Panda Security Launches Panda Global Protection 2010 Beta

PRESS RELEASE

GLENDALE, Calif.,May 26 /PRNewswire/ --Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has released a beta version of Panda Global Protection 2010, its most complete anti-malware suite for home users.

This beta version is available for free at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/promotions/betatest/

Panda Global Protection 2010 includes improved, innovative detection and protection technologies and a new engine with 80 percent less memory consumption to ensure that users have the best protection in the most resource-friendly solution.

Panda Global Protection 2010 beta includes:

-- Antivirus -- Proactive protection technology -- Anti-spyware/Anti-adware -- Anti-phishing -- Anti-rootkit -- Personal firewall -- Anti-spam -- Identity Protect -- Parental Control -- Local and Online Backup -- PC Optimizer (Tune-up)

Panda Global Protection 2010 leverages Collective Intelligence technologies to protect users from the cloud and utilizes knowledge from a global community comprising of millions of Panda users worldwide. Panda's Collective Intelligence servers automatically classify more than 35,000 new malware samples every day, and each new file through these servers is automatically classified within six minutes. These technologies correlate information on the malware it receives from computers to continuously improve the protection level for its global user community. Panda Global Protection 2010 has continuous, real-time contact with this vast knowledge base allowing it to offer users the fastest response against the new malware that appears every day.

In conjunction with the launch, Panda Security is hosting a competition to reward its beta testers. All users who download this beta and help improve the product (by reporting interface typos, functionality issues, etc.) will take part in a competition to be judged by a panel of technical experts from Panda Security. The ten beta testers adjudged to have made the best contributions towards improving the product will each receive a $200 Amazon.com voucher.

In addition, all users who report a previously unknown incident will get a 50 percent discount on the final release version of Panda Global Protection 2010.

To download the free beta and get more information about the competition, go to: http://www.pandasecurity.com/promotions/betatest/

About Panda Security

Panda Security is one of the world's leading IT security providers, with millions of clients around the globe and products available in over twenty languages. Our mission is to keep our customers' information and IT assets safe from security threats, giving them the most effective protection with the minimum resource consumption.

Every day, thousands of new malicious codes are created. To combat this threat, Panda Security has developed an innovative and unique security model which can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples. This model is collective intelligence and ensures that Panda Security solutions can protect against far more threats than the products of any other company.

For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/