Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced that the free editio n of Panda Cloud Antivirus

(www.cloudantivirus.com) has earned yet another Advan ced+ rating in the latest independent tests by AV-Comparatives.org. The tests ev aluated the malware removal / cleaning capabilities of 13 antivirus solutions, o ut of which only three, including Panda, obtained the highest award. AV-Comparatives logo available at: http://prensa.pandasecurity.com/wp-content/up loads/2012/11/logo_rv_adv+_nov2012.jpg Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition was the only free antivirus solution to achie ve the Advanced+ rating (3 stars) in the malware disinfection test, performing b etter than solutions from Avira (Advanced rating 2 stars), and AVG and Avast (St andard rating - 1 star). This seal is the result of the technological improvements included in the 2.0 ve rsion of the product: a new and more complete disinfection engine with heuristic capabilities which increases the capacity to completely disinfect the PC and en ables it to fight against new unknown malware. The new Panda Cloud Antivirus als o includes disinfection routines from the cloud, allowing Panda Cloud Antivirus to be more flexible and efficient cleaning all traces of malware. Happy and impressed to see that Panda has improved its disinfection capabilities tremendously in the last few months, especially in the area of dangerous malwar e families such as rogue AV and others tested by AV-Comparatives.org. This indic ates a very good focus by Panda in dealing with the most problematic malware for end users and companies, explained Andreas Clementi, Chairman of AV-Comparatives .org. The AV-Comparatives.org test examined malware removal and disinfection capabilit ies, evaluating the solutions actual ability to eliminate malware strains from in fected or compromised systems, including the infamous Police Virus. The full repor t is available at: http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/docs/avc_rem_201211_en. pdf This certification is the result of the excellent work done by everyone in the Pa ndaLabs and Development teams, said Pedro Bustamante, Senior Research Advisor at Panda Security. Our priority in the last few months has been to further improve d etection and disinfection ratios with a new cloud-based engine, and winning this award has proven that it was well worth the effort. Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 2.0, which launched last July, incorporates a series of improvements aimed at defending users against an increasingly sophist icated and diverse set of threats such as rogueware and ransomware; neutralizing malware capable of getting past antivirus programs. Additionally, it optimizes security by adding behavior-based scanning technologies, a feature previously on ly available in the Pro Edition (paid version), and removes all malware traces a fter neutralization which increases its disinfection capabilities. Finally, it h as a lower impact on system performance, and scans more than 50 percent faster t han earlier versions of the program in on-demand scans. Since Cloud Antivirus initial release in 2009 as the first free in the cloud securi ty service for home users, millions around the world have benefitted from its aw ard-winning free antivirus protection and incredibly lightweight footprint. The latter is a major benefit of Collective Intelligence, Pandas proprietary technolo gy for automatically collecting and processing millions of malware samples in th e cloud instead of locally on the users PC. For more information about Panda Cloud Antivirus or to download the product, ple ase visit: http://www.cloudantivirus.com

About Panda Security Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the worlds leading provider of cloud-based sec urity solutions, with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 195 countries around the World. Panda Security was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analy ze and classify thousands of new malware samples every day, guaranteeing corpora te customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threa ts with minimum impact on system performance. Panda Security has 61 offices thro ughout the globe with US headquarters in Florida and European headquarters in Sp ain. Panda Security collaborates with Special Olympics, WWF and Invest for Children a s part of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy. For more information, visit http://www.pandasecurity.com/ or our press site http ://press.pandasecurity.com/. PR Contact: Neil Martin neil.martin@uk.pandasecurity.com Tel. 0844 335 3791 Follow us on: Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/pages/Panda-Security-UK/23347633 3347893 Twitter - http://twitter.com/PandaSecurityUK Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/PandaSecurity1