Not all antivirus programs detect the same, but this is not because they are not effective, rather because of the new malware dynamic. Internet criminals are looking for money, and with this in mind they are creating and circulating more malware than ever before. This strategy is aimed at saturating security laboratories and therefore dramatically increasing the chances of computers becoming infected.
For some years now, at Panda we have used the concept of a ‘second opinion’, in the sense of offering security solutions that complement those already installed on a computer. If malicious code slips past the first protection, the other one will discover it. This results in greater security.
The concept of a second opinion becomes more important in the current situation in which, for example, one of the types of malicious code most widely used by criminals is the password-stealer Trojan, which stays active in memory of waiting for users to enter data or connect to certain web pages, particularly financial services.
This is one of the reasons why NanoScan is designed to detect threats that are active on computers –i.e, actually causing damage- and not to look for threats that are installed but are inactive. And it is also one of the reasons why we decided to develop solutions that have a much greater detection capacity than any other antimalware solution, using collective intelligence.
Using NanoScan as a second opinion before entering credit card details or logging on to your online bank is highly advisable to make sure your information is not falling into the hands of criminals.
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