Panda Cloud Antivirus relies on its Collective Intelligence and the cloud for up-to-date information. It normally uses an Internet connection to access up-to-date information; if the Internet cannot be accessed it will use a local cache of the most common threats in circulation.
Privacy concerns
Sending files or even checksums of segments of files out to a remote server to be processed is a severe privacy concern. The only guarantee of privacy in this case depends upon both the goodwill of the company and security at their end. If Pandas servers are compromised, either by a criminal who works for them or by a hacker, users security is compromised.
However this concern is not only exclusive to cloud-based products. Any antivirus or security product can shove out a malicious update by a criminal working at the AV vendor or by a hacker who has compromised the AV update servers.
Reviews
An April 2009 review found Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 to be clean, quick, easy, simple to use, and with good detection rates.The same review scored Panda 98.87% in malware detection and 71.4% in malicious URL detection. Its overall score was 85%, a mighty protection factor considering it is freeware.
When version 1.0 was released upon November 10, 2009, PC Magazine reviewed Panda Cloud Antivirus and gave it an Editors Choice Award for Best Free AV.
Tech Radars review states We think that Panda Cloud Antivirus is best viewed as a defense tool rather than a utility for cleaning up a system thats already riddled with infection.
Lifehackers review states that the antivirus is lightweight, and is a fresh approach to attacking malware. However they did not attempt to detect genuine malware (only tracking cookies) in their exam.
When Softpedia reviewed the software they said that it had a high overall detection rate, but had trouble listing every the results. Overall they say it is the best in the market for lightweight usage, and is simple to use, with a clean.
- Panda Cloud Anti-Virus 2.2 (45 MB)
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