The Panda Virus Encyclopedia provides detailed information on every virus in circulation and solutions to counteract them.

It is organized into individual entries for each virus, which are then divided into four sections:

		"At a glance" section
		Main virus characteristics and a brief description of how they function and their effects.
		"Technical details" section
		A wealth of information on the mechanics of viruses and the systems they affect. Aimed at users with some IT knowledge.
		"Prevention & cure" section
		Instructions on how to detect, eliminate and protect against viruses.
		"Statistics" section
		Displays the spread of the infections caused by viruses and the countries most affected by them. This section can determine whether a virus is proliferating or not. This is particularly useful during epidemics when virus impact can vary greatly. This section will only appear if the virus is active.

The encyclopedia also makes use of a search engine that allows you to search for any virus.

The result of the search will appear as a list of viruses arranged according to the number of times the text entered in the search engine is found in the virus description. Selecting the links in the list will access the virus encyclopedia entry, which will include the four sections mentioned earlier.

Names used by antivirus companies can also be rather complex, including the classification of the virus. This can be useful for virus experts but not for the majority of users. Thus names such as W32/Magistr.B@mm or VBS/VBSWG.AC can confuse some users.

At Panda we have studied this problem and have established criteria based on the models for scientific naming of plants and animals. According to this model there is a scientific name and other common names for each subject. So, the scientific name for the flu virus is Influenza, the pineapple is Ananas comosus, Canis latrans vigilis is a coyote etc. But does anyone outside the scientific environment use the term Canis latrans vigilis to talk about a coyote? We don't believe so. So why should users have to use the term W97M/Evolution.B@mm, when just Evolution would do?

We assign each virus a common name and a technical name (along the lines of a scientific name). We also give the names used by other antivirus companies as the virus's alias. All of this makes identifying the virus much easier.

The "Statistics" section displays the development of infections caused by a virus, calculating the percentage of infected computers and the countries most affected.