Comments on: Cloud Antivirus http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:09:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tash http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-773437 tash Thu, 07 May 2009 18:38:55 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-773437 I'm waiting on the 64bit version as well.. Interested in trying it out even though I haven't had a need to keep any AV software running in the background for a few years now I’m waiting on the 64bit version as well.. Interested in trying it out even though I haven’t had a need to keep any AV software running in the background for a few years now

]]> By: Sean-Paul http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-757936 Sean-Paul Fri, 01 May 2009 18:12:03 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-757936 @Pier-Oliver P.C.: x64 and Windows 7 builds are currently in QA. @Pier-Oliver P.C.: x64 and Windows 7 builds are currently in QA.

]]> By: Pier-Olivier P. C. http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-757893 Pier-Olivier P. C. Fri, 01 May 2009 17:51:17 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-757893 32 bits only ... it's 2009 :/ I sure hope the next beta phase will be 64bits too. 32 bits only … it’s 2009 :/ I sure hope the next beta phase will be 64bits too.

]]> By: Sean-Paul http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-756791 Sean-Paul Fri, 01 May 2009 07:22:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-756791 Hello, Sean-Paul from Panda Security here... figured I'd chime in and clear a few things up. @Rarst So far I don’t see advantage here. Even discarding connectivity issue what is exact benefit of antivirus being connected to the cloud?.. >>PandaLabs receives around ~35,000 samples per day. Processing these samples the old way requires a lab technician to manually analyze and then create a signature for that specific malware. Cloud Antivirus is beneficial because it harnesses the automation technology (Collective Intelligence) that Panda developed 3 years ago. (Basically, the internal Panda Cloud technology automatically herds, analyzes, and correlates against the past 24 million samples in the database in near real time. Approximately 99% of the samples their lab receives. The goal is to get your computer protected against newer malware faster.... each sample going through collective intelligence is processed and analyzed within 6 minutes as opposed to 24, 48, or even 72 hours... Updates? Every single antivirus does updates. Submitting samples? Same thing >>Updates are too far apart. Back in the day it was every other week, then daily, then every 30 minutes... the truth is that there are too many malware samples out there and we now require real time protection against new threats. Less resource consumption? Local hardware resources are much cheaper and faster than sending data over network. >>The actual binaries aren't passed through the cloud. (It's just metadata) Hello, Sean-Paul from Panda Security here… figured I’d chime in and clear a few things up.

@Rarst

So far I don’t see advantage here. Even discarding connectivity issue what is exact benefit of antivirus being connected to the cloud?..

>>PandaLabs receives around ~35,000 samples per day. Processing these samples the old way requires a lab technician to manually analyze and then create a signature for that specific malware. Cloud Antivirus is beneficial because it harnesses the automation technology (Collective Intelligence) that Panda developed 3 years ago. (Basically, the internal Panda Cloud technology automatically herds, analyzes, and correlates against the past 24 million samples in the database in near real time. Approximately 99% of the samples their lab receives. The goal is to get your computer protected against newer malware faster…. each sample going through collective intelligence is processed and analyzed within 6 minutes as opposed to 24, 48, or even 72 hours…

Updates? Every single antivirus does updates. Submitting samples? Same thing

>>Updates are too far apart. Back in the day it was every other week, then daily, then every 30 minutes… the truth is that there are too many malware samples out there and we now require real time protection against new threats.

Less resource consumption? Local hardware resources are much cheaper and faster than sending data over network.

>>The actual binaries aren’t passed through the cloud. (It’s just metadata)

]]> By: Rain http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755517 Rain Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:49:21 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755517 "Users without an Internet connection will not be able to test programs and files on their local computer system for malicious code." In fact Cloud AV saves the virus definitions to the users hard disk just like every other AV. Panda refers to this as "caching". And realtime protection as well as on-demand scanning is possible without internet connection. The whole "cloud"-thing is just a public relations strategy from Panda. Cloud Antivirus isn`t much lighter on system ressources than other AV-products. And scanning & protection are not done "in the cloud" - thats just dowloaded files on you local computer. “Users without an Internet connection will not be able to test programs and files on their local computer system for malicious code.”

In fact Cloud AV saves the virus definitions to the users hard disk just like every other AV. Panda refers to this as “caching”. And realtime protection as well as on-demand scanning is possible without internet connection.

The whole “cloud”-thing is just a public relations strategy from Panda. Cloud Antivirus isn`t much lighter on system ressources than other AV-products. And scanning & protection are not done “in the cloud” – thats just dowloaded files on you local computer.

]]> By: teregosa http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755460 teregosa Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:29:38 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755460 most threats come from the internet, so my main concern is being protected while i am actually online. the problem with the panda solution is, what happens if you actually get infected? will new viruses be able to block access to the cloud? if so, any traditional anti-virus programme with its definitions downloaded locally will have the edge over panda and a better chance to eradicate the threat. however, in my experience, it's all about prevention, if you get a nasty bug you're cooked. so the real question is, will the cloud antivirus keep the bug out? if so, panda might have a chance. i'm curious to try it most threats come from the internet, so my main concern is being protected while i am actually online. the problem with the panda solution is, what happens if you actually get infected? will new viruses be able to block access to the cloud? if so, any traditional anti-virus programme with its definitions downloaded locally will have the edge over panda and a better chance to eradicate the threat.

however, in my experience, it’s all about prevention, if you get a nasty bug you’re cooked. so the real question is, will the cloud antivirus keep the bug out? if so, panda might have a chance.

i’m curious to try it

]]> By: Rarst http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755459 Rarst Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:28:20 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755459 So far I don't see advantage here. Even discarding connectivity issue what is exact benefit of antivirus being connected to the cloud?.. Updates? Every single antivirus does updates. Submitting samples? Same thing. Less resource consumption? Local hardware resources are much cheaper and faster than sending data over network. So far I don’t see advantage here. Even discarding connectivity issue what is exact benefit of antivirus being connected to the cloud?..

Updates? Every single antivirus does updates. Submitting samples? Same thing.

Less resource consumption? Local hardware resources are much cheaper and faster than sending data over network.

]]> By: Lotto.649.winningnumbers http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755458 Lotto.649.winningnumbers Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:27:44 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/30/cloud-antivirus/#comment-755458 I don't think is a good idea for prevention, but maybe if the infection is already there this could help. I don’t think is a good idea for prevention, but maybe if the infection is already there this could help.

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