Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced that both its consum er and corporate solutions

are fully compatible with Windows 8, ensuring that us ers of Microsofts new operating system can benefit from its antivirus and network management software from the outset. For us, it is extremely important to be able to respond to users needs, explained P edro Bustamante, Senior Research Advisor at Panda Security. Our product portfolio has been engineered to work with Windows 8, so if any of our customers decides to upgrade to Microsofts new operating system they can rest assured they will enj oy maximum protection from day one. Panda Securitys 2013 consumer solutions: Panda Antivirus Pro 2013, Panda Internet Security 2013 and Panda Global Protection 2013, are fully compatible with Windo ws 8. Additionally, they include a new, more modern and intuitive interface in l ine with the Modern look and feel of Microsofts new operating system. Similarly , the companys free cloud-based antivirus scanner, Panda Cloud Antivirus, also wo rks with Windows 8. Panda Securitys products have been certified as Windows 8 Com patible by independent testing labs AV-Comparatives.org and AV-Test.org in recen t reports. "In order that our users already know which products are compatible with this ne w operating system, AV-Comparatives keeps a list of compatible products. Panda w as one of the first which gets certified by us and passed all test without any p roblems. Installation, stress test and real world protection features as well as static file detection, everything fulfilled our requirements" explains Andreas Clementi, Chairman of AV-Comparatives. See more http://www.av-comparatives.org/c ertifications-awards/windows-8-approval According to Andreas Marx "all Panda Security products passed with flying colors our compatibility and anti-malware tests on Windows 8". The CEO of AV-Test.org adds: "Our comprehensive Windows 8 tests focused not only on protection and repa ir aspects, but also on the impact on the usability of the entire system". See m ore http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-8/ Finally, Panda Securitys cloud-based corporate solutions also support Windows 8. Both Panda Cloud Office Protection and Panda Cloud Systems Management are optimi zed for the next-generation operating system. For more information, please visit: http://www.pandasecurity.com/uk/windows About Panda Security Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the worlds leading provider of cloud-based sec urity solutions, with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 195 countries around the World. Panda Security was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analy ze and classify thousands of new malware samples every day, guaranteeing corpora te customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threa ts with minimum impact on system performance. Panda Security has 61 offices thro ughout the globe with US headquarters in Florida and European headquarters in Sp ain. Panda Security collaborates with Special Olympics, WWF and Invest for Children a s part of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy. For more information, visit http://www.pandasecurity.com/ or our press site http ://press.pandasecurity.com/. PR Contact: Neil Martin neil.martin@uk.pandasecurity.com Tel. 0844 335 3791

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