Panda Security Unveils Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5

Panda Security (News - Alert), the world's premier provider of cloud-based security solutions, has recently introduced Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5.

The release includes performance improvements as well as new features suggested by the product's user community.

Via its Collective Intelligence technology, Panda Cloud Antivirus provides millions of users around the world with award winning free antivirus protection and minimal resource consumption.

 "The charter of Panda Cloud Antivirus is to provide maximum PC protection with minimal impact on PC performance," said Pedro Bustamante, senior research advisor, Panda Security, in a press release. "Thanks to the useful feedback of our active user community, we have improved this product yet again and will continue to listen to our users to maintain Panda Cloud Antivirus' reputation as the most advanced free antivirus solution available."

In recent comparative tests conducted by both AV-Test.org and AV-Comparatives.org, Panda Security's detection and protection scores rank consistently amongst the top security solutions.

The newly announced Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5 is available for free, with a Pro version that provides 24x7 multilingual technical support, behavioral analysis and automatic USB vaccination, which can be availed for just $29.00.

The scanning speeds in both the free and Pro Version 1.5 have been improved dramatically. CPU consumption has been reduced and new advanced configuration options for exclusions of files based on file extensions, potentially unwanted programs and more have been included.

The new users can download the software at www.cloudantivrus.com, whereas the existing users will be automatically upgraded to Version 1.5.

In related news, Panda Security, the Cloud Security Company, has recently announced the launch of its new perimeter protection, Panda Virtual GateDefender Performa, which delivers cloud-based protection for VMWare virtualized environments.