Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising has announced that its first Internet client product, Rising security browser, has started beta tests.

Chinese Internet security software provider Kingsoft has launched new privacy protection software, aiming to protect the private files of users.

The Anti-Phishing Alliance of China has announced that by the end of July 2010, the alliance had received 19,817 reports related to phishing websites, and e-commerce websites were the most imitated ones.

Fu Sheng, former general manager of the Chinese security software provider 360 and CEO of the emerging Internet company Keniu.com, has announced the launch of Keniu's first free-of-charge anti-virus product.

India's Department of Telecom announced on Tuesday this week that it formally bans Indian mobile operators from importing much of the telecom equipment manufactured by Chinese companies, including Huawei and ZTE.

Initiated by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, the China Anti-Malware Alliance has been launched in Tianjin.

Chinese security company Rising has started a new overseas expansion plan and has launched the English edition of its Kaka Internet assistant which has been formally renamed Rising PC Doctor for overseas markets.

After Tencent announced plans to block Caihong QQ, which was originally rumored to be related to the Chinese social networking site 51.com, the Chinese SNS website admitted that the software was owned by 51.com, but it announced at the same time that Caihong QQ is a legal instant messaging assistant software.

Email security firm Barracuda Networks says a webpage hosted in China is latest the destination for Internet users who fall prey to phishers' activities.

Tencent will start a large-scale action aimed at eliminating illegally installed functions and spyware from its QQ instant messaging software in China.

Rising has recently released a new version of its security assistant software Kaka 6.0 and launched a new Internet-based security model called Cloud Security.

According to a report released by Kingsoft, in the first half of 2008, the company intercepted 1.24 million new computer viruses and trojans.

F-Secure is partnering with CSL, Hong Kong's largest mobile operator, to offer CSL customers an integrated on-device protection and automatic over-the-air security update named F-Secure Mobile Security Service.