I love Pandas, but the only way the world will wake up to the threat that mankind is placing on endangered species will be for the panda to become extinct. Sad but true I fear.

Anyway another Panda I've always admired from afar is the security software company. While I've never owned a piece of Panda software I've read good things about them, and have always felt they are up there with the likes of McAfee and Symantec as far as reputation goes.

So the new range of 2007 products is out, with updates to the Antivirus, Firewall and Encryption packages. There are several flavours to the product, depending on what kind of protection you need, all offering great value.

Panda Internet Security 2007

Panda Antivirus + Firewall 2007

Panda Antivirus 2007

One common criticism of the consumer Antivirus product is that while the program is very light, in doesn't offer the same level of protection as some of the more expensive products. However, my experience of antivirus products is that often a lighter product is more that capable of defending a desktop computer and is less likely to cripple your processor (see http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=327).

I'm going to give Panda a try when my current product expires - you should too!