Chennai, Sep 28 (IANS) An anti-virus software built on patent pending intention-based technology and developed by Rudra Technologies was launched in Chennai Wednesday.

This breakthrough anti-virus technology, coming for the first time from an Indian inventor, will help provide computers "permanent and holistic protection from both known and unknown viruses, worms, spy ware and malicious software".

"The current anti-virus technologies are not effective in addressing unknown viruses," Rudra Technologies director and technology inventor N.S. Baskar told reporters here.

Rudra is a core solution and the patent pending technology is disruptive in nature in that it will forever change the key fundamentals of the anti-virus market, its inventor said.

Priced at $40, Rudra works on Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 client systems.