Panda Research Blog

Q2 2011 Test Results of Security Suites

Pedro Bustamante — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:38:42 +0000

Recently both AV-Test.org and AV-Comparatives.org have announced respective results for their dynamic real-world or whole-product tests. Basically these AV tests try to replicate user experience by introducing malware to the test machine in pretty much the same way a regular user would encounter malware and get infected. We are very proud of the results of [...]

Tis the comparative season

Pedro Bustamante — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:32:18 +0000

There’s been a few comparative tests published as of late. In case you’ve missed any of them here’s a quick rundown of the most significant ones. First on the list are the Q1-2011 quarterly results of the Full Product Test (FPT) by AV-Test.org. These FPT’s are performed on a monthly basis and are very in-depth, [...]

Microsoft’s 6-year long open door to malware

Pedro Bustamante — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:25:50 +0000

Finally Microsoft has released an automatic update which disables AutoPlay in USB drives for all its Windows Operating Systems. Up until now only Windows 7 disabled this functionality by default. With this update Microsoft finally puts a stop to one of the most common malware infection vectors of the last 6 years. Let’s quickly review [...]

Panda Antivirus Command Line Scanner 9.5.1.2

Pedro Bustamante — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:30:32 +0000

We have an updated version of Panda Antivirus command-line scanner available, version 9.5.1.2. It can be downloaded from http://research.pandasecurity.com/blogs/images/pavcl.zip. The package includes a signature file (pav.sig) from today. In order to download updated signature files you can use a current license to any Panda products (except Panda Cloud Antivirus) to access the updates available a http://acs.pandasoftware.com/member/pavsig/pav.zip [...]

AV-Test.org 2010 Test Results

Pedro Bustamante — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:54:07 +0000

The independent AV testing organization AV-Test.org recently released the last results of its monthly “Full Product Tests”. The Full Product Tests are a comprehensive look at anti-malware products’ ability to protect end users in real-life situations. It covers three main areas of each product: Protection, Repair and Usability. Under each area there are multiple sub-tests, [...]

Microsoft just doesn’t get it…. Security is about diversity

Pedro Bustamante — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:49:24 +0000

Microsoft recently started installing its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) free antivirus product via the Operating System update mechanism to computers which don’t already have an antivirus installed. Basically Microsoft is saying they are worried about the security of its users and they need to make sure they are protected. Perhaps Microsoft is trying to position [...]

Dear Microsoft: Please Stop Pushing Potentially Unwanted Software Through Windows Update

Pedro Bustamante — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:13:55 +0000

One of my home machines is Windows 7 Enterprise x64. A few days ago an interesting thing started happening. Windows Update (WU) traybar is notifying that there is a new “Important Update” that needs to be installed. I have it configured for manual update because I want to decide what gets installed and what doesn’t. [...]

Virus Bulletin 2010

Pedro Bustamante — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:26:04 +0000

This year’s Virus Bulletin conference in Vancouver was a big success as it included some very interesting talks, specially on Stuxnet and social media security issues. There were also some presentations about ongoing efforts in the IEEE regarding telemetry on malware and a taggant system for runtime packers. Overall some great talks by very knowleadgeable [...]

AV-Comparatives Performance Test 2010

Pedro Bustamante — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:03:43 +0000

‘Tis the comparative season Right after the AV-Test Certification and the chinese PCSL Full-Protection test, the new AV-Comparatives Performance Test has just been published. Once again, Panda Internet Security gets an excellent score, obtaining the #1 rank as best performer and winning the Advanced+ award. For more details be sure to visit AV-Comparatives and download [...]

PC Security Labs July 2010 Test Results

Pedro Bustamante — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:36:53 +0000

Right after the good news from the AV-Test Certification results comes the newest test results from Chinese independent lab PC Securitylabs (www.pcsecuritylabs.net). In this test Panda Internet Security has achieved both “5 Star” rating as well as a special award for “Top Detection” out of all tested solutions. The full test report can be [...]