Editing Tencent QQ (section)

===Adware controversy===
The Chinese version of QQ makes use of embedded advertisements. Older versions of the client have been branded as malicious [[adware]] by some antivirus and anti-spyware vendors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenebril.com/src/info.php?id=441301950 |title=Spyware Research Center - Tencent QQ |publisher=Tenebril |date=2004-10-27 |access-date=2011-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229113529/http://www.tenebril.com/src/info.php?id=441301950 |archive-date=2010-12-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453083549 |title=Tencent QQ |publisher=Ca.com |date=2004-08-16 |access-date=2011-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017095717/http://ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453083549 |archive-date=2007-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.securemost.com/articles/rm_tencent_qq.htm |title=Remove Tencent QQ - Spyware / Adware Uninstall Instruction |publisher=Securemost.com |access-date=2011-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719133746/http://www.securemost.com/articles/rm_tencent_qq.htm |archive-date=2010-07-19 }}</ref>

Both the Chinese and International versions of QQ had been tested in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/9200a4eecf93f07855c90cbdefe44620bed8b04a3720d09cee69247382282a0e/analysis/|title=Virustotal Report for QQ 2013|publisher=Virustotal.com|access-date=2013-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031230713/https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/9200a4eecf93f07855c90cbdefe44620bed8b04a3720d09cee69247382282a0e/analysis/|archive-date=2013-10-31|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e6ea06f11f7eee56a67f7471ea1a5925209550dc3beb0959228e98b94c5b5f8d/analysis/|title=Virustotal Report for QQ International|publisher=Virustotal.com|access-date=2013-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031225515/https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e6ea06f11f7eee56a67f7471ea1a5925209550dc3beb0959228e98b94c5b5f8d/analysis/|archive-date=2013-10-31|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently it is identified as malware by DrWeb, Zillya, NANO-Antivirus, and VBA32 give positive results, most of which identify it as a trojan.<ref name=in2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/9200a4eecf93f07855c90cbdefe44620bed8b04a3720d09cee69247382282a0e/analysis/|title=Virustotal Report for QQ 2020|publisher=Virustotal.com|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=2013-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031230713/https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/9200a4eecf93f07855c90cbdefe44620bed8b04a3720d09cee69247382282a0e/analysis/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e6ea06f11f7eee56a67f7471ea1a5925209550dc3beb0959228e98b94c5b5f8d/analysis/|title=Virustotal Report for QQ International|publisher=Virustotal.com|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=2013-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031225515/https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e6ea06f11f7eee56a67f7471ea1a5925209550dc3beb0959228e98b94c5b5f8d/analysis/|url-status=live}}</ref>