Panda Antivirus Platinum 6.0 Internet Features Ben Durbin
With accelerating growth of office and home computing and Internet use, it's important that your computer be protected from the hazards of the Internet. Internet viruses are being created and spread faster than ever. So how does Panda Antivirus Platinum stand up to the Net? 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 FTPs, Panda also provides protection from FTP transfers.
With the increase in email viruses, we looked into what Panda offers in the way of email protection. You can check what types of email you want scanned, and also select the operations such as scanning incoming or outgoing mail.
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, it 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 a anti-virus program to date.
