Nearly 80% of consumers have encountered the "Baping" computer network pop-up window!
According to data from the Public Opinion Monitoring Center of Jiangsu Consumer Network, from January 2021 to the present, a total of 5,935 pieces of public opinion information related to network pop-ups in Jiangsu Province, of which 3737 pieces of negative public opinion information, are mainly caused by the Trojan horse virus built into the network pop-up window. The key is closed, and its content is suspected of fraud, vulgarity, etc.
On July 18, the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Committee issued the "PC Application Software Network Pop-up Investigation Report", calling on relevant platforms to cherish reputation, control pop-ups, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
Correspondent Xu Yue
Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News reporter
Ma Yan
The survey received a total of 14,727 valid questionnaires online; a total of 30 applications were selected in the offline experience survey.
The 30 software covers chat tools, video software, browsers, office software, input methods, music software, download tools, security antivirus, graphic images, system tools, and theme wallpapers.
The results of the questionnaire survey showed that 78% of consumers said they encountered network pop-ups. The problem of network pop-ups for installed tools was prominent, followed by audio-visual and system tools.
The results of the experience survey show that 11 of the 30 applications downloaded from official channels have network pop-up problems, accounting for 37% of the total survey.
The results of the questionnaire survey show that 58% of consumers said they often encounter shopping ads, followed by game ads and film and television ads.
The experience survey results show that among the application software downloaded from different channels, Baofengyingyin, 360 Safe Browser, 360 Safe Guard, and Xiaoniao Wallpaper have online pop-up content suspected of illegal phenomena.
Some involve vulgar information, and some are suspected of false propaganda.
The survey results show that 60% of consumers often encounter Internet pop-ups when using software, and 52% of consumers said that the closing button of Internet pop-ups is not easy to find.
The experience survey found that among the application software downloaded from different channels, 4 software pop-ups, including 2345 Picture King, Tencent Video, iQiyi, and Master Lu, cannot be "closed with one click", and there is no close function button.
10 models such as 2345 Picture King, Thunder, Bird Wallpaper, Kuwo Music, Love Clip, ACDsee, Tencent Video, Master Lu, Iqiyi Video, QQ Browser, etc. have the problem that the pop-up period cannot be set or the pop-up will not pop up permanently.
Online questionnaire survey results show that 60% of consumers said that they are often asked to install software bundled during the installation of PC-side application software.
The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Consumer Protection Committee stated that the next step will be to conduct intensive interviews with enterprises that belong to the application software involved in response to the problems found in the investigation.