ICSA Labs Confirms The Power of Panda Softwares Truprevent Technologie’s
ICSA LABS CONFIRMS THE POWER OF PANDA SOFTWARES TRUPREVENT TECHNOLOGIE’S
AGAINST UNKNOWN THREATS
The prestigious security laboratory has highlighted the capacity to detect
malware with no need for advance updates, along with a lack of false
positives and negligible impact on system performance
Glendale, CA - March 16 2005 – Panda Software’s TruPreventTM Technologies
are effective against new Internet-borne threats. This is the conclusion of
a report from ICSA Labs, one of the world’s leading IT security
laboratories, after running exhaustive tests on TruPreventTM Technologies.
Unlike traditional antivirus solutions, these pro-active detection
technologies developed by Panda Software do not need to be updated in
advance in order to prevent attacks from unknown viruses and intruders.
ICSA has highlighted how these technologies “provides a significant level
of protection against common malicious code threats without significantly
impacting the performance or interfering with the system”.
The test carried out by ICSA Labs has confirmed the following regarding
TruPreventTM Technologies:
• Ability to protect against a wide range of unknown malware (viruses,
Trojans, adware, etc.). ICSA Labs tests used a pre-selected range of
varied malware, verifying the capability of TruPreventTM Technologies
to block the spread of malicious code.
• No false positives. “After exhaustive efforts”, says ICSA Labs, “we
were not able to record a single instance of (TruPreventTM
Technologies) inappropriately blocking legitimate activity”.
• Negligible impact on systems. After carrying out the tests, ICSA Labs
thought it doubtful that “a user would perceive any degradation (to
the) performance of the system,” and concluded, “We believe the
performance impact to be negligible.”
The work carried out by ICSA Labs was not aimed at measuring the percentage
of unknown malware that TruPreventTM Technologies can block, something that
would require an alternative methodology, but rather focused on verifying
its performance in pro-actively combating a range of malware specimens
(more than 90 samples were used). Internal tests carried out by Panda
Software however, have demonstrated that TruPreventTM Technologies have a
far greater detection capacity than other pro-active solutions on the
market. Similarly, analysis carried out by PC Magazine for another renowned
laboratory, AV-Test (http://www.av-test.org), highlighted how TruPreventTM
Technologies were able to detect two-thirds of the unknown malware used for
the tests. These results have been classified by PC Magazine as “highly
impressive for a solution based solely on behavioral analysis”.
The ICSA Labs study of Panda Software’s TruPreventTM Technologies is
available at:
http://enterprises.pandasoftware.com/register.asp?CodigoProducto=42&TipoLead
=2&TipoUsuario=2&Tipo=5&Ref=EM-EN-DICD1E-
503&Idioma=2&Country=US&sec=down&track=17840&DocID=O04
TruPreventTM Technologies pro-actively protect against threats -like the
Sasser or Mydoom worms- that propagate at speeds that make an adequate
human reaction impossible, as reactive solutions like antivirus products,
which need to be updated in order to recognize a new virus.
In addition to TruPreventTM Technologies there is now the new Genetic
Heuristic Engine, a heuristic detection technology from Panda Software
integrating deep code inspection in an algorithm that analyzes the code and
characteristic DNA strings of the malware. Genetic Heuristic Engine forms
part of TruPreventTM Technologies, and is to be included in the Panda
Software product range in March and April.
Panda Software’s solutions for corporate environments and home users
incorporate TruPreventTM Technologies. In addition, companies that already
have antivirus protection developed by any manufacturer other than Panda
Software can benefit from the TruPreventTM Technologies through
TruPreventTM Corporate. Similarly, users that want proactive protection
against unknown viruses and intruders and those that already have
traditional antivirus protection from any developer other than Panda and
want to boost its effectiveness through the new TruPreventTM Technologies
can do so by installing TruPreventTM Personal.
More information on TruPreventTM Technologies at
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/truprevent_tec/
For more information about new Panda Software products with TruPreventTM
Technologies, go to: http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/
About Panda Software
Panda Software is one of the world's leading developers of IT security
solutions, with offices in 50 countries. It is an established pacesetter
for the sector in innovation and expansion and is unequalled in terms of
satisfying customers' needs for the most advanced technologies, products
and services to keep IT resources free from viruses and other threats at
the lowest possible Total Cost of Ownership. The company's unique
TruPrevent™ Technologies, the most intelligent technologies to combat
unknown viruses and intruders, offer unrivalled preventive protection for
all types of clients: from the largest corporations through small and
medium-sized companies to home users.
For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Software
solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasoftware.com/.
For more information:
Alan Wallace
Tel. (818) 543-6909