Free Download of "Panda Antivirus Platinum 7" [PLEASE LOCK]

[craftech]

I posted that same warning back then with that same link, but decided to try it anyway.
So far I haven't received any e-mails or subliminal messages that I'm aware of from the Church of Scientology. Anyway, the daily downloads come from Spain. Maybe the Church of Scientology propaganda gets lost in the translation somewhere.
My biggest complaint is the resource hit on the computer and not being able to use Zone Alarm as a firewall.

 

[Maus]

So far I haven't received any e-mails or subliminal messages that I'm aware of from the Church of Scientology. Anyway, the daily downloads come from Spain. Maybe the Church of Scientology propaganda gets lost in the translation somewhere.

I'm not really a tinfoilie

Though I wouldn't trust any software coming from them completely, I simply don't support those sorts of products with money or downloads because I dislike the organization.

 

[Wildcats]

I was loyal to Symantec AV (and always got the updates free with TaxCut), but now use EzArmor.

EzArmor is free from Computer Associates as part of a deal with Microsoft. It includes a re-badged ZoneAlarm Pro firewall, which you can install optionally (also free). The AV is eTrust (aka Inoculan). Works great. Faster than Symantec and less intrusive on your apps.

EzArmor AV and Firewall (free)

 

[cremefilled]

For those that don't know, Computer Associates is a huge, huge company, dwarfing the size of Symantec and the other principals in the antivirus field. This doesn't mean that every one of their products is great, but the support will be there; it's not fly by night.

Panda Antivirus is indeed from Spain, and the program is much bigger in Europe than the U.S., but the program is top-notch regardless. PC Magazine has made it Editor's Choice a couple of times. I've several times seen Norton miss viruses that Panda picked up.

On AVG Antivirus, I realize that many people are happy with this, particularly the "everything on the Internet should be free" crowd, but the product does _not_ test out well. Here is the industry standard site for AV testing: Virus Bulletin.

Drill down to "by vendor," and you see that Grisoft (aka AVG) gets a rather astounding 3 passes/19 fails. In fact, before the last two tests they were batting 1 pass/19 fails!

Norton has passed 16 times in a row at present.
Panda hasn't submitted in a long while, but was 1/3 back in 2000-2002.
Comp.Assoc. has passed the last 7, and 16 of 17.

Every review I've seen has shown Norton using the least system resources, if that is your most important criterion.

 

[dcdomain]

Originally posted by: cremefilled
Every review I've seen has shown Norton using the least system resources, if that is your most important criterion.

What version of NAV were these reviews based on? Since installing 2004, it's been awful, slows down everything especially when scanning. What's with the stupid pop ups???

 

[cremefilled]

What version of NAV were these reviews based on?

This would have been NAV2003. Yes, I've heard bad things about 2004 -- but the whole "registration thing" has made stay away completely, even beyond performance issues.

What do you mean about pop-ups? I haven't heard about that. Do you have Messenger Service turned on in XP?

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

well, this "free" panda download has a screen that is
called "update" under the options and
wants a username/password..

where do we get that?

 

[craftech]

well, this "free" panda download has a screen that is
called "update" under the options and
wants a username/password..

where do we get that?
=====================

They e-mail it to you.

 

[craftech]

well, this "free" panda download has a screen that is
called "update" under the options and
wants a username/password..

where do we get that?
=====================

They e-mail it to you.

 

[cremefilled]

Yes, Panda will mildly spam you -- maybe three spams per month, so be sure to give an unnused email, but one that you can check to get your registration info. I imagine that Computer Associates will spam you too; you are getting $30-50 of software for free, after all.

Download.com will let you download a trial version of Panda that doesn't need (or receive) updates to function, so you can try it conveniently.

 

[TrentSteel]

Originally posted by: cremefilled
Yes, Panda will mildly spam you -- maybe three spams per month, so be sure to give an unnused email, but one that you can check to get your registration info. I imagine that Computer Associates will spam you too; you are getting $30-50 of software for free, after all.

Download.com will let you download a trial version of Panda that doesn't need (or receive) updates to function, so you can try it conveniently.

Personally I've never received a single email from them, except my user id and password when I request it (if I happen to forget)--no spam at all. I've been using it for a little over a year and am quite happy with it. They do this give-away promotion pretty often.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Originally posted by: craftech
well, this "free" panda download has a screen that is
called "update" under the options and
wants a username/password..

where do we get that?
=====================

They e-mail it to you.

Never got an email from them after "proving " I was a IT environment user... Now what?

 

[RayH]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Due to the apparent link between Panda Software and the Church of Scientology, I have deleted this post and the accompanying promotional link.

The last line cracks me up...

The issue with Panda is similar to what happened last year when the German government forced Microsoft to implement a way to remove or disable Diskeeper in Windows 2000, which was developed by Executive Software, whose chief executive was a Scientologist.

We quite understand the reasons for the Germans concern.

Paying licensing revenues to sinister organisation headed by messianic figures with designs on taking over the world is obviously something that needs to be avoided at all costs. We're not too keen on money going to the Scientologists either...

 

[GoodToGo]

Can someone please tell me what is wrong with the Church of Scientology?

 

[vortix]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Due to the apparent link between Panda Software and the Church of Scientology, I have deleted this post and the accompanying promotional link.

Who cares? That's pretty ridiculous and discriminatory to remove the link for that reason. A good deal is a good deal - and anyways, please keep in mind that since the link you posted was for *free* downloadable software, the Church of Scientology will not receive *any* money from any AnandTech members. That is what the article was concerned with anyways.

 

[Wildcats]

Link to other thread for anyone other than gsaldivar. I don't trust people with names like that.
Panda AntiVirus and EzArmor AV thread

 

[cremefilled]

Hey, gsaldivar, live and let live. You don't want us to use a certain antivirus program because of the programmer's religious beliefs?

Who is really being closeminded? Well, you really showed the Scientologists. I'm sure they will follow whatever religion you follow now, as it is clearly the one, true religion.