Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 - 1 User [OLD VERSION]

by Panda Software

Product Features

• Offers the easiest-to use and most intuitive protection for your computer; install it and forget about viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud and identity theft
• Anti-Malware Engine automatically detects and eliminates viruses, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, bots and other malware before they infect your computer
• Advanced Proactive Protection technologies from Panda Security are widely recognized as the most effective against new and unknown malware
• Personal Firewall protects you against Internet-borne worms and hacker attacks
• Identity protection: Anti-Phishing Filter, Anti-Banking Trojans Engine, and Anti-Rootkit Technology protect your personal information

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001CD9TLA
• Item model number: B12AP09MB1
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 9, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,239 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

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The new Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 is the easiest-to-use and most intuitive protection for your computer. Just install it and forget about viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud and identity theft. Chat, share photos and videos, bank and buy online, read your favorite blogs or simply surf the Web, with complete peace of mind. And thanks to the new Collective Intelligence technology, the solution is now much faster than previous versions.

The easiest-to-use and most intuitive protection for your computer. Click to enlarge.

NEW PRODUCT FEATURES

Collective Intelligence. Maximum Protection with Minimum Impact.

Panda Security's Collective Intelligence works as an online and real-time database that stores the majority of signature files, keeping them at a minimum on the endpoint. Every Panda user is a sensor for new malware, sending samples back to the cloud.

With Panda 2008 range of products protection was purely based on the users' PCs installed signature file. With the new Collective Intelligence approach Panda 2009 products also send regular queries to the cloud.

• Web navigation, eMail and Instant Messaging (IM). Panda sends queries to the cloud whenever an executable program is received. Keep in mind that it is not very common to receive executables, dll files, etc via this media.
• On-access scan (processes/libraries loaded in memory). How does it work? Imagine that 40 files are loaded in memory; Panda sends a query to the cloud and confirms them to be good ware. A couple of hours later, there are 42 programs uploaded in memory, from which 40 were already loaded and checked before. Panda will ONLY perform the check for the new 2 programs, since the other 40 have been checked before. A minimum PC and bandwidth consumption is used when sending queries to the cloud.
• On-demand scans. Whether is automatic or on-demand, Panda also sends queries to the cloud.

What are the main benefits for the users?

• Faster and better detection rate
• Faster and better disinfection rate
• Minimum PC resources and bandwidth consumption
• Furthermore the community feature of Collective Intelligence provides a full vision and full traceability of the new malware techniques and distribution points. This knowledge allows Panda to continuously improve the protection of its customers.

Identity Theft Protection
The new Anti-Banking Trojans engine detects the most dangerous identity theft malware used by cyber-criminals to steal banking credentials. Specialized heuristics and generic detection techniques ensure maximum protection for online transactions. Furthermore the Anti-Rootkit Technology detects and removes silently-installed rootkits used by malware or hackers to evade traditional antivirus products. The free Panda Anti-Rootkit, used by millions of people around the world, recently won the Editor's Choice award from PC Magazine.

The Anti-Phishing Filter recognizes fraudulent email and protects users from scams while you shop, bank or pay bills online.

The Identity Theft protection module included on PIS 2009 and PGP 2009 has been improved:

• It now incorporates an advanced heuristic scan that detects more identity theft
• The personal Information Filter prevents theft from users PC of credit card numbers
• social security numbers and any other personal information you define
• The new Web Filter allows users to safely browse the Internet without risk of drive-by infections, vulnerability exploits, browser hijacking or phishing websites. By analyzing web site content, forms, links and web reputation scores (from Anti-Phishing org),

Anti-Rootkit Technology detects and removes silently-installed rootkits used by malware or hackers to evade traditional antivirus products.

Current malware behavior changes constantly and consequently, our proactive technologies need to be updated overtime. The new TruPrevent 2.0 has been improved and is now integrated with our Collective Intelligence platform, increasing the detection rate substantially while decreasing the amount of false positives.

TruPrevent 2.0
Current malware behavior changes constantly and consequently, our proactive technologies need to be updated overtime. The new TruPrevent 2.0 has been improved and is now integrated with our Collective Intelligence platform, increasing the detection rate substantially while decreasing the amount of false positives. As detailed on the charts below, with the new TruPrevent 2.0 the detection rate has increased 45%.

Improved Customer Experience
Panda 2009 products offer a better customer experience than before, thanks to the new registration process and the new user interface.

New user interface
More than ever before, Panda 2009 products are based on the "install and forget" philosophy. Buying Panda 2009 products is like subscribing to an online security service that intelligently protects users by performing several automatic processes without them even noticing. The vast majority of the users are happy to embrace this "install and forget" philosophy but advance users can also modify the standard settings and adapt them to their personal needs.

The new user interface has been built based on "Panda Security usability lab" in which users tested Panda products' usability. Furthermore, thousands of betatesters worldwide have tested and complimented our new user interface.

New registration process
The new installation, activation and registration processes are easier than ever, making the startup process simple, fast and comprehensible for all user profiles.

FEATURES OF PANDA ANTIVIRUS PRO 2009

Anti-Malware Engine automatically detects and eliminates viruses, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, bots and other malware before they infect your computer.

• Scans files in real-time and on-demand
• Scans emails before they reach your inbox, regardless of your email program
• Scans Internet traffic regardless of your browser type
• Scans Instant Messaging traffic in MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and AOL
• Removes all traces of clutter left by spyware on your PC

Advanced Proactive Protection technologies from Panda Security are widely recognized as the most effective against new and unknown malware.

• Genetic Heuristic Engine combines advanced algorithms to detect new variants of the most dangerous malware families
• TruPrevent Technologies 2.0 silently analyze the behavior of programs, blocking those that try to damage your PC. This last line of defense blocks zero-day targeted attacks and terminates any malicious activity that has evaded traditional protection systems

Personal Firewall protects you against Internet-borne worms and hacker attacks.

• Smart auto-configuration allows good programs to run while blocking malicious ones
• Shields your PC from hackers on the Web
• Wireless Monitor protects your wireless network from intruders
• Intrusion prevention blocks known and unknown hacker attacks and vulnerability exploits

Identity Theft Protection

Anti-Phishing Filter recognizes fraudulent email and protects you from scams while you shop, bank or pay bills online

Anti-Banking Trojan Engine detects the most dangerous identity theft malware used by cyber-criminals to steal banking credentials. Specialized heuristics and generic detection techniques ensure maximum protection for online transactions NEW!

Anti-Rootkit Technology detects and removes silently-installed rootkits used by malware or hackers to evade traditional antivirus products. The free Panda Anti-Rootkit, used by millions of people around the world, recently won the Editor's Choice award from PC Magazine NEW!

Tech Support 24 hours a day 365 days a year

Panda Security is a pioneer in offering round-the-clock customer services. Whenever you need it, PandaLabs and the tech support experts will provide a rapid response via email or the Internet. Enjoy the benefits of having a team of experts at your disposal.

Automatic daily updates

Every day more than 7000 new threats appear. But don't worry. Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 automatically updates at least once a day to keep you permanently protected.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It didn't work for me, March 23, 2009

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Larry White "Certified Court Video" (Oklahoma City, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 - 1 User [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Panda started out fine. It found 5 viruses, unfortunately it couldn't do anything with them. It then asked me if I wanted to continue or finish, continue I said. Panda went and found those same 5 viruses it couldn't do anything with. Would I like to save this report it asked? You bet, just insert a floppy disk it said. This is Panda Pro 2009 asking for a floppy disk. Well I bet when I re-boot we can do some good. Lost that bet, my computer won't even start now. No problem, I remember reading about their great tech support. This is from the description on this page "Tech Support 24 hours a day 365 days a year Panda Security is a pioneer in offering round-the-clock customer services. Whenever you need it, PandaLabs and the tech support experts will provide a rapid response via email or the Internet. Enjoy the benefits of having a team of experts at your disposal." Well it sounds real good, unfortunately after explaining in great detail what had happened in an email I got nothing, not even an auto-reply. I spent money, wasted a bunch of time and Panda rendered my computer completely useless. It seems to have worked for a lot of people, I wish it had worked for me.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Panda Antivirus Pro 2009, January 11, 2009

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Darrel (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 - 1 User [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Panda Antivirus Pro is rated Good by many, we have had no problems with this software, updates regularly and does not intrude or bog down computer has kept our computers free of infections and spyware even malware removed with Panda Antivirus was easy to install about ten minutes we have had many different Antivirus programs and this one compares to all the better programs out there on the market today, allows me to work around it while it scans my system, you can even scedule this program to scan when you scedule it for your time not just what the manufacture sets as a time to scan this makes it easy when you don't want any scanning being performed while you are busy or need to leave in a hurry and can not attend your computer while it scans

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Panda Antivirus, February 5, 2009

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Madame X (Oregon) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 - 1 User [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I am no computer expert, yet I can set up Panda and run a virus scan all by myself! It is simple to use and very efficient. I have never had a problem with Panda and have used it for several years and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a reliable program!