Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5 final release

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by pbust, Jun 20, 2011.

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  1. rseiler

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    So you're supposed to anticipate ahead of time what the AV is going to think is malware? That would be quite difficult for me. AV's are always finding one crazy thing or other that aren't actual malware.
     
  2. pbust

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    What you are referring to are called false positives and has nothing to do with how the product deals with detections. Most products nowadays delete files detected as malicious by default. You can't compare what you as an advanced user knows of malware and knows what to do when encountered by it than your average grandma user who doesn't even know the meaning of the word malware. For 99% of the users out there the default action is the way to go. For the remaining 1% of users like yourself that wants to retrieve the deleted malware, you can go to GUI and restore it, exclude it, or whatever.

    Btw you mentioned it wasn't answered but it was:
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1892542&postcount=75
     
  3. rseiler

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    OK, I didn't take that as answer to that question but rather the one where something is whisked away during the install.

    I have no problem with it being a default action per se, but it's less than optimal for me that there is no advanced option (far out of reach of grandma's prying eyes) to enable it not to do that. The poster also said that the "appropriate info balloon just disappears," making even being alerted to what's been done sound a little subtle, if you're not around at the time. For me, I like to head these things off at the pass rather than be surprised later.
     
  4. pbust

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    Yes adding and hiding some of these advanced options is something we're considering for future versions.
     
  5. Dark Lord

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    Hi Pbust

    I heard that Panda Cloud AV will be included for upcoming (within 3 weeks) AV-TEST 2011 Q2 reports. Is it true o_O
     
  6. pbust

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    Out of curiosity, where did you hear that?
     
  7. Dark Lord

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    AV-TEST Facebook home page;)
    So is it true?
     
  8. pbust

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    I guess it must be then ;)
     
  9. Cloud

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    You are always full of suprises, pbust! :argh:
     
  10. clayieee

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    I have read that Av test said it, they are really going to test the PCAV free.
     
  11. J_L

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    Another free version like MSE? Why?
     
  12. RejZoR

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    What's wrong with that? Plus the way both operate is very different. And MSE is very sluggish from my experience and its 24 hour update cycle is not on the good side compared to Panda's almost zero delay updateless "updates" (since it's almost entirely relying on cloud).
     
  13. The Hammer

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    Also you can manually update MSE more often than 24 hours.
     
  14. RejZoR

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    I know, but hacking stuff isn't something casual users do. So they are left with 24 hour update check cycle. Which might have worked half a decade or a decade ago but not today.
     
  15. carat

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    I guess this is the wrong thread for MSE update cycles ... :rolleyes:

    Well done :)
     
  16. Jose_Lisbon

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    Since Panda is a pure cloud solution could it run alongside a more traditional AV like MSE?
     
  17. Cloud

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    Panda has online and offline protection, bro. And no, it is not a tag-AV like Prevx and Immunet free.
     
  18. Sputnik

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    Indeed, PCAV is a full-blown antivirus and should not be used alongside another antivirus program.
     
  19. RejZoR

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    Then you explain to him why yet another free antivirus (Panda Cloud) makes sense in the segment of MSE. Because that's what he was asking.
     
  20. jnthn

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    Just installed ver 1.5 on my desktop today and have been on it for the past 4-5 hours. I must say, this is probably the lightest AV I have ever used, even lighter than avast (on my system that is). Will be installing on a couple of 2-year-old laptops and hoping it performs as well on the desktop.

    I still can't imagine how a cloud-based scanner like Panda can manage to be this light on my system and on my absolutely slow 1mpbs connection.


    Sorry, I'm sounding like a fanboy. maybe I am or in the process of becoming one? I just hope the protection it provides is up to par. Waiting on the av test results :argh:
     
  21. DBone

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    I had the opposite experience. I installed it on my XP SP3 TestMule and it slowed the machine down more then I had expected. I ran a full scan and it took about 70min and I can live with that. But each time I opened a program there was a pause that I hadn't experienced with either of the AVs that were recently used. I'm not talking really long wait times like something is wrong, just pauses that were annoying. I also installed this on my mom's Vista x64 machine with the same results, but maybe not quite as bad..............I would still recommend PCA to my family and friends though.
     
  22. jnthn

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    @DBone

    I noticed those occurrences with previous versions. But that was when I haven't done the optimized scan yet, which I did today right after installing 1.5.
     
  23. DBone

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    I did a full scan, and an optimized scan right after install. The OS took less the 6min, while the FS took 70min. The disk I/O was better then V1.4, but still way higher then any other AV that has been on that machine. It's the perfect product for my mom, simple yet effective.
     
  24. Cloud

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    Sup, fellow Panda Cloud fanboy? :argh: Let's be buddies. :D
     
  25. J_L

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    Darn, it's back. Doesn't seem to affect the process, but still annoying.

    Nevermind, I've found out Avast and Comodo are free versions as well (but not Avira or AVG). Maybe it's because the difference in features are minimal.
     
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