Cheating Chinese antivirus company Tencent to sue AV-Test.org

The Chinese antivirus company Tencent will sue German test lab AV-Test for fraud accusations. AV-Test reported this week that Tencent provided them with virus scanners that were optimized to perform better in tests of the test lab. The optimisations would also have no advantages for users and even lower the protection level of the products.

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Tencent argues it hasn't violated any rules of the test lab. The Chinese antivirus company therefore asks AV-Test to withdraw its accusations and give back all awards and certificates, according toChina Radio International.

Besides Tencent, also Chinese antivirus vendor Qihoo360 was accused of fraud by three test labs, including AV-Test. Qihoo denied the accusations and argued that all test methods of the test labs were targeted at western internet users and that the company will therefore no longer participate in future tests.

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