<s>
Pando	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
application	O
which	O
was	O
mainly	O
aimed	O
at	O
sending	O
(	O
and	O
receiving	O
)	O
files	O
which	O
would	O
normally	O
be	O
too	O
large	O
to	O
send	O
via	O
more	O
"	O
conventional	O
"	O
means	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
both	O
peer-to-peer	O
(	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
)	O
and	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
architectures	I-Operating_System
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pando	B-Protocol
shut	O
down	O
its	O
servers	O
and	O
ceased	O
business	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Booster	I-Protocol
had	O
been	O
hijacked	O
,	O
and	O
unsuspecting	O
persons	O
who	O
installed	O
a	O
prompted	O
update	O
had	O
their	O
internet	O
browsers	O
hijacked	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
virus	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Sweet	O
Page	O
"	O
browser	O
virus	O
was	O
installed	O
on	O
their	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pando	B-Protocol
functioned	O
as	O
a	O
normal	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
to	O
transfer	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Pando	B-Protocol
was	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
using	O
any	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Pando	B-Protocol
upload	O
began	O
with	O
meta-data	O
stored	O
within	O
a	O
file	O
with	O
a	O
.pando	O
filename	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
like	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
,	O
this	O
file	O
could	O
be	O
sent	O
via	O
e-mail	O
or	O
published	O
on	O
a	O
website	O
or	O
exchanged	O
with	O
the	O
recipient	O
in	O
some	O
other	O
way	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
via	O
IM	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
,	O
like	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
downloader	O
had	O
to	O
first	O
install	O
the	O
Pando	B-Protocol
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pando	B-Protocol
used	O
a	O
256-bit	O
end-to-end	O
encryption	O
method	O
to	O
secure	O
communication	O
among	O
peers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
difference	O
from	O
traditional	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
file	O
transfer	O
operations	O
was	O
that	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
shared	O
file	O
was	O
uploaded	O
to	O
Pando	B-Protocol
's	O
servers	O
and	O
remained	O
there	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
time	O
,	O
seeding	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
days	O
,	O
or	O
thirty	O
days	O
,	O
of	O
file	O
retention	O
on	O
Pando	B-Protocol
's	O
servers	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
how	O
users	O
shared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
fully	O
supported	O
client	O
software	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
assortment	O
of	O
software	O
could	O
be	O
added-on	O
to	O
popular	O
web	O
browsers	O
,	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
,	O
or	O
e-mail	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Booster	I-Protocol
(	O
PMB	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
application	O
by	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Networks	O
that	O
publishers	O
of	O
games	O
and	O
software	O
could	O
employ	O
to	O
ensure	O
safe	O
,	O
complete	O
and	O
speedy	O
downloads	O
of	O
large	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	O
was	O
primarily	O
used	O
to	O
download	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
times	O
,	O
users	O
would	O
experience	O
drastically	O
slower	O
downloads	O
of	O
these	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
while	O
PMB	O
was	O
being	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Pando	B-Protocol
,	O
PMB	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
send	O
files	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	O
was	O
only	O
activated	O
to	O
deliver	O
Pando-enabled	O
downloads	O
from	O
commercial	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
TV	O
networks	O
,	O
software	O
publishers	O
and	O
gaming	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Booster	I-Protocol
(	O
PMB.exe	O
)	O
listened	O
on	O
TCP	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
443	O
and	O
563	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
who	O
were	O
having	O
trouble	O
getting	O
web	O
servers	O
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
IIS	B-Application
,	O
or	O
others	O
to	O
work	O
were	O
advised	O
to	O
consider	O
removing	O
the	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Booster	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Booster	I-Protocol
ran	O
at	O
system	O
startup	O
and	O
took	O
priority	O
to	O
other	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
conflicts	O
ceased	O
to	O
be	O
reported	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
when	O
Pando	B-Protocol
shut	O
down	O
its	O
servers	O
and	O
ceased	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
after	O
2014	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
Pando	B-Protocol
Media	O
Browser	O
was	O
hijacked	O
,	O
unsuspecting	O
persons	O
who	O
installed	O
a	O
prompted	O
update	O
instead	O
had	O
their	O
internet	O
browsers	O
hijacked	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Sweet	O
Page	O
"	O
browser	O
virus	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
