Chinese security software provider 360 has announced plans to launch a permanently free-of-charge mobile phone security software product to help users solve increasing problems of spam SMS and nuisance calls.

Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft has published a report on China's computer virus and Internet security situation in October 2009, stating that 3,031,921 new viruses were detected in mainland China during the month and 20,812,698 computers were affected by these viruses.

To fight phishing websites and to further protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese Internet users, Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft and one of China's largest third-party browser providers Maxthon have established a cooperation.

China's first professional academic institution that focuses on the systematic and theoretical research of Internet management and information society law has been started at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

According to information from 360 Security Center, Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising's website servers suffered retaliatory attacks by hackers who had implanted trojans.

According to the Chinese security software company Jiangmin, the Green Dam Youth Escort software promoted by the Chinese government that aims to prevent young people from viewing pornographic websites has a security backdoor and hackers can take advantage of the loophole to spread virus.

According to the latest website monitoring statistics offered by the Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising, the number of websites plagued by viruses and phishers recently shows a growth trend and the company's Cloud Security system blocked 6.83 million visits to websites with viruses on January 20, 2009, alone.

Seven Chinese online game operators, including Shanda (SNDA), NetEase (NTES), Giant (GA), The9 (NCTY), Perfect World (PWRD), Ourgame and Holdfast, have jointly announced plans to cooperate with the Chinese security software provider 360 to fight game identity theft trojan viruses.

Tencent plans to introduce an IP encryption policy in its instant messaging software QQ to better protect the privacy and information security of its users.

The Chinese anti-virus firm Rising has formally announced its Cloud Security 2.0 version, focusing on blocking trojan viruses from the Internet.

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.

Hackers hoping to disrupt the Beijing Olympic Games have a new barrier with which to contend.