed to occupy most of the market with the new model, but you know that once some accidents occur, the advantages of Kingsoft Antivirus will disappear. Jiangmin used to be the leader in the antivirus industry, but after the bomb program happened, didn’t Rising come from behind?”

"That's not a reason."

"Think about it, Jiangmin, Rising, including Norton and Kaspersky, all reported errors, but Kingsoft Antivirus didn't move. What impact will this have on users? If we can be sure that the plug-in is really all right, then naturally It's the best. But if something goes wrong... Kingsoft Antivirus will have a crisis of trust and it's over."

Zhou Buqi said in a cold tone: "Mr. Lei, you have been talking about the difficulties of your Jinshan. Have you considered the difficulties of Xiaonei. Consider some irrelevant people? Mr. Lei, can you give me a reason?"

Lei Jun was silent for a while, and said solemnly: "Xiaonei is responsible for users, and Kingsoft Internet Security is also responsible for users. Our targets are all users. This is a difference in service philosophy."

Zhou Buqi sneered twice, "Boss Lei, so you haven't discussed this matter?"

Lei Jun frowned and said: "Xiao Zhou, calm down. Didn't I tell you the solution? You can copy the original code, don't worry, we can sign a non-disclosure agreement, and we will guarantee that the code will not be leaked. As long as our If you pass the test, you'll be fine."

"Then our plug-in has been updated? Do we have to send you a copy of the code?"

"Theoretically so."

"hehe."

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, I have communicated with the people in the technical department and the Duba business department. This is already the maximum I can get for you. Do you know that if you tell the other two companies about the same request? , people will ignore you."

"Really?" Zhou Buqi's expression was indifferent, his eyes narrowed into a straight line, "Then wait for the result and see the reaction of the two families. Mr. Lei, if you don't give me an explanation for this matter, I will Find justice for yourself."

After hanging up the phone, he sat quietly in the office alone, thinking for a long time.

He didn't expect that such a small matter would be so complicated to deal with.

It is impossible to post the original code.

That's all for the Jinshan family, Mr. Lei's reputation is still guaranteed. What about Ke Ruixing? What about Jiangmin? Are those antivirus software from abroad? Do you want to send a copy of the code to everyone?

Obviously, he seriously underestimated the urine of anti-virus software in this era.

In the previous life, people often criticize 360 ​​for its hooliganism, but why does 360 provide free antivirus? Isn't it because you are forced to go nowhere by these paid antivirus colleagues?

cooperate? Impossible; set up an industry association, formulate industry order, and domestic manufacturers unite to deal with foreign antivirus giants? Less likely.

The domestic antivirus market has long been in full swing, and there is no chance to sit down and negotiate.

Even a company like 360 ​​was forced to have nowhere to go, and turned over the table to play free anti-virus, which shows how pissed this group is.

Just like the first generation of Jiangmin anti-virus, how overbearing is it? Once came up with a "bomb program". Whenever pirates want to transcribe the genuine Jiangmin anti-virus software, this bomb program will silently start.

Then after the users bought the pirated discs and installed them, the bomb program would run, and then...the computer would be completely paralyzed, and neither the floppy disk nor the hard disk could be started again.

Once caused a great sensation.

You know, it was the 1990s, and many people didn't have any concept of genuine and pirated copies, thinking that buying a disc with money was genuine. As soon as the bomb program came out, a large number of people were killed.

As a result, Jiangmin Antivirus completely lost pirate users. Is this a good thing? Of course not, this is ruining a group of users who may be converted from pirated versions to genuine ones.

After Jiangmin, it was Rising, who can be said to have carried out hooliganism to the end. If the user does not have some professional computer knowledge and wants to uninstall Rising Antivirus, it is really difficult, and you will be prompted to pay continuously.

When Kingsoft Antivirus started, it was similar, extremely unfriendly.

However, Kingsoft Antivirus is not Kingsoft's flagship product.

Kingsoft's strategic products are WPS and Kingsoft PowerWord.

In the competition between WPS and Microsoft Office, Jinshan deeply realized the huge role of pirated users. It turns out that user habits can be cultivated. When young users grow up and have money... they will really "spend money to pay back a movie ticket".

Therefore, Jinshan made a series of major decisions this year.

Implemented in Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft created the business model of "free software, paid service".

In other words, users can freely download genuine Kingsoft Internet Security on the Internet. However, if you want to use some of these antivirus services, you have to pay for them.

This policy was launched in April this year. In just over a month, the downloads of Kingsoft Antivirus exceeded 6 million.

Of course, the 6 million downloads correspond to not all genuine users.

Various cracked compressed packages soon appeared on the Internet.

Users download genuine Kingsoft Antivirus from the Internet, and then use the decompressed compressed package to use the antivirus service. However, anti-virus software needs to be updated frequently. What if pirated users do not have an update package? Jinshan has introduced another policy, that is, on Jinshan's official website, you can download the upgrade package of Kingsoft Internet Security.

After installing the upgrade package, the virus database of the pirated version of Kingsoft Internet Security will also be updated.

It can be said that Jinshan has spent a lot of time in order to cultivate user habits.

However, not many people know about this kind of show operation, and most users are still spending money to buy the standard version of anti-virus software at 198 yuan per set.

Yes, in terms of price, Jiangmin, Rising, and Kingsoft Antivirus even reached a consensus, a set of genuine antivirus software for a period of one year, priced at 198 yuan.

In fact, when the three companies competed in the early years, there was a price war. At a minimum of fifty or sixty yuan, you could buy a genuine anti-virus software.

The ex-factory price of Rising was once as low as 20 yuan, and the ex-factory price of Kingsoft Internet Security was as low as only 5 yuan, which provided sufficient profit margins for dealers.

But since last year, the trend has changed.

The three companies are obviously competitors, but they suddenly made a unanimous move, which is to raise the standard price uniformly, all of which are 198 yuan.

People's price war is that the price of the product is getting lower and lower, and the anti-virus software is good. After several years of fighting, the price is getting higher and higher.

How amazing?

There are few legitimate users in China, and the price is constantly increasing. The wool can be squeezed out like a sheep, can the users not be angry? Can you not buy anti-virus software of foreign brands one after another?

Now, even Lei Jun's side is in a difficult situation, and it is conceivable that Ruixing and Jiangmin's side will not have any good results.

Sure enough, it was not until the afternoon that the two families finally sent back information feedback.

Rising quoted "500,000 + original code", and Jiang Min even exaggerated, directly asking for 1 million, which is extremely overbearing.

On the other hand, Kaspersky abroad is quite friendly, and the content of the reply email is also very polite. First, he apologized, and then explained in detail why the killing behavior occurred. Finally, a solution is also proposed, and of course the code is also provided.

"It seems that there is no way to cooperate."

Sitting on the large leather seat, Zhou Buqi didn't know why, he didn't say anything angry, but smiled, as if he said to himself: "It's really self-inflicted."

"Boss Zhou, you are..."

Wu Hanqing was trembling and felt guilty, feeling that there was a hint of sinister in Boss Zhou's smile.