Internet Security Suite: First Impression of Panda IS 2008

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I've recently had the pleasure of evaluating Panda Internet Security 2008 and have been overwhelmingly surprised. I really like this product!

Panda IS seemingly has it all: Firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, anti-phishing, anti-rootkit, parental control, ID theft prevention, online backups, PC optimization. The list goes on and on.

I especially like the anti-phishing protection. Just this morning, I got an email notification from twitter that said somebody had started to "follow me" (social networking-speak for "keep up with me"); I looked at the person's profile, thought "okay, I'll follow him," and looked at a message he'd left with a tinyURL. I clicked on the URL and was taken to a page that had been intercepted by Panda Internet Security as a "phishing site."

Needless to say, I was very impressed with this! Yes, I did a dumb thing, in that I clicked on a hyperlink from somebody I didn't know, but my security software saved me from myself!

Every other function is integrated very well, too -- there's seamless functionality built-in at every turn.

To learn more about Panda and its security software brethren, try these links:

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