With the increasing growth of computing and the Internet in the office and the household alike, it is important that your computer protect you from the hazards of the Internet. With the Internet, viruses are created and spread faster than ever before. So how does Panda Antivirus Platinum stand up to the Internet? Find out below.
Test 5: Protection from the Internet
The Internet Protection Module scans incoming data at the Winsock layer and can therefore catch downloads from the Web. This is very important because even the average Internet user downloads from the web a lot. If you are worried about infected FTP's, Panda also provides protection from FTP transfers.
With increasing presence of email viruses, we looked into what Panda offers in the way of protection from these types of viruses. With Panda, you can check what types of email items you want scanned and also select the operations such as scanning incoming or outgoing mail that you think should be checked.
Scared of certain web sites? If you are or have found an infected site, you can add it to your list of blocked web sites and/or services. If you are a major anti-virus nut you can even block ports by specifying a port name or IP address that you want blocked. I imagine that with viruses popping up all the time this could become handy at some point.
When we tested its Internet Features, Panda AntiVirus did a good job of blocking ports and web sites, and scanning infected files. Panda Antivirus Platinum definitely passes this test and offers some of the most flexible Internet protection features in an anti-virus program to date.
