Panda Anti-Rootkit for Windows

User Reviews

• Ran at boot time.

  hfgottliebFebruary 1, 2011

  Pros

  Runs in the regular mode. Never found a rootkit.

  Cons

  Ran at boot time and it bluescreened. Had to go into safe mode and disable phooks.sys. I found out it had deleted all my system Restore files. I thought that I'd remove it manually but it starts in the files that Windows uses to boot.

  Summary

  You could use it on the computer of someone you hate but i suggest you run away from this nightmare and be afraid, very afraid .

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• Detects Rootkits quickly and remove them cleanly.

  crhathawayJanuary 30, 2011

  Pros

  I am surprised that it seems to detect things that most other rootkit removers do not find and seems to clean them nicely. It found a bunch of critical system files with Rootkits and removed them without a problem.

  Cons

  I have heard that it knows about existing rootkits but it seldom gives me a name other then unknown rootkit.

  Summary

  Looks very good but I am still evaluating it.

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• Didn't work

  chiefchem2January 9, 2011

  Pros

  none, didn't work

  Cons

  crashed every time I loaded it

  Summary

  Didn't work on my XP machine

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• Do not recommend

  furcheslJanuary 5, 2011

  Pros

  Can't think of any.

  Cons

  Could not get it to run w/o crashing my system.

  Summary

  Completely destabilized my system. Running XP, and the system would boot, but I couldn't enter my profile w/o immediate automatic system reboot. Had to enter different profile and delete the Panda EXE. Still not sure I have everything returned to normal. Highly recommend that you stay away from this product.

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• not compatible with windows 7

  blonte1December 9, 2010

  Pros

  nothing at all

  Cons

  not compatible with windows 7, wont run.

  Summary

  useless with windows 7

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• Seems to work well, but with root kits you cant be sure

  johnorfordOctober 9, 2010

  Pros

  It's free, doesn't need to be installed and runs quickly and easily.

  Cons

  Nothing that I can see.

  Summary

  richie58 says it didn't work. I had an almost certain root-kit grabbing my computer and when I ran Panda ARK, it behaved as richie58 describes. I reinstalled XP and no problems - Panda ARK ran. I suspect the root-kit prevented Panda from working, but any geeks out there please correct me.

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• Couldn't Get It To Work For Me

  ritchie58August 22, 2010

  Pros

  It's a zip folder app so it doesn't install anything permanent on your drive except the zip folder of course.

  Cons

  Could not complete a scan. (See Summary)

  Summary

  I kept getting a pop up message that there is an error and the app needs to close. Thinking there might be a compatibility problem with one of my other security apps I disabled all of them including the firewall, then ran a scan with the same results. I would get to 17% of the registry scanned and get the pop up. OS: Windows XP Professional SP3<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Sep 2, 2010<p/>Since I couldn't get the Panda software to work I installed F-Secure Blacklight Rootkit Eliminator 2.2 to do the same job with no freezing hassles. You can download it at F-Secure's web site.

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• Great but Something happened.

  nikknightenMarch 10, 2010

  Pros

  Works Great does exactly what I wanted BUT

  Cons

  A few weeks ago, after I ran it like I normally have for the past year and a 1/2, it'd scan the first category, then it'd go to the 2nd and after a few seconds I get an error from Windows saying that PAVARK.exe had encountered an error or something.

  Summary

  I liked it while it ran but now that it doesn't, I have to say it's not worth it until they fix it.

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  Pros

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• Excellent Product

  rms77December 12, 2009

  Pros

  Does not require installation. Easy to use.

  Cons

  None found.

  Summary

  Excellent product to use in conkunction other spyware apps.

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