Panda Security officially launched its 2010 product lines available for home users and professionals. The four new, ultra-light 2010 consumer solutions are: Panda Antivirus for Netbooks, Panda Antivirus Pro 2010, Panda Internet Security 2010 and Panda Global Protection 2010, all of which are designed to offer maximum protection with minimal impact on PC performance.

These four new products all feature an 80 percent performance improvement from previous versions that also delivers 60 percent improved browsing speed and 40 percent improved download speeds over earlier versions consuming only 8MB of memory. This is mainly because of Panda’s innovative cloud technology that is based on their Collective Intelligence, first launched by Panda Security in 2007.

All of Panda’s 2010 solutions incorporate a brand new heuristic engine and generic signatures that provide the highest and most advanced proactive protection against the newest malware and identity theft Trojans. Its improved TruPrevent technology also acts as a last line of defense that blocks and terminates attacks and any malicious activity that may have evaded traditional protection systems. In addition, Panda’s 2010 solutions protect your USB drives with a proven USB vaccination technology that prevents virus infections and spreading vectors. Also, another new feature available in all four solutions is the Anti-Banking Trojan Engine which can detect the most dangerous identity theft malware used by cyber-criminals to steal banking credentials.

With Panda Antivirus for Netbooks ($39.95/year for one PC), Panda has decided to target ultra mobile portables with anti-spyware, firewall, ID protection, anti-phishing, and anti-rootkit protection.

If you are not a netbook user, there are three other options available. The Panda Antivirus Pro suite gives you the basic range of protection ($39.95 one PC, $49.95 three PCs); Panda Internet Security ($59.95 one PC, $79.95 three PCs) which has an added feature of free 2GB of online backup and recovery tools, anti-spam, parental controls, web filter, and information filter technology. The Panda Global Protection ($69.95 on PC, $89.95 three PCs) offers all the mentioned features with free online backup storage of up to 5GB, adding CD/DVD backups while also introducing PC tune-up.

Get more information about Panda’s Antivirus product in our Detailed Panda Antivirus Pro Review and Compare Panda Antivirus Pro to other top Antivirus Software packages.

About Panda Security Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the world’s leading provider of cloud-based security solutions and was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples per day, guaranteeing corporate customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threats with minimum impact on PC performance.