If you are looking for Mac antivirus, skip Panda and look into Intego. This is a separate antivirus scanning engine that uses cloud-based technology to scan for more advanced threats that regular antiviruses may miss. This cloud-based scan was really fast — much quicker than the regular antivirus scan. Coincidentally, while I was testing Panda Dome, my brother accidentally downloaded some malicious files that installed multiple pieces of malware onto his gaming PC. He was barely able to boot up his PC, and when he did, it was so slow and buggy that it was essentially unusable.
I was surprised with how easy it was to set up the Rescue Kit, taking less than a few minutes to install it on my USB drive. It then took around 20 minutes for the Rescue Kit to completely save this infected computer.
I was honestly impressed that this tool actually managed to detect and remove all of the malware! The file encryption tool was really easy to use. Panda uses Password Depot — a password manager that also offers file encryption tools. This was useful as I had a few Microsoft Word docs that contained some of my account passwords. Both the file encryption and file shredding tools are very useful for keeping personal files private and making sure that no one can ever get a hold of them.
The hard drive cleaning was pretty fast — finding over 1. The Boot Manager was also easy to use. And they can definitely make your computer run faster and smoother. VPNs virtual private networks are useful because they secure your internet connection — protecting your original IP address from being tracked by websites or hackers. Without a kill switch, your real IP address will be exposed if the VPN is disconnected, meaning neither your IP nor online activity will be protected.
The auto-connection significantly slowed down my connection, and there were also incredibly high ping times the time it takes for a server to respond to a connection request. The ping was still unreasonably high, but the download speed was much better.
But it destroyed my upload speed. It lacks additional features that I consider essential, like a kill switch. Some other antiviruses include VPNs , and they all performed much better in tests, in terms of speed, security, and overall functionality. I especially like the anti-theft tools which include smartwatch compatibility for Android, so you can locate your phone from a Wear OS watch and remotely lock it.
The iOS and PC anti-theft features only include location tracking, but it was very accurate when I tested it on my iPhone. Other antiviruses have better keylogging protection. Also, Panda seriously needs to address its phishing protection.
Most of them are pretty useful, including the password manager, anti-theft tools, and USB protection. But some could use improvement, such as the virtual keyboard and anti-phishing protection. Panda is a bit expensive in comparison to other brands. On the other hand, Panda does offer some pretty sizable discounts on the first year of protection. It also has a day money-back policy, so you can try any Panda package risk-free for 30 days. I was really happy to find that Panda also included the Rescue Kit in the free version.
Again, it works exactly the same as it does on the premium version, with no limitations. Try Panda Free Antivirus. However, basic packages from competitors like McAfee do offer a couple more features for a similar price especially with first-year discounts.
Try Panda Dome Essential. Panda Dome Advanced includes all of the features in the Dome Essential package, as well as:. Try Panda Dome Advanced. Panda Dome Complete adds the basic password manager which does a good job at securing passwords, and it also includes the excellent file encryption and shredding tools for keeping all of your sensitive files safe.
And Panda Dome Complete is reasonably priced and backed by a day money-back guarantee. Try Panda Dome Complete. This is the package that I tested on my home office PC.
As well as all of the previously mentioned features, Panda Dome Premium includes:. One year of protection for one device using this plan is significantly more expensive than most other competing brands. That said, this plan does have a lot of features, and the OS vulnerability scan is a nice addition to the overall antivirus package. Try Panda Dome Premium. Both advanced users and people without much technical experience will be able to make full use of all of the additional features.
From start to finish, it took me around 10 minutes to set up Panda on my PC. I really like the home screen display. Some of the more advanced features also have clear explanations which show you how and when to use the features. Overall, Panda is a well-designed antivirus with user-friendly features and an intuitive dashboard. Experienced users will love that Panda has so many additional features, whereas beginner users will be happy that all of its tools are easy to access, understand, and use.
The only features you get with the iOS app are:. There are options to contact customer support and to view your account, but both options redirect you to the Panda website. However, the Android app is really good — it has an excellent real-time antivirus scanner which picked up on all of the malware that I purposely downloaded onto my device, and it has tons of features, including:.
It lets you remotely sound an alarm from your Android when you go out of range from your device. The company currently only offers live chat and phone support for Panda Dome Premium users — which is a shame for people paying for the other packages. The responses I received when I tested both the email and live chat support were pretty bad overall. And with both methods, the customer support representatives took a long time to respond.
I understand email responses may be delayed, but the live chat support took over 1 hour 30 minutes to respond to my messages.
Panda won't uninstall Discussion in ' other anti-virus software ' started by main , Sep 15, I'm having major problems with Panda, first it hogs up memory mb , secondly I bought Adobe Ps and I get an error message about Memory allocated, trying freeing up some memory or something like that.
So I am trying to remove panda, it has about 5 running process using 8, and up. The problem is that there is no uninstall feature for Panda anywere in my PC.
Joined: Jul 21, Posts: , Location: Texas. Reinstall and immediately uninstall. See if that will work. Joined: Jul 25, Posts: Hi Main IF you still have problems, try this method. In order to uninstall the Panda Antivirus Titanium program manually proceed as follows, deleting the entries in the Registry and files detailed below. However, if at any time the entries or files cannot be found, continue with the uninstallation process, as depending on the version installed the files or entries may or may not exist.
Once this is done, make sure that there are no Panda Services running in the Services section in Control panel. Ensure they are stopped and set to disabled. Highlight 'My Computer' at the top of the list, then go to 'Edit' and 'Find'.
Type 'panda' into the box and then click on 'Find Next'. This will search the Registry for panda files. Premium support. We show you how to download your product, renew your license, check your invoice and a lot more! Panda Antivirus for Mac ». Panda Antivirus for Android ». Panda Fusion Panda Fusion features Panda Endpoint Protection Plus, our security solution for workstations and servers, and Panda Systems Management, our solution to manage, monitor and support all the devices of your organization.
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