Recently, the news about "Tencent computer butler apologizes" became a hot search, and it also alerted the head of Tencent, "Brother Ma", to apologize in person, which attracted wide attention from netizens.

The cause is: On the 25th, the domestic security startup Firevelvet Security Lab released an announcement explaining to users why Firevelvet reported poison and automatically intercepted many Tencent software, including Tencent computer butler and QQ browser. The Huorong team said in the announcement that in addition to the common deception and inducement, Tencent's software also has serious offside functions and technical means (consistent with the behavior of some viruses).

The announcement aroused the resonance of netizens. Everyone complained about Tencent's shameless "viral promotion", and was inadvertently installed with Tencent's bucket of family members under various routines. Before, there were microblog and big V's exposed on microblog (of course, big V is the author, hehehehehehe)

Hong Bo, a well-known IT commentator, forwarded an article in the circle of friends explaining how the security software Huorong handled the official Tencent programs such as poison reporting and automatic interception.

When Hong Bo forwarded the article, he said, "A group of serious, stubborn, low EQ guys do security products, and no one will be given face. Do you think they can continue this business?" Later, Ma Huateng responded, "Self inspection, it's really our team's violation of rules and regulations that caused problems, and we have strictly requested rectification and apology."

Tencent computer steward also issued an apology statement early this morning:

On December 25, Huorong software released a note to intercept Tencent's recommendation to users to install Tencent's computer steward and QQ browser. It is verified that in the recent recommendations to Tencent's computer steward and QQ browser, there are indeed unreasonable and even harmful aspects to the user experience, and we have all gone offline at the first time. Here, we apologize to the users and will punish the relevant responsible person.

Tencent insists on providing users with convenient software tool services, and at the same time, it is committed to adhering to user experience and information security, and will never condone any behavior that violates user value. Thank you for the software, and welcome the supervision of users and institutions.

In fact, users have long hated this "viral" promotion. Many software, including Tencent and Baidu, will leave various traps during installation, allowing users to check other products. Without good usage habits, it is easy to be inexplicably installed software.

This incident has attracted attention to the "Firevelvet" security software, and the positive attitude of Brother Ma is also very positive. It is believed that with the continuous standardization of the industry, this kind of "viral" promotion will go further and further, giving us a pure software use environment.