Panda Free Antivirus 18.0 Free

Oh good. So it's like Bitdefender - Perfect on some systems, and complete dog**** on the rest. Yay.

 

Yeah, I keep expecting my WiFi to suddenly disappear, even though it never has lol. I've never had any real problems with Panda on three separate computers running two different operating systems over a period of several years. Of course, there's always a first time.

 

Does Panda still have good anti-exploit protection? I remember them advertizing that a few years back, and if so, is MalwayeBytes Anti Exploit redundant? Thanks!

 

I hope so.


'it integrates a very important new feature in both FREE and PRO Editions: we have reinforced our behavioural protection with an anti-exploit technology, which detects and neutralizes malware that exploits zero-day vulnerabilities (Java, Adobe, MS Office..) like Blackhole or Redkit before it infects the PC.

With the continued growth of malware threats and variants, traditional signature-based protection is not enough. Thanks to the Collective Intelligence, we can analyze in our Labs the common behaviour of this kind of malware and adapt our technologies to detect new variants before they are known.'

http://support.pandasecurity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=2663

 

Yesterday I removed 2 old Panda installations as well, how can one trust a security company if it's unable to do a simple software-upgrade ...

 

Anyone else notice the background gets corrupted/messed up when you first open Panda? Half of it black when it should be the sky/rock cliffs. It keeps asking to validate my account but I already did! I think that's what does it.

 

Their forums indicate that the problem is with Windows Aero feature. They released a hotfix (which didn't work) and now there's a new hotfix. Have just uninstalled Panda in favour of Avast so don't know if the new hotfix really works. Thread is here: http://support.pandasecurity.com/fo...sid=feb3a2677b7ab56fc1ad9b03a2402e4f&start=10

 

I've been unable to install in Windows XP 32 bit. I have MS dot net versions 1.x, 2.x, 4.x. installed.
Which version does it need?
Then when you hit "click here to update" you get an error.

 

I was able to install the app on a different XP. Don't know if Panda did anything, but this time the link to download dot net worked and after installing this + updates the a/v installed and seems to be working.
Doesn't anybody from Panda checkout this forum anymore?

 

Since pbust left for Malwarebytes, forum support here is nothing more than a joke.

/E

 

+1

Finally I got an answer from the Panda support regarding automatic program upgrades: Please uninstall old version and install new version. What a great solution, I guess I won't renew any Panda licences ...

 

I think it's just a bug they can't fix. Apart from that I find it runs well and is effective.

 

Exactly! First you think it s only the free version...
But noooo, you buy the Pro version and you have the same problem, furthermore you get more problems with your license when upgrading with their "solution" .

Bye bye Panda...

/E

 

This is why I run the free version.

 

I have installed Panda Cloud Free into two XP systems (same PC) and so far it is working well.
One of the systems took until the third boot until it stabilized (couldn't get any response at all from the tray icon)
While the other worked right off the bat.

One thing I noticed, the PC boots quicker now by about 10 seconds,not sure why that would be,
but I suspect, after uninstalling avast and running avastclearin safemode, something in the system
was not reset properly. Booting without any a/v installed was noticeably slower

 

Not fixed, maybe with next version.

 

Ow my god what a bad performance for panda

https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/

 

I wouldn't take any notice of that. I've been using Panda Internet Security for a day, and so far it is extremely light. On my laptop anyway, in terms of performance it is comparable to at least five other antiviruses such as Avast which I've tested in the last month which scored better, and much lighter than a number of others such as Windows Defender which also received better scores. As a result, I would take no notice of the performance scores. The best way to determine performance is to try an antivirus yourself, and see how it performs on your computer.

 

Bad performance?

 

I think he was referring to the fact it only got 2.5 out of 5 for the performance score.

 

Oh right. 2.5 out of 5 isn't so bad lol.

 

I take performance tests with a grain of salt or more like with a bag, since tests always show Avira as the lightest, I have not seen such a heavy AV ever, tested on multiple PCs. Panda on the other hand runs like it is not even there. Those tests sometimes forget, that performance includes CPU/RAM/HDD usage, not just one or two of those.

 

Look at the details on a high end PC:

Slower installation of frequently-used applications - 118 % (industry average 44 %)
Slower copying of files (locally and in a network) - 117 % (industry average 26 %)

So performance could be ok if you don't install/copy a lot of files and applications.

 

I install software every day. Perhaps Panda is slowing down installations, but if it is, it doesn't seem to be by much. In general usage, I barely notice any impact on my system, unlike with a number of antiviruses which received high performance ratings. For example, Quick Heal made my computer run a lot slower, but it was rated 4.5, whereas Panda - which has had no siginificant impact on system performance, was only rated 2.5.