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Baidu Browser

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Baidu Browser provides a new mobile browsing experience! Quick, convenient and with more content and resources, Baidu Browser satisfies all your browsing needs.

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  • CN flagChina

Platforms

  • Android
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  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.5
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Baidu Browser, and it has gotten 16 likes

Baidu Browser was added to AlternativeTo by alebcay on Feb 1, 2014 and this page was last updated May 26, 2021. Baidu Browser is sometimes referred to as DU Browser.

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Top Positive Comment
Guest
Dec 1, 2018
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Because Baidu is a where I can brosw safely without any worries and fear . I love Baidu

Top Negative Comment
Erqo
Oct 3, 2016
1

Baidu Spark has always been a bit doubtful when it comes to security. But leaving traces on each and every folder that you visit on your harddrive, while using the program, is, if not malware-behaviour, unacceptible.

These files go with the name of 'pluginbarseq.json'. The contents, in a text editor are like this: {"Count":2,"ItemList":["ablohemfndppodnlegidedodkocappkk","pnpkoklbbellambkkmpkoidpnonnppli"]}

This is like examing your harddrive, and without letting you know they do.

So despite of the fact that Baidu Spark is quite fast, nice and easy to use, I'd like to find some explanation here before considering using this browser once again.

Update : Also the browser creates (and re-creates) some folders with contents in your documents folders, which of course, is obtrusive and unacceptable as well. Documents are private and no program should interfere without your consent.

CactusSandwich
Nov 30, 2016

Are you sure you didn't install anything else other than Baidu to consider it an insecure program? I've been checking out my folders for any Baidu traces, but have not found anything other than the usual location: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Baidu

As for services in the Windows Task Manager, all I see is "spark" (sparkservice.exe) service running with about 2000-3000 memory usage. Searched for "pluginbarseq.json" for possible false-positive, but found nothing other than what installs this file, which lead to: Download Ninja build 27. This can be found here: http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/Download-Ninja-build-27-135808-program.aspx

Maybe it was something else you installed that has this behaviour in your system?

Erqo
Dec 15, 2016

Thanks for your response. We should not put any hard working company in a bad spot as long as nothing has been proven. And I don't have sufficient proof. Which means that I will withdraw my previous statements.

I invested the case a bit further.

  • The program being referred to as 'Ninja downloader', indeed comes (overtly) with a file 'pluginbarseq.json'. It is freeware and I have no reason to believe that it would attempt to multiply this file on your drive. But further investigation is required.

  • There is no trace of this program on my drive, in the registry or in 'Total Uninstall', which I use to install and uninstall the smallest program completely.

  • Ninja comes as an extension to chrome (and thus Baidu) as well. So a possible cause could be an incomplete uninstall of this extension. Which would clarify why none of my other browsers exhibit this behavior.

  • Still there is no trace of such an extension, nor of any file holding the phrase 'ninja' or 'plugin*.json' on my computer. (Except for the generated file 'pluginbarseq.json' which shows up sporadically, in any kind of folder, after having used Baidu Spark.)

  • Putting 'program files'-kinda files or directories in the my documents folder, to me is illegal behavior. Baidu still writes and rewrites a 'Baidu' folder in my documents (personal as well as public documents) that clearly has no beneficial intentions to the user. It there keeps a file called 'conf.db'. The contents of this file look like this: ... [config4] config11=7fd724b959ec1debfb21fbe0ba508326 ...

The length of this variable is the same as in pluginbarseg.json: 'ablohemfndppodnlegidedodkocappkk'

  • So after all I still deem the the browser to exhibit suspicious behavior. But I will surely let you know when I've been able to trace back the origin of pluginbarseq.json more definitively.

Greetings, Erqo

What is Baidu Browser?

Baidu Browser provides a new mobile browsing experience! Quick, convenient and with more content and resources, Baidu Browser satisfies all your browsing needs. Fast: Exclusive kernel increases browsing speed by 30%; Compact: Lightweight, uses little memory, runs smoothly; Huge resources: Quickly access the content, news and images you're interested in; Free: 100% free to download and use.

Features:

  1. Fast: View web pages quicker on your phone with Baidu Browser;
  2. Homepage: Add favorite links to your homepage with a single click and access sites easily from your mobile desktop;
  3. Quick search: Direct search from the address bar with multiple engines;
  4. Popular site list: Integrates and classifies popular sites for easy navigation;
  5. Video Playback: Enhanced video functionality, plays more quickly and smoothly;
  6. Voice: Voice-activated functions save you the trouble of entering text manually;
  7. Finger settings: Easy to operate with one finger, roll one finger to zoom in and out; Roll two fingers to manage multiple tabs;
  8. Night Mode: Adjust the screen for night use to protect your eyes;
  9. Download Manager: Faster download speeds, manage local files;
  10. News: Subscribe to categories that interest you to get the hottest daily news;
  11. Pictures: Enjoy beautiful images that can be downloaded and shared easily;
  12. Weather: Subscribe to the weather information for your city;
  13. Desktop floating window: Add your favorite sites to the floating window to open them with a single click from the mobile desktop.

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