[aur-requests] [PRQ#3360] Deletion Request for 360safeforlinux
wongsyrone [1] filed a deletion request for 360safeforlinux [2]: This is a famous malware in China, and requires too much priviledge. Please remove it. Thanks in advance. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/wongsyrone/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/360safeforlinux/
On 22/05, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
wongsyrone [1] filed a deletion request for 360safeforlinux [2]:
This is a famous malware in China, and requires too much priviledge. Please remove it. Thanks in advance.
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/wongsyrone/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/360safeforlinux/
See https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2015-April/006544.html -- Sincerely, Johannes Löthberg PGP Key ID: 0x50FB9B273A9D0BB5 https://theos.kyriasis.com/~kyrias/
According to whitehatsec [0], Qihoo was caught cheating in a quality assessing certificatoin. The fact that there is a linux version for their product seems fishy to me in gereral. As an actual reason for deletion however I could come up with [1]. A whole compendium of really bad marks for security software. cheers! mar77i [0] https://blog.whitehatsec.com/hackerkast-34-soho-routers-hacked-3d-printed-am... [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/qihoo_government_warning_fraud/
Request #3360 has been rejected by Muflone [1]: please provide arguments and written material where to check your sentences. I wasn't able to find any page where this package is described as harmful. [1] https://aur4.archlinux.org/account/Muflone/
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Johannes Löthberg
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Martti Kühne
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