As we emerge more and more is a Software + Services world, Panda took advantage of this new wave and released the World's first cloud antivirus solution.
The protection model based on a thin-client agent and server architecture which services malware protection as opposed to locally installed products. By combining local detection technologies with cloud-scanning capabilities and applying non-intrusive interception techniques on the client architecture, Panda Cloud Antivirus provides some of the best protection with a lightweight antivirus thin-client agent that barely consumes any PC resources.
Of course this S+S approach has advantages and drawbacks.
Advantages:
- Always using the latest version of software and protection
- Minimum impact on local resources
- Detection of threats in less than 6 minutes (this is what Panda announced on the official blog)
Drawbacks:
- Need of permanent Internet connection
- Without Internet connection the protection is reduced
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