New Panda Dome versions, replacing old Panda products

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by roger_m, Mar 28, 2018.

  1. TheErzengel

    TheErzengel Registered Member

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    I got free PDP from a friend, I renewed another year more taking advantage of the devaluation of the Argentine peso for practically 25USD. For the time I have been using it (more than 5 months) I am very happy and no problem.
     
  2. ance

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    Do you have some links to independent tests? Thank you. ;)
     
  3. ance

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    I see, however Panda has weak results in latest AV-C test as well.
     
  4. bellgamin

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    Hmmm. Do you operate a testing lab? How many employees? How many computers? What were the procedures used in your testing? Over what period of time were your tests conduucted?

    I mean, AV-Comparatives is a full-on testing lab and discloses its test parameters, procedures, etc. Are your tests equally out in the open & equally competent, or not?
     
  5. roger_m

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    I'm using my one computer with Panda installed at the moment, which I had not used for a few months. Soon after Windows loaded, Panda actually found a product update and downloaded and installed the current version. This is a welcome change from not installing new versions. Having said that, I do have a feeling that in the past, on occasion that Panda was able to update itself. Hopefully in the future, Panda will always update to new versions. While I typically don't see Panda installed on customer's computers, a year or two ago it was quite common to see computers running a version of AVG released two or three years ago, because AVG would not check for product updates.

    The last time I used this computer, the new version had already been released, so it seems that there may be a delay between releasing new versions and Panda being able to update itself.
     
  6. khanyash

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    How effective is Panda behavior blocker? Is Panda good for average users (don't want to enable Application Control for them)?
     
  7. roger_m

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    In my experience it's terrible. If you want a decent behaviour blocker look elsewhere.
     
  8. khanyash

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    It does seem ineffective. Thank you for the info.
     
  9. ance

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    Behaviour blocker is terrible but performance is great. :thumb:
     
  10. ChoiceVoice

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    there is also the free version, simply called: panda dome. i downloaded it and it is very light on resources.
     
  11. ChoiceVoice

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    no, threats are not allowed to "run around". unknowns are monitored and essentially sandboxed. plus, webroot is very good and stopping malware, or any program, from snooping at what you're doing in your browser. so even if you're infected with an unknown rootkit, it will be limited in the damage it can do.
     
  12. mekelek

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    that's a great science fiction, too bad nobody ever seen this happen.
     
  13. TheErzengel

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    Right, I've never seen Webroot work that way.
     
  14. Spartan

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    Agreed! 2 years back I installed Webroot on my friend's computer that I just formatted for him thinking it's all nice and dandy on paper and very light. Next week he calls me and tells me his computer is acting weird. So I did a scan and found a few viruses and that was the last time I used Webroot.
     
  15. Spartan

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    So what's so bad about Panda Antivirus free? I like it because it doesn't have an HTTP Scanner or web scanning module as I want nothing to interfere with my internet. AVs which have an HTTP scanner are slowing down my internet which is a 250MBPS up/50MBPS down significantly

    I'm finding Panda very light and non-intrusive
     
  16. TheErzengel

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    The good thing is the decent detection rate, easy to use, very light and non-intrusive. The bad thing is that it does not have good heuristics, detections 0 days almost null and with some errors (that most were already solved).

    I use it on my mobile devices and in my work. very happy.
     
  17. robboman93

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    For people that are wondering, if u install Panda including the browser add-on u will get HTTP scanning. After installation u can uninstall the browser add-on and the website blocking will continue to work. I think it's great Panda left this as a option, and does not force users. With relatives I let them use the HTTP scanning, myself I don't install it.

    I agree with the positives listed. It's a great fully cloud AV, does not shows any ads or other annoyances, very light on the system, and in stock settings automatically removes threats (great for non-tech users).
     
  18. Spartan

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    oh I never choose to install the browser add-on maybe that's why I'm very happy with it. All I want is a good file scanner.
     
  19. mekelek

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    yea those 2 / 15 static detection after 24 hours can be called "decent"
    is Panda hiring malware analysts? i would be more than happy to work there and do jack ****.
     
  20. bellgamin

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    Panda alongside WSA -- both of them together are still lighter than helium. (I love helium jokes. They make me laugh.)
     
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  21. TheErzengel

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    I wrote that the zero-day threat detection rate is bad and their signatures usually take a long time not at all acceptable. However, it does not have a bad malware detection.
     
  22. mekelek

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    i know.
    detection rate isnt good as shown by tests done by harlan. when a 18 malware pack has 2 static detections, 16 malware wont be stopped by application control and Panda is useless against scripts/weaponized docs
    past week there were 4/15 total detection results even with application control on.
     
  23. harlan4096

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    Well, I'm performing my malware tests this month only with Panda Dome Free + NVT SysHardened (Suggested Tweaks), so free version does not have Application Control module, anyway in previous months I have been testing also Panda Dome Premium + AC, and also found some *.exe that bypassed AC, but are not common...
     
  24. ance

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    I've never ever seen Panda behaviour blocker in any test ... :blink:
     
  25. m0unds

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    I've seen a number of behavioral detections related to new-lifecycle fileless threats on networks with an infected client without Panda installed (stuff worming across a network, triggering behavioral detection on clients w/Panda's biz product)
     
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