Panda Security focuses on user protection on the Safer Internet Day

Panda Security is supporting the 5th edition of the Safer Internet Day by offering one month’s free use of Panda Internet Security, its integrated security suite, available at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/downloads/internet-security.

On this year’s Safer Internet Day, Panda Security wants to draw special attention to the protection of children, since they are less aware and therefore more vulnerable.

Pornography, violence, predators, etc. are some of the threats children could face on the Internet. That is why Panda Internet Security includes parental control features.

This mechanism gives parents control over which web pages their children can visit, increasing their security in the most simple and convenient way.

But it isn’t only children who at risk while surfing the Web. In 2007, there was a steady increase in the number of web pages used to distribute Trojans, worms and other malware. Not all such pages are malicious, some are legitimate pages that have been modified by cyber-crooks to infect visitors.

To protect Internet users against this increasing threat, Panda Internet Security has a web filtering system to block malicious and fraudulent pages. This way, Panda Internet Security blocks specially-crafted pages that download malware or steal confidential data such as passwords or bank account numbers from users.

Users’ confidential data is further protected and reinforced with “Identity Protect”. This function allows users to control their confidential data by informing them when and where it will be sent. Online transactions and data exchange therefore become safer.

Panda’s suite also allows users to scan their computers with TotalScan Pro, an online solution which offers higher detection capacity, since it is based on the innovative security model known as “Collective Intelligence”. This system is based on the collection of information concerning malware from the Internet community and the automated processing of this data in new datacenters. The data is correlated and used to offer greater detections and improve the security of Panda customers.

Panda Internet Security also offers other functions, such as anti-spyware, a system for improving PC performance, Firewall, Anti-Phishing, anti-rootkit, etc.

One free month’s download of Panda Internet Security is available at http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/downloads/internet-security .