“Thanks to the useful feedback of our beta tester community we have improved this product yet again, providing maximum PC protection and disinfection power with minimum impact on PC performance.” “The new version of Panda Cloud Antivirus improves disinfection rates and reduces the memory footprint,” said Pedro Bustamante, senior research advisor at Panda Security. Additionally, it has a lower impact on system performance, and scans more than 50% faster than earlier versions of the program in on-demand scans. Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 removes all malware traces after neutralization which increases its disinfection capabilities. …Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 incorporates a series of improvements aimed at defending users against an increasingly sophisticated and diverse set of threats such as rogueware and ransomware neutralizing malware capable of getting past antivirus programs and adapting its scanning techniques and sensitivity to the risk posed by each malicious item. Panda’s free cloud-based antivirus has offered what it calls Collective Intelligence technology ( see video on how it works), but with 2.0 the service adds behavior-based scanning technologies, which the company says was previously only available in the Pro Edition. Panda, which says it was the first to deliver antivirus from the cloud (in 2009), on Monday released Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0, which its says adds a news disinfection engine, a “community-based firewall”, and 50% faster scans. Is Collective Intelligence up to the job? Is cloud-based antivirus ready for prime time, and is this time the right time for the 'lightweight' security tech? Image: Courtesy of Panda

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