Panda Cloud Antivirus is notable as a free security solution for two reasons: Panda is a reputable security vendor making its first foray into the realm of freeware security, and the program’s goal of freeing up system resources by putting much of the program’s heavy lifting in the cloud is definitely attained. When you open Cloud Antivirus, the main window lets you know whether you’re safe or not with a big red or green icon. Cloud Antivirus works as other antivirus solutions do, offering a Quick Scan and a Custom scan for specific folder, files, and drives, but its ancillary features are exceptionally light. You can opt out of contributing anonymous data to the cloud, but that also opts you out of automatic threat management. There’s a network connection proxy option should you need it, and a reporting feature that will show you what kind of threats have been detected and removed from your computer. You can filter the report by All, Last 24 hours, Last Week, or Last Month, and there’s a Recycle Bin pane from which you can recover a false positive, should you need it. Unfortunately, the Recycle Bin is hidden behind an obnoxious “flipping” screen that cheesily rotates when you need to access it. Despite lacking some of the customization heft that even other free antivirus solutions have, most glaringly a scheduler, the program is not necessarily a bad choice for a stripped-down antivirus. It runs at less than 10MB of RAM when idle, and around 60MB when scanning, which should appeal to resource-conscious Netbook users. Keeping in mind its limited feature set, and that we don’t have efficacy numbers at the time of reviewing, Panda Cloud Antivirus makes a decent, reasonable security choice.
Publisher’s description
Panda Cloud Antivirus is the first free cloud-based antivirus thin-client. It consists of a lightweight antivirus agent that is connected in real-time to PandaLabs’ Collective Intelligence servers to protect faster against the newest malware variants while barely impacting PC performance. Thanks to Panda Security’s Collective Intelligence malware and goodware online database, Panda Cloud Antivirus detects more malware than traditional signature-based solutions which take longer to detect the most recent, and therefore most dangerous, variants. Panda Cloud Antivirus protects you while you browse, play or work and you won’t even notice it. It is extremely light as all the work is done in the cloud. Panda Cloud Antivirus provides you with the fastest protection against the newest viruses thanks to its cloud-scanning from PandaLabs’ servers. Panda Cloud Antivirus is truly install and forget. Don’t worry about updates, configuration or complicated decisions ever again.
What’s new in this version: Final version 1.0 release includes bug fixes for all issues found during beta testing. Download Now (21.98MB)
UserGate is a complex solution for sharing Internet access among employees in your company, making traffic calculations, and protecting your local network against malicious activity and software, such as hacker attacks, viruses and Trojans. UserGate is a flexible yet very powerful program that can be used in small- and mid-sized companies instead of relying on large and expensive hardware or software alternatives. UserGate incorporates NAT and application-layer proxy capabilities and works as a point of entry to the Internet for a local network. You can share Internet access among employees in your company, use multiple ISPs, and manage bandwidth to avoid traffic congestion and make effective use of an existing Internet connection.There are two antivirus engines integrated in UserGate that make sure all incoming traffic, such as e-mail, HTTP and FTP, is checked for malware. You can choose to include one or even both of them into your UserGate installation. Apart from protection against viruses and other malware, UserGate also incorporates a firewall, which effectively guards your network against intrusions. With UserGate, you can enforce as strict an Internet access policy as you want, to ensure that the Internet is used appropriately in your company. The integrated BrightCloud Service allows you to apply web filters, and helps boost employee productivity by giving you total control over what sites your employees can access. UserGate also includes an application filtering module that lets you allow or deny Internet access to network applications installed on client machines. User statistics are available in comprehensive reports directly accessible from within the program, or remotely via a web browser.With DHCP server support, you can make UserGate dynamically assign IP-addresses in your local network. The resource publishing feature enables you to provide access to your company’s internet resources, such as Web-, FTP- or mail-server from the outside.
What’s new in this version: Version 5.2 inludes updated filtering implementation for the traffic, connection between console and server now established through the secure SSL protocol, new module “UserGate setup wizard” implemented for low-skilled users, updated report generation, configuration files import added., modified algorithm for DNS requests when there are several DNS servers specif, updated UserGate DNS module now supports MX, PTR and non-recursive requests, statistics reports in OpenOffice Calc fo
SSX Free v2.0.1 allows individuals and corporations to extend their Secure Trade Link account services to their Linux based servers. Secure Trade Link provides secure document transfer and digital signature services for businesses. Create contracts online under collaborative workgroups, sign with digital signatures, and distribute the final results all in a secure environment. With Secure Trade Link services it’s not only secure, it’s also easy.
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McAfee Total Protection for Small Business is a hassle-free security service that’s quickly installed, centrally managed, and updated automatically. Total Protection solutions provide comprehensive security in a single service to protect against everything from viruses, spyware, spam, and phishing, to hackers and identity thieves. Total Protection simplifies security and provides always-on, always up-to-date protection across desktops, servers, and email. With McAfee SecurityCenter, a single, web-based management console, small businesses can easily customize security policies and view infection reports. SecurityCenter also provides easy-to-read status reports to ensure the latest level of protection against viruses, spyware, hackers, and spam. And no additional equipment to purchase or technical security specialists to hire means low cost of ownership. What’s new in this version: This version is the first release on CNET Download.com. Download Now (50MB)
NOD32 Antivirus System provides well balanced, state-of-the-art protection against threats endangering your PC and enterprise systems running various platforms from Microsoft Windows through a number of UNIX/Linux, Novell, MS DOS operating systems to Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino and other mail servers. Viruses, worms, trojans and other malware are kept out of striking distance of your valuable data. Advanced detection methods implemented in the software even provide protection against the future threats from most of the new worms and viruses. The fourth generation of the NOD32 Antivirus System features a fully integrated software suite characterized by an unprecedented detection track record, the fastest scanning rates and extremely low utilization of system resources. Download Now (17.36MB)