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Panda Software PANDA SOFTWARE Titanium AntiVirus 2005 ( Windows )
| Performance | Performance: Very Good |
| WildList viruses | 100% |
| AV-Test zoo threats | 86% |
| Heuristic detection with one-month-old signatures | 21% |
| Heuristic detection with two-month-old signatures | 16% |
| Scan speed (in seconds) | 106 |
| Outbreak response time: Time it took to release signature updates to new, major malware outbreaks averaged over a period of eight months in 2005 for 16 major outbreaks. | 6 to 8 hours |
| Support and reliability | |
| Telephone support | Yes |
| Toll-free support | No |
| Cost of phone support | None |
| Weekday support hours | 11 |
| Saturday support hours | 0 |
| E-mail or Web support | Yes |
Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware
PANDA SOFTWARE Titanium AntiVirus 2005 ( Windows ) Review, by Tony Bradley January 26, 2006
Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware produced middle-of-the-road performance results, and it lacks the basic capability to run a scheduled system scan. Add a relatively expensive price of $50, and you get an antivirus product less appealing than some of the others we tested for "The New Virus Fighters."
This product differs slightly from Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security--the latest iteration of the full Internet security suite with network firewall that earned a Best Buy in our "Best Defenders" roundup of antispyware programs last year. Our detection and cleanup tests this time around didn't include spyware and adware but instead focused on the programs' ability to detect viruses, backdoor programs, bots, Trojan horses, and worms.
Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware, which costs $50, gets you combined antivirus and antispyware protection, but unlike with Trend Micro's PC-cillin suite, which costs the same, you don't get a personal network firewall. And if you want to schedule periodic virus scans, you have to upgrade to the full $80 Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security Suite. The interface is functional, but is not exceptional at explaining configuration options.
Panda Titanium ranked fifth out of ten products overall in our performance tests. It ranked seventh in detecting backdoor programs, bots, and Trojans in our zoo collection of malware, and it ranked sixth in our heuristics tests using one-month-old data. However, the software blazed through our scan speed tests in just under 1 minute, 46 seconds on average, faster than any other product we tested.
Upshot: Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware is expensive and just an average performer among the antivirus products we tested.
Tony Bradley
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Reviewed by: cnewell
Duration of ownership: 3 Years
Strengths: Fast, not on hackers' 'radar'
Weaknesses: Misses some newer malware, expensive
Overall: I use the full Platinum Internet Security Suite, and I've been happy for the most part for the entire time I've subscribed. At various workplaces, I've used Norton and McAfee, and found they used much more system resources than Panda. Normally, Panda scans my entire system faster than Symantec scans my work PC, even though my work PC has none of the extra software we tend to add to our home systems, it has more RAM, a faster processor, and less than 1/4 the storage. I sympathize with the people who gave pooor reviews, because I did have to learn how to set up Panda. Once I educated myself, I stopped having problems with software connections, for the most part. When Panda is running well, you hardly know it's there. When it breaks down, you usually have to uninstall and start over. And tech support? If you're not already savvy, I'd recommend starting with something easier to use, because I've only ever received one email back from Panda in the entire 3 years I've subscribed! My main reason for writing this review is to let people know this is a fairly good product, but I have chosen to leave it behind once my current subscription ends.
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Reviewed by: mdowdy
Strengths: Didn't identify any.
Weaknesses: Breaks windows update, breaks FTP, breaks power saver hibernate, verrrrrrry slow.
Overall: I can't believe this product is touted for its speed. The initial scan of my machine took over 30 hours. McAfee, whtich this purchase replaced, finishes in less than 1 hour. What a waste of $45. I've uninstalled and will be going back to McAfee.
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Reviewed by: sweep
Strengths: It scans and updates quickly
Weaknesses: It fails to interface with the computer, and blocks alost everything, including the machine's own "system restore"! It is especially awful using Mozilla Firefox as a browser, and bad enough with IE
Overall: My computer came with Panda installed, and has caused othing but bother in the 2 months I've been using it. Ths software is truly awful! It malfunctions most of the time, and blocks all sorts of things which it shuldn't. I have tried all sorts of remedies , but it makes no difference. I have included sites on the "allow" lists, but it still blocks them It blocks every download I try, and is particularly bad when using Mozilla Firefox. The select menu appears on the bottom right hand side of the screen, which should permit you to choose whether or not to allow a given site access to the computer, but it fails to respond, about 50% of the time using Internet Explore, and ALL the time using Firefox. I am then reduced to using "control, alt & delete" to stop the non-responsive programme.The final straw came today when it blocked a Firefox update I wanted to do, and despite using the "end unresponsive programme" control, it caused a glitch in Mozilla.so I had to go to "system restore" on the computer, (not online please note) and the dratted thng even tried to block that.So that was the last straw, and I have now uninstalled the entire Panda software.The machine is now runnng fine, and I am installing alternative antivirus software.My advice? Try ANYTHÝNG but this!
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Reviewed by: BobbyR99
Strengths: Everything you will ever need in a secure total anti-virus program. Espiecally if you do a lot of on-line banking.
Weaknesses: There are none
Overall: I used all of the above anti-virus programs as my company has used them all, until I recommened Panda then no more problems or meltdowns caused by the so-called top 5 P.C.worlds better than Panda, I think not!!!. My wifes company uses McAffe and it did not pick up the Anti-spyware in her e-mail inbox when she was working from our home like Panda did? So Put that in your pipe & smoke it..... Theres an old saying if it ain't broke don't try and screw with it.....
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