businesses and professionals
Panda Software launches TruPrevent Technologies for home users, small
businesses and professionals
➢ By preventing threats instead of reacting to them, TruPrevent
Technologies are the perfect complement to traditional antivirus
products
➢ The new Platinum Internet Security and Titanium Antivirus 2004, both
with TruPrevent Technologies, offer protection for home users,
businesses and professionals against all types of viruses and
intruders – even unknown ones
➢ TruPrevent Personal is a powerful preventive solution against unknown
viruses and intruders and is compatible with antivirus products from
developers other than Panda Software
➢ By analyzing the behavior of applications and with no need for human
intervention, TruPrevent Technologies have already demonstrated their
effectiveness against unknown viruses, including the recent and
highly dangerous Bagle.AH and Mydoom.N worms
➢ TruPrevent Technologies take a preventive not a reactive approach,
automatically intercepting the problem without the need for human
intervention and no false positives
Glendale, CA - July 30 2004 - Panda Software has launched TruPrevent
Technologies, the most intelligent technologies to combat unknown viruses
and intruders, incorporated in a complete range of retail products designed
to protect home users, as well as businesses and professionals:
- TruPrevent Personal, aimed at those that want preventive protection
against unknown threats or for users that already have a traditional
antivirus (from other vendors) installed on their computer but need the
enhanced security offered by Panda’s TruPrevent Technologies.
- Titanium Antivirus 2004 with TruPrevent Technologies, aimed at protecting
home-users’ computers.
- Platinum Internet Security with TruPrevent Technologies, a security suite
to protect businesses and professionals against all the latest Internet
threats. This all-in-one solution includes antivirus, firewall,
intelligent protection against unknown viruses and intruders, anti-spam,
anti-spyware and web access control.
IT security management is an increasingly complicated task, and it’s not
made any easier by the constant appearance of vulnerabilities in all kinds
of applications. Antivirus solutions are highly effective when it comes to
preventing known attacks, but as they are essentially reactive, they become
much less effective when it comes to blocking new, unknown viruses and
intruders as there is a critical time lag between the discovery of a new
threat and the moment in which systems are actually updated to protect
against it. During this time computers are vulnerable. For this reason,
when worms like Sasser, Mydoom or SQLSlammer appear, they are able to
rapidly infect millions of computers.
In the future, these kinds of fast-spreading threats are likely to appear
with increasing frequency and are certain to use a wide range of techniques
to infect computers. The solution therefore lies in the implementation of
preventive solutions, capable of pre-empting the problem and intercepting
these attacks as they enter or leave the computer. Panda Software has spent
several years working in this direction and the result is the launch of its
TruPrevent Technologies: the most intelligent technologies to combat
unknown viruses and intruders.
Just like a good detective, TruPrevent Technologies analyze suspicious
behavior in programs and automatically block them intelligently with no
need for human intervention and without having to ask users any questions.
This characteristic also makes them extremely simple to manage.
According to Pedro Bustamante, Chief Marketing Officer at Panda Software:
”TruPrevent Technologies are a genuine answer to the need for greater
security against new Internet threats that are too fast spreading for a
human response to be effective. This has been demonstrated with the new and
dangerous Bagle.AH and Mydoom.N worms which were blocked by TruPrevent
Technologies before they could take any malicious action. These
technologies hail a new era for IT security.”
The combination of traditional security systems and antivirus protection
with the new TruPrevent Technologies has created a new benchmark in levels
of security against the increasing number of Internet threats, including
unknown viruses and intruders.
TruPrevent Technologies also incorporate a system for eliminating all
traces of infections and unknown attacks. This means that system
configurations affected by a virus, worm or intruder can be restored to
those that existed prior to the attack, undoing changes to file names, new
registry entries, infected libraries, etc.
Another advantage of TruPrevent Technologies, especially for home users and
professionals, is that they are designed to avoid false positives, i.e. to
identify only applications that represent a real threat to the system.
TruPrevent Technologies represent a landmark for the antivirus market, as
the powerful protection against viruses and intruders offered by Panda
Software’s products is now enhanced by the capacity of these new
intelligent technologies to neutralize attacks from unknown threats. The
end result is simply greater security for all users.
Availability of TruPrevent Technologies
The new solutions including TruPrevent Technologies are available in ESD
version from Panda Software’s online store at
http://www.pandasoftware.com/store or through official Panda Software
dealers.
Similarly, in the coming months, Panda Software will release a complete
range of products with TruPrevent Technologies, which will cover the
protections needs of SMEs and large corporations to combat unknown viruses
and intruders. At present, the beta versions of the corporate TruPrevent
Technologies can be downloaded from http://www.pandasoftware.com/beta
There is an explanatory video to give users an insight into the way in
which TruPrevent Technologies operate at:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/about/press/truprevent_tec.swf
More information about the new TruPrevent Technologies is available from
the Panda Software website, at http://www.pandasoftware.com
About Panda Software
Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com/), a world leader in virus and
intrusion prevention, offers unrivalled proactive security solutions for
all types of users, from the largest corporations through small and medium-
sized companies to home users. Its corporate products offer hassle-free
automatic and centralized administration and provide network-wide
protection, via multi-layer security technology, to ensure uniform
protection across the enterprise, from remote users and workstations to
mail gateways and internal and perimeter servers. Panda Software’s
solutions have received awards and quality certifications from the sector’s
most widely-respected organizations, including ICSA Labs and Checkmark and
its commitment to customer service, innovative products, and the pioneering
concept of 24h-365d tech support have revolutionized the IT security
industry.
For more information:
Alan Wallace
Tel. (818) 543-6909