Panda Security’s new consumer solutions protect against malware distributed from web pages

Panda’s solutions detect infection attempts launched from web pages, warning users and blocking the attacks.

Panda Security’s new consumer solutions (Panda Antivirus 2008, Panda Antivirus+Firewall 2008 and Panda Internet Security 2008) include a technology that allows detecting infection attempts from web pages. If a user’s security is compromised on visiting a web page, then the Panda solutions warn them and stop the attack.

Panda consumer solutions can detect scripts (sections of malicious code written in languages like JavaScript and designed to exploit vulnerabilities on computers) hosted on web pages that are trying to infect the user’s system. If this happens, users are warned that their security is at risk and that they must leave the web page.

“Cases like Mpack, a tool for installing malware through exploits which distributed malware from over 350,000 web pages, highlights the importance of having a tool that can protect users from this type of infection”, explains Almike Santisteban, Consumer Product Manager at Panda Security.

Panda Security consumer solutions can also detect vulnerabilities existing on users’ computers and report them so they can be patched. In this way, protection against malware hosted on web pages is further reinforced.

“These malicious codes exploit design flaws in programs to infect computers. If users keep their computers up-to-date, codes like those will be useless. We help users protect themselves by warning them against vulnerabilities on their computers”, says Santisteban.

This protection is complemented with blocking of malicious URLs. The system consists of a blacklist of pages that try to download spyware onto computers. If a user tries to access any of these pages, the Panda solutions will prevent them from doing so, warning them of the implicit risk.

“You must take into account that, on many occasions, the pages that download malware are legitimate pages which, due to a design flaw, are used by cyber-crooks to insert their creations in them and infect visitors. For this reason, it‘s essential that you have a good security solution that can warn you when you are in danger”, concludes Santisteban.