Not an encouraging start. Otherwise, the main interface works well. Functions are accessed via 17 buttons Scan, Firewall, Support and so on. That's a lot, but button icons do a reasonable job of telling you what they do, and you can turn on captions for all buttons with a click. Selecting a button takes you to that function, where a Back button returns you to the main dashboard when you're done. It's not perfect - too many buttons just open a browser tab, rather than do anything locally - but we found it reasonably easy to use.
Malware sometimes tries to disable an antivirus before launching a full infection attempt, so it's important any security app can defend itself. Testing Panda's self-protection revealed a couple of vulnerabilities. One of our test attacks successfully disabled part of Panda's real-time file scanning system, allowing us to download malicious files without detection. The second effectively removed all Panda's protective layers, enabling malware to do whatever it liked.
These exploits required an attacker persuading you to run a malicious script or macro on your system, with Administrator rights. A common example might be via a spam email, with text which persuaded you to open an attached Office document, and then run an embedded macro. We reported our findings to Panda. The company said these security flaws: 'could only be exploited by malware that has escalated admin rights and has not been detected by any of our technologies signatures, Cloud, heuristics, contextual routines, behavioral protection,….
While it's true this attack may not succeed very often, the reality is most of the antivirus competition does a far better job of protecting itself. Kaspersky and Trend Micro go further, recognizing the attacks as malicious actions and killing our testing tool immediately, preventing it trying anything else. Panda looks weak, by comparison. Panda Dome Advanced has several scanning options.
A Critical Area scan checks the most commonly infected areas of a PC in around five minutes; the Custom scan only inspects the files or folders you specify; and the Full System scan, of course, checks everything. If that's not enough, you can also set multiple scheduled scans.
These start with a Critical Areas, Full System or Custom scan, but you can also exclude particular folders or file types handy for speeding up scans. We noticed one unusual omission. Panda Dome Advanced doesn't integrate with Explorer, so right clicking a file or folder doesn't get you a 'Scan with Panda' option.
The only way to check a specific item is to manually open the app, choose the Custom scan and select a folder manually. That's a hassle we don't see elsewhere.
Scan times were reasonable during testing. Panda Dome Advanced checked our 50GB of test executables in 39 minutes for the first scan, within the 15—minute range we typically see. There's some optimization for subsequent scans, and Panda took 24 minutes for scan 2. Others go further, though: Bitdefender checks only new and changed files, and in a recent review its second scan completed in less than a minute.
AV-Comparatives' Real-World Protection Test is a comprehensive benchmark which pits 17 top antivirus engines against the latest malware. There's a potential issue in Panda's relatively high number of false positives: 25, the second highest in the report.
That's important, because it's much easier to block all threats if you stop every process which looks faintly suspicious. Most companies are much more precise in their targeting; Kaspersky reached 4th place, blocking We test antivirus by checking how each engine handles our own simple custom ransomware.
As it's never appeared in the wild, there's no way an antivirus will have seen our simulated threat before, making this a useful test of its behavior monitoring abilities. Panda Dome Advanced began poorly, ignoring our ransomware and allowing it to encrypt thousands of Office documents, images and more.
Our test threat isn't real malware, and we can't say for sure why Panda missed it, we're not going to treat this as a huge black mark. But many competitors do better. For example, Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Trend Micro all recognized the danger in a fraction of a second, killing our test app before it could cause any more damage. But Panda wasn't finished yet. It also includes a Data Shield feature which monitors access to key folders, alerting you to unknown apps which try to modify files, and not allowing that access until you've confirmed the app is safe.
There are problems with this scheme. It's not turned on by default, for instance. It only covers your Documents folders, initially. This isn't made clear to users, either, who might only realize if they tap Settings and browse the folder list. If you enable Data Shield, though, and you see how it works, and you manually add whatever folders you'd like to protect, we found the feature worked well. Also, this program is very heavy which allows protection from Trojan, spyware, online fraud, and love of others.
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There are a sprinkling of other tools and features, including a Dark Web Scanner which checks your email address to see if it appears in a data breach. But look closely and they're as basic as the VPN more on that, later. This is bad news if you're looking for power, but might appeal if you're tired of overweight antivirus apps, and are happy with the malware-hunting basics.
Just about every other free antivirus hosts its own downloads, for instance. Panda redirected us to a CNET download site, presumably a handy way to generate some cash. The third-party advertising continued during setup, when the installer displayed the telephone number of a support company, and recommended we call with any PC problems.
Setup complete, the installer asked us to register with an email address. The good news is Panda takes an unusually relaxed approach to registration, though, and allowed us to use the app without confirming the address was genuine. The bad news is when we did confirm our email address and choose a password, the site also asked for our name, date of birth, phone number and address. Fortunately, we could dismiss that form with a tap of the 'Not Now' button.
Our guess is it'll return, though, occasionally. And even if it doesn't, the fact Panda asks users for that much data makes a poor impression with us. Panda's interface stands out immediately for its desktop-style wallpaper background.
This looks good, but creates an immediate usability issue. The app has two rows of buttons for various functions, but Panda leaves so much free space to the photo, that the second row of buttons is out of view.
You must scroll down to access everything. There's another small annoyance in a regularly updated banner at the bottom of the dashboard, with links to various blog posts on the Panda site. We found a 'Show Panda News' switch in Settings, and turned off, hoping this would help; but no, it didn't make any difference at all.
We checked Panda's Support site to find out what 'Show Panda News' was supposed to do, but couldn't find it mentioned anywhere. Not an encouraging start. The main interface works well, at least.
Functions are grouped into ten buttons Scan, VPN, Support and so on ; hovering your mouse cursor over a button displays a caption, reminding you what it does; clicking a button takes you to that area, where a Back button returns you to the main dashboard when you're done. It's not perfect - too many buttons just open a browser tab, rather than do anything locally - but we found it reasonably easy to use.
Malware sometimes attempts to disable an antivirus before launching a full infection attempt, so it's important any security app can defend itself.
Testing Panda's self-protection revealed a couple of vulnerabilities. One attack successfully disabled part of Panda's real-time file scanning system, allowing us to download malicious files without detection. The second effectively removed all Panda's protective layers, enabling malware to do whatever it liked. These exploits required an attacker persuading you to run a malicious script or macro on your system, with Administrator rights. A common example might be via a spam email, with text which persuaded you to open an attached Office document, and then run an embedded macro.
We reported our findings to Panda. The company said these security flaws: 'could only be exploited by malware that has escalated admin rights and has not been detected by any of our technologies signatures, Cloud, heuristics, contextual routines, behavioral protection,…. While it's true this attack may not succeed very often, the reality is most of the antivirus competition does a far better job of protecting itself.
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