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Published by Carlos Santa Coloma, May 2011

It’s been two years (April 29th) since we launched the first beta version of Panda Cloud Antivirus.

To celebrate it, the very same day we released a new beta version, Panda Cloud Antivirus Beta 1.9.

This version includes some new features, like the Process Monitor functionality and traffic history reporting, and a new graphical installer.

Here you have some other new features:

• Ability to block a process by sending it to Recycle Bin.
• Blocked processes can be restored from the Recycle Bin.
• Ability to disable/enable BackgroundScan after signature cache synchronization.
• Ability to exclude file extensions from the on-access scanner.
• Exclusion of Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP) detections.
• New Toolbar without ID Protect & Shopping and with Toolbar Cleaner.

This beta version will be the root of a cloud-based firewall functionality in a future Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 version. In this beta the networking interception is applied to both HTTP and POP3 traffic. Even though the program incorporates a Process Monitor which keeps track of HTTP web traffic requests on a per process basis and allows for per-process blocking, no traditional firewall functionality is provided in the beta, only interception.

In order to promote thorough testing of this version, we are giving away 10 Amazon.com $100 gift certificates to the most active beta testers who report bugs in the Panda Cloud Antivirus Beta Support Forum. The winners of the gift certificates will be selected at the close of the promotion by the Support Forum Moderators amongst the users with the most amount of new (unknown at the time of posting) bug reports. Note that the beta may still be ongoing after the promotion ends on August 1st, 2011. In addition there will be PRO license codes given away to other active beta testers as well.

For more information about this beta version, how to test it, issues reporting, etc., visit the Beta Zone of Panda Cloud Antivirus Support Forum.

The community of users of Panda Cloud Antivirus, and the Trusted and Official Moderators of the forum, are waiting for your comments and suggestions; and ready to deal with your issues testing the beta.

Thanks!!!

Beta Services
Panda Security

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Carlos Santa Coloma introduces himself  “I joined Panda Security in June 2009, as Beta Services Supervisor. I am, also, Official Moderator in Panda Cloud Antivirus Support Forum (my nickname is carlosbeta) and Panda Security’s International Support Forum (my nickname is beta center), coordinating the Beta Zone of both forums. I very much enjoy testing the company’s new products and helping our testers. Their comments and suggestions help us a lot to build the products they would like to have. See you in the forums!!!”

Published by Carlos Santa Coloma, April 2011

From Beta Services, we would like to share with you the availability of the new beta version 5.50 of Panda Cloud Office Protection

Panda Cloud Office Protection is a security solution for PCs and servers based on the concept of  Software as a Service (SaaS). Software as a Service lets companies focus on their core business, freeing them from the management tasks and operating costs associated with traditional security solutions.

It prevents companies from having to invest in additional hardware, maintenance personnel and other resources dedicated to anti-malware protection while achieving high level security, even in remote offices, with minimum resource consumption.

The Web-based administration console allows centralized management of computer protection anytime from anywhere through single-sign-on.

Panda Cloud Office Protection offers an innovative way to manage security, as it automates all maintenance tasks. This lets many small businesses forget about security management or outsource it quickly and easily with no impact on the user.

Panda Cloud Office Protection is complemented with periodic security audits benefiting from Panda’s exclusive Collective Intelligence Technologies.

Besides, the Web Console of Administration for Service Providers allows the remote and centralized efficient management of the clients security.

Among others, these are some of the new features of this version:

A. Panda Cloud Partner Center improvements and new features

The new partner console, Panda Cloud Partner Center, has been designed so that all our partners can perform all the operations they need to manage their clients both commercially and in terms of security.

Panda Cloud Partner Center is the evolution of the partner console from Panda Cloud Office Protection.

This new solution enables the management of licenses and clients of Panda Cloud Office Protection, Panda Cloud Email Protection and Panda Cloud Protection (some of the features of Panda Cloud Partner Center are not available in the beta version. BTW, it is possible to perform a visual review of them).

Among others, these are some of the new features Panda Cloud Partner Center includes:

Viewing licenses in the console.

Assigning licenses to clients.

Creating a new client.

Importing license packs.

Trials for new clients.

Access to the partner console for Panda Cloud Email Protection.

Compatibility with new browsers:
1. End of support for Internet Explorer 6.0. The console is optimized for Internet Explorer 7.0 or later.
2. Support for Firefox 4

B. Administration Web Console improvements and new features

Remote access to computers using remote control tools.

Nowadays, when the administrator sees errors in one of the supervised computers, or if he wants to look at something in them, there is no tool to access the computers from the console.

In this new version 5.50 of Panda Cloud Office Protection, the administrators have the option to access their computers using remote control Tools previously installed in the computers.

The remote access is allowed using one of these Remote Control tools: Team Viewer, RealVNC, UltraVNC, TightVNC and LogmeIn.

For more information about this Beta version, or to take part in it, please browse the Beta Zone in the Panda Security’s web site

If you have any issue, doubt or suggestion about this version, please, do not hesitate to contact us by our mailbox beta@pandasecurity.com

We will be pleased to help you. Thanks!!

Beta Services
Panda Security

Posted by José Manuel Bernal, March 2011

Panda Security has just launched a beta version of Panda Global Protection 2012 and a special contest for beta testers.
If you want to become one of the winners, go to our Beta Area where you will find the Contest Terms & Conditions and the file to download.

Once you have downloaded and installed the solution, you’ll see that…:

• Panda Global Protection 2012 is extremely easy to use. Check out its simple and straightforward installation process and new, more attractive interface.

• The Beta provides even more detection and protection capabilities against all kinds of malware.

Download it and see for yourself!!

The Panda Security Beta Team needs your feedback, opinions, suggestions and ideas to get the best possible product.

Join the Beta Program and become one of the winners!