a. they labeled their own browser as a Microsoft security update, which triggered MS investigation
b. they cheated on the anti-virus lab testing and got banned. ....etc.
Now let's make their awful name worldwide. ;)
Palo Alto Networks - 34
Qihoo/360 - 27
FireEye - 14
Tencent - 14
Trend Micro - 12
Fortinet - 7
McAfee - 2
VMware - 2
Kaspersky - 1
They are a pretty unsavory company but they really know what they are doing.
Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/dn903755.aspx
And therein lies the problem... no?
Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9840824
Can we please judge each topic on its own context without the ad hominem?
It has absolutely no respect to user privacy, and will not hesitate to threaten users into their favor, if that doesn't work, hijack your computer.
Shameless, no bottomline......it is worst of the worse.
Mark my words. DONT EVER TRUST IT.
Example, try search proprietary software, say 'Autocad', first few results are always pirate sites, while google will show the Autodesk site and the wikipedia post.
Recently Baidu also under the spotlight for monetizing illness-related forums[1]. The issue is some patients accused the Internet giant selling their private info to _unqualified_ private hospitals. These hospitals charge a lot but usually their hardware and staff are underqualified.
[1] http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-01/12/content_230...
Unless this[0] is the Autocad office in China (which I highly doubt), there's absolutely no link to the Autodesk website on the first result page.
In fact, their instant answer when you search for Autocad is downloadable version of Autocad for Win/Mac/iOS. I don't have a Win/Mac computer with me at the moment, so I can't verify are those legit trial versions or pirated ones, but the iOS one points to the legit version on Apple's store.