Dennis Technology Labs es un laboratorio de pruebas independiente que evalúa la tecnología personal y de negocios, incluyendo hardware y software.

Están especializados en pruebas de seguridad para las que utilizan un importante marco de pruebas anti-malware.

Recientemente, han publicado un nuevo estudio sobre la eficacia de los antivirus que nos podemos encontrar actualmente en el mercado, estudio que revela que el Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 es el mejor antivirus que nos podemos encontrar, ya que ha protegido correctamente el 100% de los ordenadores utilizados en la investigación con una precisión legítima y total del 100%.

 

Avast! Free Antivirus 9 es el antivirus gratuito más efectivo

Seguido del software de Kaspersky está en segundo lugar el Norton Internet Security con una protección del 99% y una precisión total del 98%.

En tercera posición nos encontramos al ESET Smart Security 7 con un 97% de protección y en cuarto lugar al McAfee Internet Security con un 99%.

Este último se encuentra en peor posición con respecto al tercero debido a que obtuvo unas puntuaciones más bajas en las pruebas de precisión.

En cuanto a los antivirus gratuitos, avast! Free Antivirus 9 es el producto de seguridad freeware más eficaz con un 92% de protección y precisión total, lo que le hace estar en el quinto puesto de la tabla.
Un escalón mas abajo se encuentra su competidor también gratuito AVG Anti-Virus Free 2014.

Una vez más, el gran perdedor ha sido Microsoft Security Essentials que se sitúa en la última posición de los antivirus analizados al obtener una calificación del 64%, siendo el peor software de protección que existe en el mercado dejando que varios tipos de virus y malware llegaran al ordenador.

 

Se utilizaron amenazas reales

Según Dennis Technology Labs, todos los antivirus tuvieron que hacer frente a amenazas reales, por lo que los resultados son muy cercanos a la realidad en lo que a protección de los usuarios y ordenadores se refiere.

El estudio también revela que algunas soluciones antivirus del mercado actual están dejando que el usuario decida casi cada una de las acciones que debe realizar el programa, preguntando por la acción apropiada cada vez que se detecta una nueva amenaza.

Según el estudio, “los productos de McAfee y Trend Micro son los más paranoicos y pesados de usar, mientras que los de AVG, Avira, BitDefender, Kaspersky Lab y Microsoft son discretos, sin hacer preguntas constantemente”

Si deseas descargar los antivirus gratuitos pásate por nuestra sección de Recomendaciones de Antivirus Gratis

Panda Security ha anunciado el lanzamiento de su nuevo antivirus gratuito que funciona desde la nube, la versión 3.0 de Panda Cloud. El programa ahora cuenta con una interfaz muy del estilo de Windows 8, con sus azulejos movibles para que el usuario los pueda poner donde quiera y así diseñarlo a su gusto.

Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0 Free es, como su nombre indica, totalmente gratis, y además esta nueva versión añade dos funcionalidades que hasta la fecha estaban reservadas para la versión de pago.  

Una de ellas es que ahora se puede programar análisis, algo muy funcional y que se echaba de menos en anteriores versiones que, por muy gratuitas que fueran,  siempre deberían ofrecer al menos lo básico.

La otra novedad es que ahora permite la vacunación USB automática para mantenerse a salvo de los virus ‘autorun’.

Esta edición también es compatible con un nuevo Kit de rescate, que puede crear una unidad USB para ello, y permite que Panda desde la nube pueda proteger nuestro ordenador de prácticamente cualquier malware.


Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0 Free también ofrece un monitor de WiFi donde se pueden ver todos los dispositivos que estén conectados a la red.

Otras novedad es que ahora se puede apagar el ordenador una vez finalice una exploración, algo que tampoco estaba en anteriores versiones y que era necesario al igual que poder programar análisis.

Además la compañía ha introducido una ‘Cuenta Panda’. “Un espacio exclusivo donde podrá descargar sus productos, administrar sus servicios y obtener la documentación”, según afirma la propia compañía.

Obviamente, Panda lo hace para ofrecer la oportunidad a sus usuarios de pasarse a una versión de pago, que como es natural, ofrece mayor protección y servicios.

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INTECO acaba de lanzar la herramienta CONAN mobile, la primera aplicación de seguridad de INTECO para móviles Android. Su misión global es evaluar el nivel de seguridad en el que se encuentran los dispositivos móviles (smartphones, tablets, etc.) con sistema operativo Android.

La empresa de seguridad irlandesa Safer Networking ha actualizado su antivirus Spybot-Search&  Destroy ofreciendo nuevas características para la protección del ordenador. Esta  nueva versión incluye notificaciones remotas para que los usuarios puedan saber desde otro dispositivo en qué condiciones se encuentra el ordenador.

Spybot-Search& Destroy es una herramienta anti-malware para Windows. Ahora se acaba de lanzar la versión 2.3 que incluye bastantes mejoras que hacen de él una opción interesante. La más importante es la nueva opción de notificaciones.

Con la nueva versión podremos recibir los resultados del análisis de forma remota. Así, si dejamos analizando el PC podremos saber los resultados desde cualquier dispositivo sin tener necesidad de quedarnos cerca del ordenador.


Con esta nueva versión también tendremos más accesibilidad a todas las opciones, ya que se ha facilitado todo diseñando una interfaz más simple.

El motor de análisis también ha sido rediseñado para escanear más rápido y automatizar ciertas herramientas de limpieza.

Este antivirus también ha mejorado los métodos de detección para que no sean un problema los malware más actuales. Además, las herramientas de puesta en marcha del programa también se han mejorado para trabajar mejor con las versiones posteriores de Windows.

Por ejemplo, la herramienta SDScan ahora se ejecutará automáticamente con los privilegios necesarios.

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There are easier ways to track down an IP blogger ...

Meet the Bloggers! If you happen to be in Hong Kong this Monday, 12 May, why not saunter down to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club where you can meet, speak to and even touch a selection of live intellectual property bloggers from many points around the planet. The event takes place from 8 pm to 10 pm and, if previous editions of this meeting are anything to go by, should not be missed. The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is only a matter of minutes from the Convention Centre, the precise number of minutes depending on whether you can walk on water or not, and there will be a guaranteed warm welcome from all concerned. Hospitality is graciously supplied by the local office of Marks & Clerk, who not only pay for the drinks and nibbles but even take the trouble to read our weblogs (thanks, guys!). If you haven't already registered (it's free), click here for all you need to know.


Look who's sponsoring! On the subject of bloggers, this Kat notes with pleasure that one of INTA's media sponsors this year is Spicy IP, a blog which has not merely placed India firmly on the map so far as IP blogging is concerned, but has provided an invaluable source of information, ideas and critical comment at an impressively high level.  It's only a few years ago since blogs were still regarded with suspicion, dislike and often contempt -- but blogs like Spicy IP are definitely a force for good and this Kat applauds its blog team collectively and individually for all its hard work.


Amo, Amas, Amanda! Ever an admirer of the Latin language, this Kat is pleased to report that one of his favourite feminine gerundives is here in person this year, this being barrister, author and Appointed Person Amanda Michaels. Amanda has kindly given up valuable professional time and expended considerable effort in order to traverse half the world in time for 3 pm tomorrow, when she will be stationing herself at the Oxford University Press exhibit booth (that's booth 409) in order to chat with trade mark enthusiasts about the fifth edition of her classic A Practical Guide to Trade Mark Law (co-written with fellow Hogarthian Andrew Norris).  It's not often you can get a busy and successful barrister to write anything for nothing, but this Kat suspects she makes no charges for signing the copies of the book when you buy it. For the record, the publishers describe this book as

"a comprehensive, digestible [this is good news for all those who are concerned about the environment: when the 6th edition comes out, you can eat this one] and approachable introduction to trade mark law, explaining the technicalities of the law in plain, accessible language. While the focus of the book is primarily on UK law, it also deals with the acquisition and protection of EU trade marks, and procedure at OHIM, drawing comparisons between trade marks in the UK, and EU trade marks where appropriate. The book remains highly practical throughout, comprising discussion on topics such as the absolute and relative tests for registrability, registration practice and procedure, revocation, assignment and licensing, as well as complete coverage of the law on infringement, passing off and remedies".

It's a jolly useful little book (xliv + 450 pages) -- and it's a lot easier to navigate than a Hong Kong street map.


Where IP rights overlap.  Another distinguished IP personality in town is lawyer, scholar, fellow Kat and guru's guru Neil Wilkof, who is also putting in an appearance at the Oxford University Press exhibit booth. He's not actually launching anything but he'll be there from 12 pm to 1 pm so you can discuss with him the topic on which he has teamed up with Katfriend and Indian legal scholar Shamnad Basheer to edit an OUP tome -- Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (book here).  There may still be a copy of two of Neil and Shamnad's book by then, if they have not already been snapped up by discerning shoppers.

The Symposium: another gift that the Greeks gave to the world ...

Come to the Scholarship Symposium. One of the best things INTA has done in recent years is to set up its annual Scholarship Symposium, at which young scholars present papers which are critically reviewed and discussed by trade mark practitioners and professorial members of the organisation. It's not just useful but also important: scholars get input from people who are actually working in the field on a daily basis, while practitioners gain insights that the pressure of their daily routines rarely allows them the time to consider.  For reasons that leave this Kat mystified, the Scholarship Symposium presentations are invariably poorly attended. If you're tempted to join us, please do so.  Topics on offer at 2 pm to 3.15 pm are "Can Trademark Law Circumvent Copyright's First Sale Doctrine" (room S429) and "Sixth Time Lucky: Starbucks and the Lessons from European Law" room S424).  Then, from 3.30 pm to 4.45 pm, we have "Initial Interest Confusion 'Troika' Abandoned?" (room S429) and "Indirect Trademark Infringement -- is International Consensus Possible?" [this is such an important subject for the future, so why not start thinking about it now?] (room S424).  Come and join us!

Home to thousands for the next few days

Following a few preliminary events on Saturday, it was Sunday that witnessed the first big day of activity at this year's International Trademark Association (INTA) Meeting in Hong Kong (click here for programme). The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (right) is the venue: this vast modern cavernous building seems to consist largely of open spaces joined to one another by counter-intuitive escalators which have on least a couple of occasions caused this Kat to go down in order to go up, and vice versa (or at least it felt that way).

Next year, San Diego ...

If one word had to be found that would summarise today, it would probably be "soggy".  The sky, which varied during the day between a pale silvery whiteness and a thick rich grey, demonstrated a remarkable versatility in terms of the moisture which it precipitated upon those INTA participants who were foolish enough to emerge from the sheltered, air-conditioned comfort of hotel, vehicle or venue.  There was the cloying dampness of the humid air; there was a fine drizzle, imperceptible but penetrative; there were the occasional large droplets that descended with force and landed with a smack; there was the insistent pounding of an angled, wind-driven shower and -- particularly when this Kat got lost in the dark on the way home to his hotel -- the full fortissomo orchestral spendour of the unrelenting cloudburst.

The rain actually brought out the best in many people.  Umbrellas and occasionally taxis were shared with relative strangers; plastic bags and other improvised garments were worn in ways and in places not often seen at IP conferences, and complete strangers could pretend to be British and talk to each other about the weather.  The same climatic conditions also contributed to more people not sneaking off for the self-indulgences of sight-seeking or the feigned altruism of present-shopping, but rather staying in the Convention Centre with their fellow IP enthusiasts. Sadly, however, the weather did nothing to assist the kind souls who had organised receptions this evening. While some invitees managed to arrive, others did not -- some because the rain had absorbed so many local taxis that they couldn't get one in time and others, including this Kat, because they had completely soaked their only presentable set of clothes and had to beat a retreat in order to dry them out.

Even at this early stage, the choice of Hong Kong has given the INTA Meeting a very different flavour.  This blogger's impression is that there are considerably fewer participants from North America but far more from Asia (he's not sure about the Europeans, but there seem to plenty of them around).  The stands in the Exhibit Hall seem to be more numerous, and many more than usual are occupied by firms offering professional IP services (go back 20 years and there was scarcely an IP law practice to be seen exhibiting; the booths were largely taken up by companies offering search services, computer solutions and printed publications).

Apart from a couple of meetings with lawyers at which he was able to sit down and discuss real legal issues, this Kat spent most of the time in the vicinity of the Oxford University Press stand which, being conveniently near the entrance to the Exhibit Hall, makes it easier to spot his friends -- and even easier for them to spot him.  He won't be there so much tomorrow (it's the Scholarship Day so he'll be at the Professors' Lunch and the afternoon Scholarship Symposium), but he'll be there for much of Tuesday and Wednesday, if you happen to be there and want to say hello.

Travelling and hence, there will not be a Sunday Reads edition.