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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security today announced that Panda Cloud Antivirus, the company's free antivirus service that protects consumers' PCs against the latest malware in real-time, reigns supreme as the leading free antivirus solution among independent reviews. With numerous highly influential publications and online sites positioning Panda Cloud Antivirus as a leader among competitive products in comparative reviews, the product has become the de facto choice for...

Microsoft released its free computer security package on Tuesday, BBC News reported.Windows users can now download the software from Microsoft's Security Essentials website, where the free software provides basic protection against viruses, trojans, rootkits, and spyware.The Essentials software is Microsoft's second try at making an own-brand security package. Before the release, a beta version of Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSE) software, codenamed Morro, had been available to users in...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Alwil Software a.s. is pleased to announce that the award-winning avast! antivirus has now passed 75 million registered users. Since the first registration in January 2002, avast! antivirus has grown to be a truly global product. While it took 6 years to achieve the 50 millionth user, it has taken only an additional 12 months for this number to reach 75 million. Pavel Baudis and Eduard Kucera, the founders of Alwil, said, "We are...

By Steven Rosenberg Needing the latest technology for high school and college didn't start yesterday. It's just way more complicated today. And parents, while your kids will probably go back to school this year with a spanking-new haircut, wardrobe and backpack, big-ticket technology items like computers can definitely be hand-me-downs if they were made within the past five years or so. It's better to pair an "older" computer with a new external backup drive ($70), a stack of writable...