New antivirus hit the web marketplace very often. Most are just rehashes of what already there. However, Panda Cloud Antivirus distinguishes itself by being perhaps the first cloud-based antivirus on the security market.

Panda Cloud Antivirus is the first free cloud based Thin-Client Antivirus. It took almost 3 years to develop. Cloud-based antivirus is an interesting alternative to more conventional computer security solutions. Software is only partially installed on your system (thin-client) while core files reside on PandaLabs’ servers. It utilizes a constantly updated, real-time database of virus signature files retrieved from community users in the cloud in order to identify threats and protect your computer.

What is Cloud-Based Antivirus

Panda Cloud Antivirus is very easy to configure, and use. It scans files through Internet which makes it very light on system. It is extremely light as all the work is done in the cloud, so light that you won’t notice it is there.

Panda Cloud Antivirus is available in Free Edition or Pro Edition. Pro-Edition come with behavioral analysis of running processes, automatic vaccination of USB memory keys and hard drives, automatic and transparent upgrades, VIP support and no nagging screens.

You can download the latest version of Panda Cloud from http://www.cloudantivirus.com.

Published by Spyware, Adware and Computer Security News (www.spywarenews.org)

W32/MSNworm.EI.worm, which spreads via the MSN Messenger and displays a funny picture of a little pig sending you a kiss while it is infecting your computer.

MSNworm.EI is a worm whose main objective is to spread and affect as many computers as possible. The means it uses to spread is the instant messaging program MSN Messenger.

Additionally, it downloads the backdoor detected as IRCBot.BWB to the affected computer. The variants belonging to the IRCBot family are designed to connect to several IRC servers and receive remote control commands.

MSNworm.EI is easy to recognize, as it reaches the computer via the instant messaging program MSN Messenger, in an instant message which contains a file.

When the file is run, the following image is displayed:

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