Sogou issued a statement today, said that received a large number of users complained that the browser default settings were tampered with

Before, Sogou CEO Wang Xiaoquan yesterday forwarded a netizen about 360 software tampering Sogou default browser microblogging, and commented: "Has received a large number of users across the country to 360 of complaints, in micro-blog also see a lot of feedback." This rogue behavior beyond the legal bottom line, but also to the user's great harm. Our forensics work is progressing well. ”

Qihoo 360 company responded last night, saying that no real user feedback, 360 security guards fully respected the user's choice, and hinted that Sogou input method forced to download its browser and tamper with user default settings.

The following is the full text of Sogou company official statement:

September 19 Morning, we received a large number of user complaints: Sogou browser user's default settings are changed to IE or 360 browser, and user manual recovery is invalid.

Our survey statistics show that a large number of Sogou browser users are divided into batches, time slots, the geographical area was affected. The affected users, in addition to Beijing, include Guangzhou, Xi ' An and other cities and regions.

According to our technical personnel's preliminary judgment, Sogou Browser user default settings in the user does not know the situation changes, and 360 security software.

We call on 360 companies to immediately stop the unfair competition behavior that affects the user experience and advocate a benign competitive environment. Sogou will adhere to the efforts to provide users with the best technology and services.

At the same time, we recommend that you temporarily turn off the 360 security software and set it up for users who are not manually recovering.