Internet Myths Putting Americans at Risk, According to G Data Security Survey
A new study released by G Data Software finds that Americans’ knowledge of Internet security is scattered with misconceptions and fallacies that expose PC users to a slew of online threats.
The G Data Security Survey 2011 entitled, “How do users assess threats on the Internet?,” surveyed nearly 16,000 PC users in 11 countries, including more than 5,500 respondents in the United States.
The international report found that Americans are dangerously out-of-touch with the sophistication of today’s threat landscape. When asked if they are more wary of being exposed to malware on porn sites or horseback riding sites, more than 40% of Americans said porn sites. However, in reality, hobby and amateur sites are far easier to attack than adult sites. Hobby sites are also much slower in removing malware — and with visitors not being careful on these sites — they pose a greater infection risk than adult sites, where visitors expect danger.
When it comes to how malware impacts computers, consumer expectations overwhelmingly haven’t kept pace with today’s stealthy threats. Nearly all Americans reported that contaminated computers would show signs of infection through slowdowns, crashes, or pop-ups. Yet, today’s malware is operated by professionals looking to surreptitiously steal sensitive information, without risking detection. The survey includes several other notable findings, including: Read more
Panda Security’s Flagship Internet Security 2010 Takes Top Spot in AV-Test Report
Panda detected 100 percent of malware scanned in the AV-Test report in both private and ‘In the Wild’ virus lists
Panda Security announced that its flagship Panda Internet Security 2010 solution has been awarded the top spot by prestigious German testing laboratory AV-Test.org in its Q2 Product Review and Certification Report. Panda’s award-winning anti-virus solution also received AV-Test certification after surpassing all protection, cleaning and usability tests, as well as those designed to test the solutions’ ability to repair computers infected with malware.
Panda Internet Security 2010 achieved a high score of 5.5 out of 6 in the protection test, also achieving the same marks for cleaning and repairing computers infected with malware. The solution scored 5 out of 6 for usability.
In testing protection against malware infections, the most noteworthy results were the solution detecting 100 percent of samples in the malware batch used by AV-Test, as well as those from its ‘In the Wild’ list. In the detection of zero-day malware attacks on the Internet, including Web and e-mail threats, Panda Security scored 82, 89 and 74 percent respectively during the three test months. In dynamic detection testing, Panda detected 81 percent of the samples used, significantly higher than the industry average of 63 percent. These figures, higher than competitive product scores, can be attributed to Panda’s Collective Intelligence technology, which immediately detects both known and unknown malware samples and sends them to the cloud for classification, remediation and elimination.
Panda Internet Security 2010 also scored 100 percent in the detection and elimination of rootkits and hidden malware. In the section on cleaning and repairing computers infected with malware, Panda Security achieved 95 percent in the elimination of active malware components (according to the WildList), once again above the industry average. In the usability section, the impact ratio of the anti-virus on computer performance was 101 seconds, less than half the industry average of 251 seconds.
“These results illustrate the incredible capability of Panda’s Collective Intelligence detection system,” said Pedro Bustamante, senior research advisor at Panda Security. “More significantly, this detection power has no impact on users’ computers, since the scanning and the classification of malware takes place entirely in the cloud.” Read more