PANDA SOFTWARE Platinum Internet Security 2005

Panda Good

Posted Nov 16, 2005 - It will delete spyware but not so well, i use spysweeper with it and then all problems are fixed... hehe Anyway I use panda now on my gaming and work computer but with computers under the amount of 512MB of RAM, panda will slow you down alot. between bootup shutdown and just casual usage. But if your computer supports panda not using it is stupid, b/c its tha best.

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An OK security suite that compares favorably with any of them

Posted Nov 9, 2005 - I have Windows XP and have not had any problem with this product other than it slows down the booting-up process. However, I chose to have it scan my boot, so I expected a much slower boot. So far the only real complaint I have is about the multiple pop-ups for spyware cookies the program blocks, usually in groups of 6 or so. These are super irritating. I was disappointed in the lack of options available for configuring this program. For example, I would like to see an option to allow me to stop the irritating pop-ups informing me of the neutralization of spyware; each pop-up for each cookie has to be individually closed. I also shut down the SPAM blocker as it was diverting all of my commercial-sourced email to the SPAM box (I have Outlook 2000). To be fair, this "feature" is pretty standard among SPAM blocking programs, all of which have to be "educated." My ISP has an excellent SPAM blocking program so I didn't need this option with the Panda program...so far, anyway. I went with the recommendation of the Panda program via my guru magazine, PC World, and I haven't been sorry that I did.

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I was running my PC (WIN XP Home, 512 MB RAM, 80 G ...

Posted Dec 14, 2005 - I was running my PC (WIN XP Home, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HD) trouble free for 4 years and was using Norton Antivirus all the time without problems. I am computer literate, I know how to deal with problems and I am able to maintain a healthy status of my PC all the time. After installing Panda Software I encountered the following problems: 1. Upon downloading the virus update file, I noticed the program to delete already "malicious ???" files without having the option to reject these activities 2. Immediately after completion of installation I found my program "Executive Diskeeper" inoperative and I had to re-install this program 3. Inbetween I was pestered with pop-up notes asking me to buy the full version and the option "don't remind me again" was completely ignored by the program 4. Upon booting the computer I noticed the time to have doubled from originally 2 minutes to 5 minutes !!!. The PC became sluggish and it took more time to open folders and programs 5. Three days later and without having done any changes to my PC or having installed any other software, I found the following programs not working anymore: - Windows Media Player - Nero Burning Rom - Cyperlink PowerDVD Uninstalling/Re-installing these programs was without success and the computer was damaged for good. 6. Fortunately I had made a restore point prior installing panda software and was lucky enough to be able to revert back to this point. Otherwise I would have to re-format my HD and to install all my programs again. VERDICT: I judge this software to be one of the most malicious and annoying software I have ever come across. Prior installing this software, I had already read comments posted by other users, who have experienced similar problems. Unfortunately I ignored these and trusted panda's advertisement. I realize now, that this was a very big mistake. I am still recovering from the shock that with our today's technology and know-how, such inferior software is able to emerge. My advise: if you really want to go ahead with installing this software, then create at least a restore point prior installing

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4/5 stars for panda

Posted Jan 26, 2006 - windows xp SP2 P4 1.7gh 512ddr ram 80gb hard disk i've been using panda platinum for a while i have it on 4 computers at home which i look after AND its never crashed a computer very easy to setup and make adjustments EG: firewall and home networking, blocks almost everything well more that norton your computer may work a little slower but thats the price you pay for your computer being safe and it worth its price i'll never look back

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Second side

Posted Aug 12, 2005 - Using this program with a mix of spywareblaster, counterspy(giant,or spysweeper)antispyware program/ an additional firewall will stop all most anything including about:blank and other such programs. if you don't believe it try it and see for yourself.

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This program completely shut production down; it d ...

Posted Oct 22, 2005 - This program completely shut production down; it delayed start up/shut down (minutes instead of seconds) and completely rendered outlook useless. My computer was bogged down and ran extremely slow. I would not recommend this product. I uninstalled immediately as i could not function with this software on my PC.

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i have windows XP P4 1.7GHz 256ram this is very ...

Posted Apr 3, 2005 - i have windows XP P4 1.7GHz 256ram this is very very bad. my outlook keep closing the program, makes everything so slow, cannot go to some web site not porn like yahoo mail site or ebay's my ebay site when you have to log in to go. customer support doesn't know what they talking about. no help at all. slow reply e-mail.crash my pc. don't get this program.don't don't don't!!!

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flawed beauty

Posted Dec 8, 2005 - I had Panda's Antivirus 7.0 and wholeheartedly recommended it to others. It worked beautifully on my machine. It came to the end of its contract though and I chose to install IS2005 as its replacement. The installation might have gone better had I been a new user but Panda don't seem to have gone to any great lengths to enable and easy changeover. Consequently, I had account trouble until the Antivirus 7.0 subscription ran out. My main gripe is the firewall. It supposedly can be configured to allow the user to pick which programs can access the Internet and in which way. This is partly true. My firewall will let me choose settings but won't remember them next time the PC is switched on. So if I use Skype as an example, even if I set the firewall to allow Skype to have inbound and outbound permission, the NEXT day I'll have to do it again because the firewall will have reset itself. It doesn't even let Panda itself update without waving a flag. After I write this review, I'm going to disable the firewall and install Zone Alarm's free firewall. The Antivirus bit works very well.

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The system startup was so slow that I could go mak ...

Posted Nov 28, 2005 - The system startup was so slow that I could go make myself a cup of coffee before the startup had finished. The Start-menu stayed up for almost 20 seconds after having started a program. I uninstalled Panda, and reinstalled PC-Cillin 12, and everything is working great. To me, this package is unusable...

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