The new solution utilizes 'collective intelligence' to deliver consumers maximum protection against malware and identity theft. Beta testers who report incidents to Panda will enjoy a 50 percent discount when purchasing the final product version.

Rising Antivirus free edition based on Rising Antivirus Application, protects your computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, Worms, Rootkits and other malicious programs. Rising free edition offers you full function as Rising Antivirus. Ease of use, Active Defense technology, Patented Unknown Virus Scan&Clean technology and Patented Smartupdate technology make RISING Antivirus 'install-and-forget' product that lets you focus on what you really want to do.

ESET®, the leader in proactive threat protection, announced the introduction of ESET Mobile Antivirus, a new security solution for mobile devices. This lightweight anti-malware software takes the company's state-of-the-art heuristic technology and optimizes it for the mobile platform.

Panda ActiveScan detected and eliminated 86 percent of malware hidden with rootkits, beating other vendors' online scanners Panda Antivirus 2008 detected and eliminated all active and latent rootkits used in the study.

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender Internet Security Suite 2008, running on Microsoft Windows XP, received top rootkit detection results in a test conducted by AV-Test.org last month. On Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, BitDefender was also one of the top three products.