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Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security

Panda Software Platinum 2006 Internet Security (Front)
Panda Software Platinum 2006 Internet Security (Front)
81.0 Very Good
Last updated
May 20, 2006
Test Center Reviewed by
Narasu Rebbapragada
Pros
  • Superior heuristics
Cons
  • Expensive
Full Specifications
Street price when reviewed - Expensive: $80
Cost of renewal when reviewed - $60
Performance - Very Good WildList viruses - 100%
AV-Test threats: back doors - 92%
AV-Test threats: bots/zombies - 96%
AV-Test threats: Trojan horses - 95%
Heuristic detection with three-month-old signatures - 91%
Detection of malware within file archives - 100%
Detection of malware within runtime-compressed program files - 53%
Adware detection - 77%
Successful cleanup of malware files, Registry entries, and Hosts-file changes - 38%
Rate of false positives - 0.00%
Detection of malware embedded in Microsoft Office OLE objects - 100%
Detection of malware in password-protected Microsoft Office OLE objects - 100%
Firewall tests: protection from inside attacks - 90%
Firewall tests: protection from outside attacks - 100%
Scan speed (minutes) - 6.65
Percentage slowdown of WorldBench 5 application tests - ACD Systems ACDSee PowerPack 5.0.0.0025 - 2%
Adobe Premiere 6.5 - 2%
Ahead Software Nero Express 6.0.0.3 - 9%
Microsoft Office 2002 SP-2 - 6%
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0.0.2980 - 14%
Mozilla 1.4.0.2003062408 - 10%
Musicmatch Jukebox 7.10.1057 - 0%
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5.545.0 - 8%
WinZip Computing WinZip 8.1 SR-1 (5266) - 3%
Ease-of-use score - Good
Support policies - Daily support hours - 13.5
Free phone support - No
Cost of phone support - $20 per incident
Saturday support hours - None
Sunday support hours - None
Toll-free support - No
E-mail support - Yes
Live chat - No

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