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China High-tech Industry Herald.
Editor's Note The micro-point active defense software, which is called "the original innovation achievement to achieve a major breakthrough in the world's anti-virus core technology", has been successfully developed for more than a year, and the product has not yet been listed, resulting in direct economic losses of more than 8 million yuan and delaying market opportunities of hundreds of millions of yuan. Is the enterprise mismanagement or malicious obstruction?
Relevant departments have visited Beijing Oriental Micro Information Technology Co., Ltd. many times. Is there a reason or something?
The original innovation was trapped for a year, and the core secrets were handed over to competitors. Who should "pay" for these losses?
The product can't be listed, and the company faces financial difficulties. In the face of foreign companies with acquisition intentions, how will Liu Xu, the head of Micro Point, choose between entrepreneurship, love for national conditions and unsustainable enterprises?
Faced with this series of problems, on August 28th, our reporter approached Beijing Dongfang Micro-Point Information Technology Co., Ltd. and conducted an in-depth interview. ? Our reporter Shi Qiushi reports
"The active defense products I developed should have been listed as early as last August, but they were unreasonably blocked and have not been listed and widely used so far. I personally and the people who do business together are even more devastated. " Liu Xu, general manager of Beijing Oriental Micro-Point Information Technology Co., Ltd. seems very helpless.
Liu Xu, the former national 863 anti-virus expert, the designer and inventor of Rising Software, founded Beijing Oriental Micro-point Information Technology Co., Ltd. on June 5438+ 10, 2005, and returned to the Jianghu with a new product-micro-point active defense software.
This original innovation, called "a great revolution" in the field of anti-virus products by relevant experts, has aroused strong concern in the industry once it came out. However, after the cheers, the nightmare gradually approached, and Liu Xu and the micro-point active defense software ushered in an ill-fated fate.
"Now, the company has suffered innocent direct economic losses of more than 8 million yuan, and its products are also facing premature death." Liu Xu said sadly that if micro-point active defense software can't be listed, the company can't support it.
Chen, former member of the National 863 Information Security Technology Development Strategy Research Expert Group and former deputy head of the the State Council Press Office E-government Information Security System Research Expert Group, described this incident as "the scientific and technological achievements related to the vital interests of the country are on the verge of premature death".
Active defense technology comes out
On August 6th, 2005, Science and Technology Daily published a report on "China Scientists Breakthrough Computer Antivirus Technology-the World's First Micro-point Active Defense Technology against Computer Virus" on the front page.
Liu Xu said that this report is about "Micro-point Active Defense Software" developed by Micro-point Company. The software has applied for six national patents.
In the office of Oriental Micro Point, the reporter saw two appraisals made by relevant departments on micro point active defense software products.
Computer experts organized by Torch Center of Ministry of Science and Technology inspected the core technology of micro-point active defense software on July 15, 2005. The conclusion is that the software adopts behavior recognition and feature recognition technology to realize active defense against malicious attacks such as computer viruses, worms, trojans, etc., which better solves the defects of passive defense and weak ability to identify unknown attacks of existing products or systems, and is innovative in technology.
At the same time, Liu Xu showed the reporter the testing certificate of the domestic authoritative technical organization with the official seal. After a series of attack and defense tests, authoritative organizations believe that the successful development of micro-point active defense software is of great significance to improve the protection ability of information security in China, and suggest that relevant departments attach great importance to and support it.
Liu Xu introduced that micro-technicians have tested more than 200,000 applications and tens of thousands of different viruses, which shows that micro-active defense software not only has good compatibility with many applications, but also has a very strong ability to capture new viruses, and the false positive rate is extremely low, which basically does not affect the normal operation of other applications.
A great change of fate
"Everything happened' coincidentally' before the product was scheduled to go on the market in August 2005." Liu Xu recalled, "So products can't go on the market until now".
In May, 2005, Guangming Daily and other media reported Liu Xu's theory of "active defense", and the result was beyond Liu's expectation. "This has not only attracted the attention of competitors in the virus product market, but also many incredible things have happened." Liu Xu said.
According to Liu Xu, on June 24th, 2005, 16, the relevant departments issued a notice, requiring all units or individuals engaged in the production, research and development, storage and other work of computer virus-related products to go through the examination and approval procedures in our department before June 24th 16: 30.
On June 2 1 2005, Liu Xu filed an application according to the requirements of the relevant departments, and the bad luck had just begun. Today, more than a year has passed, and the filing of Micropoint Company has not only failed, but also continued to be disturbed, which is puzzling. Liu Xu said indignantly.
Liu Xu recalled that on July 5, 2005, the staff of relevant departments came to Micropoint Company and said that they had received the filing application and wanted to conduct an anti-virus company qualification survey.
"I have worked in the anti-virus industry for so many years, and I heard of this for the first time." Liu Xu said that from 199 1 to now, he worked in an anti-virus company, and what he experienced was to file a record before applying for a sales license. This filing nature belongs to the nature of notification (notification), not to the nature of examination and approval. Generally, the application will be approved on the same day or one or two days later. "But it is this filing application that is informed rather than approved, and the micro company has not approved it so far."
"On the other hand, I am the only national 863 anti-virus expert among all anti-virus enterprises in China. I started my anti-virus research from 1988. If companies like us are not qualified, what kind of companies can be qualified? " Liu Xu is a little angry.
"On July 5, 2005, for the people of Micro Point Company, it meant that the quiet days in the past were over and the company began to falter." An employee of Micropoint Company told the reporter.
Core data leakage
Liu Xu said: "Slowly, I realized the seriousness of the situation."
"Since then, since July 2005, relevant departments have visited Micropoint Company many times and seized dozens of computers from R&D Department and Finance Department." Liu Xu said.
"According to national regulations, administrative detention cannot exceed 15 days. However, six computers including the' administrative seizure' in July last year have not been returned yet. " Liu Xu said.
Liu Xu stressed, "What is even more puzzling is that the computer with core secrets such as micro-point active defense software scheme design and source program was given to a competitor-an anti-virus software company".
"At the hearing held by the relevant departments on September 2 1 2005, I expressed my doubts on the spot. First, the seized machine has not been packaged, and anyone may tamper with it. Second, why drag the machine seized from our company directly to other antivirus software companies? There is my source program in it! " Liu Xu said.
"There is a video of the hearing." Liu Xu said, "But no one answered my question. And the hearing has been going on for nearly a year, and there is no conclusion yet. "
The relevant departments suggested that Liu Xu return to Fuzhou.
The relevant departments "pointed out" two ways for Liu Xu: "First, sell the company to a company with strength and background"; Second, don't set up a company in Beijing and then move back? Originally from Fujian. "
"What does it mean to go back to Fuzhou?" Liu Xu explained that from the high-tech field, most software professionals in Fuzhou are engaged in application programs, and few people set foot in the bottom. If you go back to Fujian, it is difficult to recruit people.
"I lost my temper that day. I asked them: Is there something wrong with Liu Xu, and I will be fine if I sell the company? ! Just go back to Fujian? ! "
On September 8, 2005, Micro-Point Company received a verbal notice that it could not access the Internet and start its computer for half a year. Liu Xu said, "This is tantamount to waiting for death for computer companies. We asked for a hearing. "
Tian Yakui, deputy general manager, was detained.
Micro-employees told reporters that they were frequently summoned, "sometimes even from 3 pm to 3 pm." There's no way to work. "
"Just when the R&D department was unable to work, Tian Yakui, the company's deputy general manager in charge of logistics support, was detained by the public security department. The reason is that it is suspected of deliberately creating and spreading computer viruses. Four viruses W32. Spybot.worm, W32.sobig. @ mm, download. Troy and the downloader. It is impossible for Troy, who accused Tian Yakui of spreading actively, to spread actively. " Liu Xu was very angry about it.
Liu Xu also said that since the filing application was submitted on June 2, 20051,Micropoint Company has repeatedly requested the relevant departments to give "filing certificates". The relevant departments not only refused to give it, but also sent a letter asking Tianjin Computer Virus Prevention and Control Product Inspection Center not to test the micro-point products, which led to the failure to obtain a sales license for the products and has not been listed so far.
Where is the way out for micro-dots?
Now, exhausted, Liu Xu is petitioning, reporting and seeking support, while raising money from relatives and friends to maintain the survival of the team and the operation of the company.
Liu Xu believes that what happened to him will come out one day.
"But what about the company now?" Liu Xu said sadly, "Can the company wait until the truth comes out? If the product and the company die, who will be responsible for all this? "
"I have borrowed all the money that my relatives and friends can borrow. My house worth more than 4 million is mortgaged in the bank with a loan of 1.6 million. I can only do this. I want to keep my R&D team and my products, but my money can only last for a month or two now. " Liu Xu is worried. "Now the mortgage loan has cost more than 8 million yuan and borrowed 6.5438+million yuan."
"The product still can't be listed, the funds can't get in, and the business opportunities are delayed day by day. What should the company do?" Such a problem is something that Liu Xu thinks about every day.
After more than a year of bad luck, Liu Xu still insists on refusing to sell its achievements to foreign manufacturers. He lamented: "Micro-point active defense software has reached the threshold of life and death. The company's funds are unsustainable, and I am embarrassed both physically and mentally. Who will protect independent innovation? "
Resume of Liu Xu
1982 graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Fuzhou University, majoring in computer software, 1987 obtained a master's degree in computer software from the Institute of Mathematics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and graduated to 1993 to work in the computer science room of the Institute of Mathematics of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1995 was rated as a senior engineer by Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He used to be an expert of the Expert Committee of the National 863 Program Anti-computer Intrusion and Anti-virus Research Center.
Main honors:
1989, won the third prize of scientific and technological progress in Fujian province;
1992, won the first prize of Beijing Excellent Software;
1993, won the second prize of China Academy of Sciences and the second prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress;
1999, won the first prize of scientific and technological progress in Haidian District and the nomination award of "Top Ten IT Man of China"1999;
In 2000, he won the nomination award of "Top Ten IT Man of the Year in China";
In 2002, he was awarded the fifth "Light of Science and Technology" outstanding entrepreneur in Beijing.
From 65438 to 0989, Liu Xu began to study the prevention and treatment of computer viruses. Before 2000, as a designer and inventor, the Rising antivirus card and Rising antivirus software products designed and developed by him won the national major scientific and technological achievement award in 1993 and 1999 respectively, were awarded the title of national key new products, and were included in the national torch plan project. Engaged in anti-virus technology research for more than 15 years, he is the earliest expert in finding and solving CIH virus in China.
In 2005, Liu Xu raised 6.5438+million yuan, invested its own mortgage in product research and development, led researchers to successfully develop the world's first set of active defense software with brand-new technology, and applied for six national patents. Beijing Oriental Micro Information Technology Co., Ltd., which he founded, was recognized as a high-tech enterprise by relevant departments.