Panda Security Launches 'Infected or Not' Campaign, Offers Free Security
Assessments
72 Percent of Companies, 23 Percent of Home Users with Up-to-Date Security
Solutions are Infected with Malware
GLENDALE, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a leading
global provider of IT security solutions, today announced the launch of its
"Infected or Not" campaign (http://www.infectedornot.com), which will help
consumers and businesses determine if their current networks are infected with
malware. By visiting the Web site, users will have the ability to run a free
security assessment on their PCs and networks, and test against Panda
Security's malware database, the largest in the world with 11 million malware
samples. The first ten companies that can demonstrate they are not infected
will be awarded $7,500, and the first ten consumers will be awarded iPod
Nanos.
The impetus for this initiative was due to an alarming 2007 PandaLabs
study of 1.5 million users that revealed 72 percent of companies and 23
percent of home users with an up-to-date security solution unknowingly had
malware on their networks. Traditional security solutions are no longer
sufficient to protect users' computers from the increasing number of malware
samples that appear every day.
"Many users and IT managers believe that all security solutions are the
same and that simply having a traditional anti-virus solution installed
provides sufficient protection, yet the truth is quite different," said
Mathieu Brignone, chief marketing officer, Panda Security. "Due to the
evolution of malware, traditional anti-virus solutions can no longer protect
against malware whose sole purpose is financial gain. Users are given a false
sense of security with current solutions, yet their networks are still
significantly exposed to the threat of confidential data being stolen and
identity theft."
The "Infected or Not" assessment utilizes Collective Intelligence, Panda
Security's proprietary technology that collects malware information from the
Internet community at large and automates the data processing in real-time.
This approach not only provides far greater security but also simplifies the
protection process and detects malware that traditional security solutions
miss.
Currently, Panda Security's Collective Intelligence network comprises 4
million computers. The knowledge accumulated in the system is composed of more
than 11 million malware samples, and over 100 million analyzed programs. In
2007, more than 94 percent of all new threats that reached PandaLabs were
detected through Collective Intelligence. At present, the system has a malware
knowledge base of more than a hundred million bytes.
About Panda Security
Panda Security is one of the world's leading IT security providers, with
millions of clients across more than 200 countries and products available in
23 languages. Its mission is to develop and provide global solutions to keep
clients' IT resources free from the damage inflicted by viruses and other
computer threats, at the lowest possible total cost of ownership.
Panda Security proposes a new security model, designed to offer a robust
solution to the latest cyber-crime techniques. This is manifest in the
performance of the company's technology and products, with detection ratios
well above average market standards and most importantly, providing greater
security for its clients. For more information and evaluation versions of all
Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com.
SOURCE Panda Security
Bill Bourdon of Bateman Group, +1-415-602-1491, panda@bateman-group.com, for
Panda Security
