59% of companies could have active malware on their networks

About 59% of companies that scanned 20-30,000 PCs with Malware Radar had active malware on their computers. Malware Radar is an online, on-demand, automated malware audit service for businesses, which detects and eliminates all malicious code (viruses, trojans, spyware…) installed on corporate networks. It also identifies security flaws in computers. As it’s an online service, it does not require installation on computers; simply a computer with an Internet connection is enough to scan the corporate network.

“The spectacular increase in the amount of malicious code in circulation (PandaLabs detected as much malware in 2006 as in the previous 15 years combined) has shown that traditional solutions are no longer enough. Panda offers companies a new security model based on complementing solutions already installed on desktops and servers with periodic scans with Malware Radar, capable of finding and removing even the malware that evades traditional solutions”, explains Borja Bonilla, Malware Radar Product Manager.

The increase in malware and the need for companies to have additional protection is reflected in the data gathered by Malware Radar from over 4,500 companies of all sizes. Active malicious code was found in almost half (47%) of companies that audited between 10 and 19 computers. 37% of companies that scanned between 5 and 9 computers had malware running at the time of the scan. As for companies that scanned between 1 and 4 computers, active malware was found in 35% of cases.

 

 

 

Malware Radar is based on a new Collective Intelligence system developed by Panda Research and housed in a network of data centers. The system is based on three key factors:

n      Collection of data from the community. The system centrally collects and stores behavioral patterns of programs, file traces, new malware samples, etc. This data comes from Panda users, and from other companies and collaborators. This extensive capacity to collect information provides greater visibility of active Internet threats.

n      Automatic leverage of data. The system automatically analyzes and classifies the thousands of new samples received every day. To do this, an expert system correlates the data received from the user community with PandaLab’s extensive malware knowledge base. The system automatically returns verdicts (malware or goodware) on the new files received, thereby drastically reducing the manual workload at PandaLabs.

n      Making the knowledge available. This knowledge is delivered to users as Web services or through signature file updates.

 

Malware Radar is not only compatible with any anti-malware solution installed on the computer, but complements them to improve network security. The service is also transparent to the end-user and resource usage can be adapted to the administrator’s preferences.

Free trials of Malware Radar, as well as the full product, are available online from http://www.malwareradar.com.