Panda Cloud Antivirus receives Editors Choice Award

Panda Cloud Antivirus, the industry’s first and most comprehensive free cloud-based anti-virus that protects consumers PCs against the latest malware, spyware, rootkits and viruses, has emerged from beta receiving the PC MAG Editors Choice Award.

Recognized for being “the first anti-virus without an update button“, Panda Cloud Antivirus delivers the fastest protection against the newest and most dangerous viruses. This is made possible thanks to Collective Intelligence, which guarantees the industry’s fastest protection against the newest and most dangerous malware.

Since its successful beta launch in April 2009, Panda Cloud Antivirus has received acclaim from industry experts and consumers for being the lightest free anti-malware service in the world. As it emerges out of beta, Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 offers improved protection against new and unknown viruses with even less impact on users’ PCs. Cloud Antivirus 1.0 provides 100% cloud-based protection against malware, spyware, rootkits and viruses. Panda Cloud Antivirus works with Windows XP (32bits), Windows Vista (32bits & 64 bits) and Windows 7 (32bits & 64 bits) operating systems and only consumes 20 MB of RAM.

Microsoft e-Learning Products

In this 21st century, people have to learn more than ever before. It is however obvious that not everybody can be available for live classroom-based training. The challenges being faced by individual and corporate organization, especially in this part of the world range from time, to convenience, availability and even affordability.

While we acknowledge that computers will never completely eliminate human instructors and other forms of educational delivery, the need to transform how organizations learn points to a more modern, efficient, and flexible alternative: eLearning.

Microsoft E-Learning offers courses, clinics, and workshops to enable IT professionals, developers, and home and office workers to understand and use Microsoft products and technologies to achieve greater productivity.

It is designed for self-motivated learners as a guided, self-directed, interactive learning experience. It delivers value by providing a cost-effective, flexible means to acquire knowledge and skills on Microsoft products and technologies, at your own pace and on your own schedule.

Whether you are looking to acquire new skills, gain knowledge, enhance your current job performance, prepare for a project or an exam or earn certifications, Microsoft E-Learning delivers access to expert Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows tools and skills at a cost-effective price.

The Advantages of E-Learning from Microsoft include the following:

1.      Microsoft E-Learning provides access to just the right software training—anytime and anywhere—for IT Professional, developers, and home and office workers.

2.      Microsoft E-Learning content is created by Microsoft experts, so the training comes straight from the source.

3.      Assessments, hands-on virtual labs, expert advice, and an interactive, non-linear approach all contribute to make Microsoft E-Learning an engaging and flexible learning experience.

4.      Microsoft E-Learning meets the needs of a highly skilled technology workforce by providing tailored learning experiences that address their specific business needs.

5.      Microsoft E-Learning features the most up-to-date content developed by Microsoft technology experts for the most relevant learning experience available.

Unique features
Microsoft E-Learning is very unique in so many ways. This has to do with its robust features. These features include:

1.      Official Microsoft Learning hands-on labs that maximize your learning experience. These labs are developed by industry-leading instructional designers who provide a safe, networked environment where learners can practice what they have learned without having to set up new software or change system settings.

2.      Audio narration from content experts provides instruction on critical technical issues.

3.      Interactive games engage learners, introduce new concepts and terminology, and assess how well users have retained key information from each lesson.

4.      Robust assessment tools help users gauge their training needs and monitor their progress. Each course provides a pre-assessment that enables users to target their particular learning needs. Self-tests help learners measure their technical competency so that they can determine where to invest their time for maximum return.

5.      Offline viewing is available for content to provide maximum flexibility.

6.      Expert content in each course is developed by the product experts at Microsoft

7. Engaging simulations give users the experience of completing a task and practice with real-world business scenarios.

Covered Technologies
Microsoft e-Learning products cover almost all technologies in its staple. Please  click here to open (and save) the complete list of the e-learning products

As we continue to work with you to help ensure Information Technology enables your organization achieve its business objectives, we hope you will make use of this great opportunity and invest in Microsoft eLearning.

 

For further enquiries, please contact:
1.    Busola Ademosu  (Lekki Head Office) on 01-8796509, 08023035483 or busola.ademosu@bi-traxaxxent.com
2.   Wale Olayanju (Mainland Office) on 07029590713, 0809 8 BITRAX or wale.olayanju@bi-traxaxxent.com

Motor industry hardest hit by spam and email-borne malware

Panda Security has carried out a study from July to September analyzing in detail the email traffic generated by 867 companies across 11 different sectors in 22 American and European countries. In total, over 503 million messages were analyzed.

The aim of the study was to compare the effects of spam and malware across different business sectors.

According to Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs, “We were curious to see if spam and email-borne malware affected all companies equally, or whether there were factors that influenced the likelihood of them being targeted. We were surprised to find significant differences -up to 12 percent- in the ratio of junk mail received between different business sectors.

Fake antivirus programs hijack and block computers

The rogueware business has evolved to incorporate ransomware techniques, based on the hijacking of users’ information. Infected computers are extremely difficult to clean manually, forcing victims to pay the ransom or reformat the computer.

Think twice before you download that "free" antivirus

PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory at Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has identified a new, more aggressive trend for selling fake antivirus programs or rogueware. Until now, when a computer was infected by this type of malware, users would typically see a series of warnings prompting them to buy a pay version of the program. Now, these technologies are being combined with ransomware, hijacking the computer and rendering it useless until victims complete the purchase.

Once a computer is infected, any attempt made by the user to run a program or open a document, etc., will be frustrated. The only response from the computer will be to display a message falsely informing the victim that all files are infected with the only solution being to buy the fake antivirus.