Panda ActiveScan 2.0 is a powerful online virus scanner solution that scans your computer for viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans and other Internet threats. Panda ActiveScan 2.0 is a combination of ActiveScan 1.0, NanoScan & TotalScan into a one-stop cleanup tool that not just detecting and disinfecting all types of malware in your computer hard drive, but also seeks out these threats in e-mail and compressed files.

Panda ActiveScan 2.0 also integrated with:

• Genetic Heuristics Engine to detect unknown malware and new variants.
• Specialized heuristics for cybercrime and identity theft trojans.
• Anti-rootkit technology for detecting acitvely running rootkits.
• Scanning from the cloud uses Collective Intelligence community detections of malware & goodware processes loaded in memory.

You need to register to be able to disinfect any of the threats detected by ActiveScan 2.0 and perform custom scans such as:

• Quick scan: It only scans the locations generally used by viruses and checks if there are any active threats on the PC at the time of performing the scan. It only takes a few minutes.
• Full scan: It carries out an in-depth scan of your PC searching for both active and latent threats (those that are not running at the time of the scan). The duration of this scan will depend on the amount of data on the hard disk and the speed of your PC.
• Scan My documents – to detect all malicious software running in the documents that you most frequently use
• Mail Scan – to detect viruses that are running in your email.
• Other scans where you can select the directory or folder that you want to scan. This will allow you to save time when you want to scan one single file or folder.

It is free to run the scan, but if you want to remove any of the threats detected ActiveScan 2.0, you must register. You can also purchase a subscription ($12.95 for six months) if you want full removal of all active and latent threats.