WINDOWS 8 ENGLISH update 2012 from MS (32bit and 64bit) + Keys

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WINDOWS 8 X86/x64 ENGLISH update 8/2012 from MS
English | Windows | x64/X86 | Size: 3.34 GB/2.45 GB
Genre: Systems OS

Windows 8 (x64) - DVD (English) update 15/8/2012
File Name: en_windows_8_x64_dvd_915440.iso
Languages: English
SHA1: 1CE53AD5F60419CF04A715CF3233F247E48BEEC4

Windows 8 (x86) - DVD (English) update 15/8/2012
File Name: en_windows_8_x86_dvd_915417.iso
Languages: English
SHA1: 22D680EC53336BEE8A5B276A972CEBA104787F62
Key Win 8 Pro: NG4HW-VH26C-733KW-K6F98-J8CK4


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Panda Internet Security 2013

Internet Security is Panda Security’s mid-range product that combines all anti-malware layers of protection produced by the company, but lacks the modules for PC optimization, file encryption, file shredding and password management.

Besides the antivirus, it incorporates a two-way firewall, identity protection, anti-spam and parental controls.
Additionally, it can install USB Vaccine, a tool that blocks infections propagating through autorun.inf on USB drives, and Safe Browser, which is a virtualized browser that allows you to conduct sensitive financial operations online.

The 2013 edition of Panda Internet Security introduces a new scan manager, which is designed to increase the file processing speed by up to 70% by leveraging system resources and kicking in only when necessary.

Part of the protection is based on cloud knowledge, which is why the 2013 is touted as reaching the user faster, thus contributing to keeping the newest pieces of malware at bay.

Looks have also been tweaked to offer users easier access to modules and advanced options intuitively hidden for the more seasoned user, putting simplicity and ease of use first. Also, the menus have been turned into tiles making the bundle suitable for use on Windows 8 touch interface.


The price for the 2013 edition varies from country to country (even in Europe) but, for the US, it is $69.99 for three PCs for one year, although this should not be taken as a reference.

Installation is fast this year and completes without user intervention. We needed to reboot the system in order to finalize the procedure.

All modules available in the package are tiled in the landing screen, with some extra options neatly arranged in the lower left part of the interface. These are tools for backing up your data, network management of stations running Panda solutions, Safe Browser, USB Vaccine and Virtual Keyboard.

Safe Browser, just like in the previous editions, is not integrated in Panda Internet Security, and you have to download it separately and install on the system. It is free of charge, but requires VirtualBox in order to function.

The scan options available include the regular choices (Quick, Full and Custom), but there is also ActiveScan Cleaner, offered as an advanced scan solution for removing malware currently active on your computer.

We used the same malware database as in the case of Bitdefender Total Security 2013 (reviewed here) to test the detection and elimination abilities of Panda Internet Security 2013. The entire process took a lot longer than we expected, as well as compared to other suites we subjected to the same on-demand scan tests.

We would often see no activity on the scan screen, but if we waited long enough, we’d see the needle moving again and the progress percentage jump to a higher value. After processing all the files, the engine eliminated 67,451 of the samples and notified us of 17 infections .



This would amount to a 68% detection and elimination rate. However, the value is increased by behavioral analysis technology, dubbed TruPrevent, which acts against unknown threats that evade regular detection.

The built-in firewall is no fancy tool and our tests showed that it is on par with its counterpart in Bitdefender Total Security 2013. On its own, it showed that it is susceptible to DLL injection, leaking information through Windows DNS APIs or modification of services in the registry. But in defense to Panda Internet Security, many of the attacks were dismantled by the behavioral shield.

While testing the suite, we received multiple firewall conflict alerts. The message stated that Windows Firewall was active and advised disabling it and running Panda’s solution. Despite acting as recommended, the messages kept popping up and we proceeded to disabling Windows Firewall completely; but even so, the alerts continued.

As Pedro Bustamante, senior research adviser at Panda Security, explained to us, they are aware of the bug that causes incorrect detection of inactive Windows Firewall and are working on a fix.

Identity Protection module seems to have undergone no change. The moment it detects transmission of confidential information, it will simply emit an alert asking for permission or denial of the operation. This applies to all unencrypted connections.

The Parental Control module also seems unchanged, vulnerable to the same bypasses we tested in Global Protection 2012 and Internet Security 2012. It remains underdeveloped and unadjusted to today’s standards that also include the possibility to restrict applications from running or Internet activity.



User profiles are outdated and it seems like it cannot restrict access to “https://” pages despite them being added to the untrusted URL list. But more importantly, it allows access to subdomains of a blocked domain. This is a door wide open to resources you might otherwise prevent your kid from being exposed to (such as adult content) if they “stumbled” onto the links.

Protection against phishing attacks is also integrated in the suite and, although not the best, our tests showed it can be a powerful ally, especially in combination with a browser with built-in mechanisms to defend you against web forgeries of this sort.

We used 36 fresh phishing sites and Panda managed to detect 27 of them. It let nine of them through, which makes for a detection of 75%.

Backing up with Panda Internet Security 2013 is no tough thing. It is a simple operation that can be carried out either locally or online, if your data can fit in 2GB of free space Panda Security customers get through the company’s partnership with Mozy online backup service. However, the 2GB of cloud storage is freely available to anyone signing up with Mozy, no strings attached.

The options for a local backup let you schedule when safe copies of your data should be created and where they should be stored. You can also opt for immediately starting the operation as well as define an expiration period, when they are deleted.



The Good

The new interface improves usability. You can prevent sensitive information from slipping out of your computer. USB Vaccine efficiently dismantles malware attacks carried out through autoplay.

The Bad

Scan speed took much longer than expected. Safe Browser needs to be downloaded separately and online backup feature is outsourced to Mozy backup service. USB Vaccine is not inherent and needs to be installed.

At one moment an information dialog popped up in Spanish, although the working language was set to English and during testing the interface crashed several times (protection services kept running).

Parental Control module did not improve over the year and is still limited only to restricting web content, to some extent.

The Truth

With competition rolling out new features that attend to various degrees of security, Panda seems stuck with the old ways and just puts on a fresh coat of paint.

Emsisoft Anti-Malware 7.0

After a very short period of time in public beta stage of development, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 7.0 has been launched today as a stable release.

The big news for this release is that Ikarus engine has been replaced in the suite with Bitdefender’s scanner. Besides increasing scan efficiency the developer also worked on cutting down on resource usage and delivering hourly signature updates for malware, phishing and privacy risk hosts.
Unlike other recently launched security suite, the interface has undergone minor modifications and looks pretty much as in the previous release. However, the modules docked to the left side are much more visible now.

The regular price for the suite is $40 / €40, the same as before, but in many countries it is available with a significant discount.

Installation is also pretty much the same and completes quickly. A wizard guides you through a brief set of configuration steps that let you join Anti-Malware Network (contains details about millions of programs), update the definition database, perform an initial scan of the system (quick, smart, full or custom) as well as select the security layers you want enabled (file guard, behavior blocker or surf protection).



You can see the current state of each layer of protection under “Security Status” screen. Furthermore, the panel displays when the last scan occurred and the last update time.

Scan options remain unchanged, offering the possibility to quickly check specific areas as well as every nook and cranny of the system. This release, however, is the first one to allow control over how the system resources are used by the application.

As such, you can select which CPU cores to be used for scanning, the number of threads and priority. On the same note, enabling advanced caching permits continuous self-optimization of scans, since known safe files will no longer be analyzed if they do not change.

By default, Emsisoft Anti-Malware uses all system resources it has access to and on some workstations this may have a negative impact, since other tasks may be executed with difficulty. In our case, scanning with the default configuration left no room for other operations, as the average CPU level was close to 90%. But limiting the process to only one processor lowered to the average value around 45%.

The database we used for testing its detection and elimination abilities contains 99,298 malware samples. It is the same we used for on-demand scans with Panda Internet Security 2013 and Bitdefender Total Security 2013.

After the scan completed the database was 80,417 items short. This would make for an 81% detection and elimination ratio, which is one of the best values we’ve recorded for this malware database.

Apart from clearly pointing the malicious files, Emsisoft Anti-Malware also provided an extensive list of 489 suspicious items, which could be sent to their laboratories for more detailed study. Also, thanks to the streamed in hourly updates, subsequent scanning of the database would continue to uncover threats.



Unlike in the previous version of the product, the scan process simply recorded all the findings and did not bombard with alerts for each malware encounter. This makes for a much improved experience.

The behavior blocking mechanism managed is set to keep an eye out for specific malicious activity and most of the times it does a great job. But in some cases it may also flag legitimate programs that act in the open, upon user’s request.

Such is the case of screen grabbers or various scripts the user may have active. The good news is that you can create rules (permanent or not) for them so that they act unhindered.

The third layer of protection is designed to block suspicious websites. This includes phishing sites as well as addresses that host malicious items.

Emsisoft Anti-Malware showed that it can protect against phishing sites. As soon as a fraudulent site is detected, Anti-Malware prevents its loading and emits an alert. In some cases Chrome or Firefox were quicker to act, but Emsisoft’s product also accurately detected some of them, which otherwise would have evaded the browsers.

Out of the 29 phishing sites, the application stopped 21 of them from loading, alerting us of their fraud attempt. The rest of 8 addresses managed to slip by. So using it in combination with a web browser with good anti-phishing protection can keep you safe online.

Websites hosting malicious items were also stopped by Emsisoft Anti-Malware. It successfully reported all 20 addresses carrying malware we fed it and prevented them from loading.

Although the amount of alerts in this version was greatly reduced, you can configure the program to show even less by enabling intelligent alert reduction; but this comes with a downside, as it can also impact on detection quality.

The configuration panel for the application allows you to schedule scans and check for updates or define user access for modifying program settings.



The Good

Malware detection rate is its strong point. System resources usage can be controlled by the user so other tasks can also run on the workstation during scanning.

The Bad

Legitimate programs were still flagged as suspicious, but creating a rule that allows them to run all the time solves the problem.


The Truth

Emsisoft Anti-Malware sticks to tradition as far as looks are concerned and it does not bring to the table a fancy suite of features. However, the price is very reasonable and the detection rate continues to be one of the best we’ve seen compared to other security bundles we have tested.

Ashampoo UnInstaller 5

You may think that Ashampoo UnInstaller is just a simple tool designed to eliminate the traces of the programs you want to remove from the system. But the bundle also integrates modules for getting your computer into ship shape and keeping it that way.

The price is $39.99 / €39.99, but you are offered a grace period of 10 days for testing the application. This can be extended to a total of 40 days if you register with Ashampoo.

Installation is nothing complicated and requires simply following the instructions on the screen. The entire procedure ends with a screen where you can choose between three interfaces for the program.

Unlike the previous editions of the bundle, Ashampoo UnInstaller 5 no longer uses the “before and after” snapshot comparison method for determining the modifications triggered by the software installation. Now the application uses real-time monitoring when installing a program.

Besides the increased comfort, this approach also speeds up the installation routine. More than this, you are free to work on your computer as you please, because only the actions of the monitored installer are recorded.



The interface is simple, offering quick access to the complete list of installed programs, installation logs or the suite of additional tools designed to improve the performance of the system. The main panel also lets you start uninstall routines for both logged and unlogged applications.

To make things more comfortable for you, the developer provides the possibility to start the monitoring service with Windows and keep it active at all times. It comes with a default list of filenames that trigger logging, which can be enlarged with entries of your own.

There is also a set of installers that are excluded from logging. These web browsers and applications that show additional details during installation. However, this list is editable as well.

Working with Ashampoo UnInstaller is an easy task, especially since program install/remove activities are accompanied by tutorials that explain the procedure. Once you’ve learned the ropes, you can disable them.



When you add a program to the system using the monitoring service, you’ll be able to see the amount of time spent on the operation, the number of files written to disk and the amount of registry modifications. After the installation procedure completes, you have to stop the monitoring yourself and the program will have a log with the changes that occurred.

During our tests, Ashampoo UnInstaller managed to accurately detect the setup files for many applications and in most cases it was able to log the changes. However, in the case of Google Chrome, despite showing plenty of modifications no log was created. On the same note, with Dropbox (logged installation) some folders were left behind in “AppData\Roaming” directory.

Glitches aside, compared to the previous releases, we noticed that the speed of the install operation has been greatly increased thanks to the new real-time monitoring method.

If monitoring is not enabled, the program lets you select the executable setup file and logging will start automatically.

Ashampoo UnInstaller’s functionality is not reduced to the programs whose installation it oversees. On the contrary, it can be used for any application already on the system, if you want a more thorough removal procedure.



For unlogged software, it will scan for any left-over data (files, folders, registry entries) and eliminate it. However, as we noticed in the case of Dropbox, some items may still remain on the system.

The list of tools bundled in modules for improving overall system performance by getting rid of unnecessary data or by trimming down the list of startup processes. Included in the application is Ashampoo’s defragmenting tool for optimizing file order on the disk and thus execute tasks faster.

Additional tools refer to file-related tasks, such as secure deletion, recovering data deleted by accident or uncovering duplicates.

“Tools” area in Ashampoo UnInstaller is impressive through the sheer number of utilities it packs. They are all pretty standard, but in some cases they are not as efficient as they should be. During our tests Internet Cleaner failed to remove all temporary files created by Internet Explorer and did not take into consideration portable installations of browsers.



On the upside, the Duplicate Finder offers multiple criteria for comparing files and deciding whether they are duplicates or not. The most reliable of the methods is matching them by name, size and data, but you can also find items sharing the same name and size or just the name.

File shredding also offers various deletion methods, the most efficient of them being DoD 5220.22-M with 7 passes and Gutmann, which uses 35 overwrites to corrupt the data.

When you start the defragmentation utility, it’ll warn you about its effects on SSD drives, namely that it’ll shorten their lifespan. The tool can do its job proactively, which means always defragging data, but only when the hard disk is idle. Furthermore, it features boot-time defragmentation for dealing with system files as well.

UnInstaller 5 also provides the means to manage system fonts and restore points. These operations can also be done from Windows, but you can access them faster from Ashampoo’s suite. Moreover, in the case of the Startup Tuner and Service Manager, the knowledge of the community is expressed through value ratings for each of the entries.



The Good

Real-time monitoring makes a big difference as far as the performance of the application is concerned. It can be active at all times, or you can start it when installing a new program.

Ashampoo UnInstaller can be used efficiently with applications for which it does not have a log with the modifications it produced when added to the system because it performs a registry scan to uncover installation entries.

It comes with a suite of 12 tools that can help you boost system performance and keep it running at peak speed.

The Bad

In some cases it fails to log the changes an installation produces or it can leave folders behind and some of the tools are not as reliable as they should.

We noticed that some of the dialogs have not been translated to English and are displayed in German; such is the case for creating a new group for installed programs.

The Truth

Ashampoo UnInstaller does a decent job eliminating other applications and the real-time monitoring definitely improves its performance; but during our testing it showed it cannot render the same efficiency for all the programs.

The bundle is primarily an instrument that can remove other programs altogether from the system, but it evolved in a suite bent on increasing the performance of the system.