Panda Security has apparently decided to jump in on the Windows 7 launch parties with Norton and Kaspersky by offering a free copy of their Internet Security 2010 as well:

http://us.pandasecurity.com/w7launch/

It looks pretty legit and doesn't look like you have to be a launch party host or anything and the product seems to have gotten some good reviews.

http://www.thetechherald.com/arti...rity-2010?

Hope this helps people have been looking for a new anti-virus or will need one after Windows 7's release.

First post so please be gentle =)

Thanks OP.

I'm in for it, when it become available.

Regarding panda products:

Panda also makes a great anti-rootkit detector
(which happens to be very reasonably priced; as in FREE).

panda anti-rootkit detector write up

About a week ago a client had an infection that went undetected by the AV product and the anti-spyware programs they were running. (there was a problem, detected by an IDS, that prompted my scan of their computer).

I scanned the PC in question with a few anti-rootkit programs (sophos, Trend Micro, sunbelt and panda).

While none of these anti-rootkit programs detected anything initially,(AKA a "quick-scan)
when I set panda anti-rootkit to do an "INDEPTH**" scan (**required a reboot)
it found about 20 something occurrences, of 2 different rootkit programs.
The 2 programs were hidden in the registry and within windows.

Since the 2 rootkits it detected and removed were quite new (AKA in-the-wild),
panda gets a 2 thumbs up from me.

link to free Panda anti-rootkit download

NOTE: if you visit the write up page in my above link, the initial date at the top of the page shows a date of April 2007.

New Panda Anti-Rootkit - Version 1.07 27 April 07 04:15

Don't worry about the anti-rootkit s/w being out of date.

One of the 1st things panda anti-rootkit does is to go out and check for a new versions (as long as you have an internet connection available to the PC you are running the scan upon)

This download is now LIVE for the next 23 or so hours.

REGISTRATION LINK

Copy and paste http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/ into your browser then in 'SHORTCUTS' menu on left side click on 'Download Antivirus 2010')

Thanks OP!

Thank you

More free security software.

Nice! Installed and running under Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit with no issues!