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Panda Software launches new TruPrevent technologies.


IT threats are becoming increasingly fast and sophisticated. IT managers have been calling on the industry to battle threats as they happen and to be able to detect the actions of viruses as they appear. The recent Sasser epidemic is just one example. This worm exploited a Windows vulnerability to infect infect /in·fect/ (in-fekt´)
1. to invade and produce infection in.

2. to transmit a pathogen or disease to.


in·fect
v.
1.
 millions of computers in just a few hours. This was not an isolated case however: other viruses like MyDoom or SQL SQL
 in full Structured Query Language.

Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results.
 Slammer A worm that caused a billion dollars worth of damage on the Internet on January 25, 2003. Slammer infected computers all over the Internet by generating random IP addresses and causing the computer's buffer to overflow with its own instructions that replicate itself and start the process  have shown that it is possible to create a virus that can act far quicker than any human reaction capacity.

Panda Software's solutions were already the first to offer true daily updates but now Panda Software answers the call of the industry with its ground breaking TruPrevent Technologies Introduced in 2003, TruPrevent are a set of technologies developed by Panda Software for proactive protection in home and corporate computers, as opposed to traditional antivirus products, which provide reactive protection. . Panda Software offers the first and only solution to this type of threat with its line of preventive solutions that can preempt pre·empt or pre-empt  
v. pre·empt·ed, pre·empt·ing, pre·empts

v.tr.
1. To appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others. See Synonyms at appropriate.

2.
a.
 and block them as they try to enter or leave the system. Panda Software has been developing in this area for many years and the result of this effort is TruPrevent Technologies.

Just like a good detective, TruPrevent Technologies analyze suspicious behavior in programs and automatically block them intelligently with no need for human intervention and without having to ask users any questions. This characteristic also represents a bonus for administrators as it simplifies network management tasks.
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Publication:EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 30, 2004
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