Panda Cloud Cleaner for Windows

User Reviews

• muy bueno, lo recomiendo

  julitamorena7/4/2014

  Pros

  basado en la Inteligencia Colectiva, elimina malware que los antivirus tradicionales no son capaces de detectar.

  Cons

  Poca información sobre las amenazas encontradas

  Summary

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• Found an old shortcut, so I did a Panda Cloud Cleaning

  neil_210/29/2013

  Pros

  I guess I used Panda Cloud Cleaner once before. So I started it again and the first thing it does is update itself. Then I gave it the go ahead to scan the whole computer, and it got to 75% in about 10 minutes.

  Cons

  It looks like the last 25% is going to take close to an hour. That's very non-linear of the progress bar. Now that the professional CNET reviewer mentions it, I remember that it's true that the last step is to Phone Panda to "complete the cleaning process." There is no explanation about how much cleaning is accomplished without the phone call, or what amount of cleaning is neglected if you don't call. I mean, it's good-natured of them to make such facilities available to the world, but some better explanation is due. OK, it finished. It shows 3 sets of concerns: Malware & PUPs; Unknown Files and Suspicious Policies; and System Cleaning. Each has an arrow that would appear to lead to the more specific items, but each arrow leads to the same list, and the list is cryptic, and it's hard to know which was a PUP, etc. It lists my MoreJong game as malware (trj/Generic.pcc), but there's nothing on Google to suggest anyone else has a problem with it.

  Summary

  Continuing with the Cons: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer Description, the Advanced subkey stores the settings of options on the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, but Panda considers these subkeys to be "suspicious." I wonder if Windows would stop working if I let the Cloud Cleaner remover them. It wants to remove five .exe files in my programs folder; programs that I use every day, including Core Temp, HDTune, etc. And finally, it wants to erase the Temporary Internet Files. I can do that myself. Wow, surprisingly poor. This time, I'll be deleting Panda Cloud Cleaner instead of leaving it on my computer. The only question is how can I remember to never download it again for the rest of my life. I assume their regular anti-virus software is OK...

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