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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Date added: November 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 426,773
- Downloads last week: 75,347
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 113 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 09, 2009
Panda Cloud Antivirus is notable as a free security solution for two reasons: Panda is a reputable security vendor making its first foray into the realm of freeware security, and the program's goal of freeing up system resources by putting much of the program's heavy lifting in the cloud is definitely attained.
When you open Cloud Antivirus, the main window lets you know whether you're safe or not with a big red or green icon. Cloud Antivirus works as other antivirus solutions do, offering a Quick Scan and a Custom scan for specific folder, files, and drives, but its ancillary features are exceptionally light. You can opt out of contributing anonymous data to the cloud, but that also opts you out of automatic threat management. There's a network connection proxy option should you need it, and a reporting feature that will show you what kind of threats have been detected and removed from your computer. You can filter the report by All, Last 24 hours, Last Week, or Last Month, and there's a Recycle Bin pane from which you can recover a false positive, should you need it. Unfortunately, the Recycle Bin is hidden behind an obnoxious "flipping" screen that cheesily rotates when you need to access it.
Despite lacking some of the customization heft that even other free antivirus solutions have, most glaringly a scheduler, the program is not necessarily a bad choice for a stripped-down antivirus. It runs at less than 10MB of RAM when idle, and around 60MB when scanning, which should appeal to resource-conscious Netbook users. Keeping in mind its limited feature set, and that we don't have efficacy numbers at the time of reviewing, Panda Cloud Antivirus makes a decent, reasonable security choice.
Publisher's description
From Panda Security :Panda Cloud Antivirus is the first free cloud-based antivirus thin-client. It consists of a lightweight antivirus agent that is connected in real-time to PandaLabs' Collective Intelligence servers to protect faster against the newest malware variants while barely impacting PC performance. Thanks to Panda Security's Collective Intelligence malware and goodware online database, Panda Cloud Antivirus detects more malware than traditional signature-based solutions which take longer to detect the most recent, and therefore most dangerous, variants. Panda Cloud Antivirus protects you while you browse, play or work and you won't even notice it. It is extremely light as all the work is done in the cloud. Panda Cloud Antivirus provides you with the fastest protection against the newest viruses thanks to its cloud-scanning from PandaLabs' servers. Panda Cloud Antivirus is truly install and forget. Don't worry about updates, configuration or complicated decisions ever again.
What's new in this version:
Final version 1.0 release includes bug fixes for all issues found during beta testing.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 113 votes
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Version: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 1.0
"If you need protection, and you have a slow computer"
Pros: fast, very simple. and passed virus sample file at ecair
Cons: nothing yet in a week
Summary: I like it because you can run windows defender and threatfire for triple protection. that would give you three different data base 3 different engine that run veryfast. i would put up three againt any of the "big boys" norton, eset ect.
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Version: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 1.0
Pros: To see is to believe... I am a long time Avast user but if I have to sacrifice that feeling of familiarity, I would. It is recommended to have one antivirus installed so I understand to uninstall Avast.
Cons: Can't comment so far.
Summary: I give it five stars since it has something to offer and I am open for possibilities.
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Version: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 1.0
Pros: Supposedly light footprint; intriguing cloud concept
Cons: I had to reinstall before Windows 7 would 'see' it. My Windows 7 seems unpredictably slow at times and I suspect Panda.
Summary: I replaced my long-time favorite Avast with the Panda Cloud and will keep it until I find Panda guilty of a crime or misdemeanor. I think the concept is cool and it doesn't surprise me that there are a few adjustments that need to be made. I am a c... read more >>
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Version: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 1.0
Pros: Found Many softwear Problems of mine
Cons: no updates
doesn't do anything but scanSummary: great program, good download, but woudn't be something i would pay for
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 1.0
"Conditions of use are unacceptable to me!"
Pros: See the Con area for more information!
Cons: I am unwilling to uninstall AVG in order to just see if Panda is acceptable or not!
Would have tried it out if I did not have to meet this one condition! - See all 19 user reviews Write review
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