Who does not love a free gift? Especially if
that is something useful and beautiful. Business houses use this behavior of
man to promote their business and offer free samples of their products. The IT
Security firms are no exception. They also offer free sample versions of their products.
The same is true for Panda Security as well, except the fact that their free
version is a class in itself. Panda Free
Antivirus for Desktop is an effective and efficient software that keeps
your desktop malware-free. With a 100% virus detection ratio, this is one free
tool that you must have.
First, let us consider what are computer
viruses and malware. Computer viruses are programs written in malicious intent.
There are many types of computer viruses or malware. There is spyware which
spies in your computer. A trojan horse that looks unsuspecting at first to
bypass the firewall and starts its malicious activity. Ransomware
which asked ransom while threatening to disclose the personal information of
the user. A logic bomb is a piece of code that gets activated in your system
causing harm once certain conditions are met. There are many, many other forms
of viruses as well and more importantly, they are evolving every day.
Panda Security, a
Spanish Multinational, specialized in providing IT security, has different
products for the antivirus and other protection of your desktop. The paid
version have four categories all are named as Panda Dome. There is Panda Dome
Essential, the very basic paid version which has three additional features than
the free version. There are Panda Dome Advanced and Panda Dome Complete. And on
top of the pack, with almost 13 states of the art features, there is Panda Dome
Premium. All these Panda Dome products for desktop are free for the first month
of use, including the premium product.
Other than that there is
a Free version of antivirus for desktop. The Panda Free version is secure with a 100% virus detection ratio for
windows with minimal device impact. It allows you to stay protected all the time.
This free antivirus provides free up to the minute update. The software is
really easy to use. You can just install it and forget about it. It will take
care of protection, updation, and complicated settings. The best thing is it is
lightweight. All the things are done from the cloud and therefore there is the
least impact on the device.
For the windows, Panda Free antivirus for desktop
provides antivirus protection, USB protection, and multimedia or game mode. It
also provides Panda Rescue Kit which
is a free PC recovery system that runs an advance scan or creates a rescue USB drive. These
are used to boot and clean those dangerously infected devices that won’t even
start. Other than the antivirus protection with a firewall the Panda Free version provides Free VPN as
well to browse anonymously from a single virtual location. However, it is
limited to 150 MB per day only.
