Panda Antivirus Pro

If you don't have any security measures installed on your computer, you won't get very far on the Internet, without infecting your system with malware. With so many protection solutions out there, it can be difficult to find one that satisfies your needs. An excellent choice is Panda Antivirus Pro. Its enhanced scanning and detection capabilities will meet your expectations. Furthermore, you don't have to interact with the program too much, due to its "out of the box" functionality.

Panda Antivirus Pro is free to try for 30 days, after which you have to pay for a license or switch to a free edition, which offers less features. Installing the program takes only a few minutes and you don't have to reboot your computer when the operation is complete. With a 300 MHz processor or better and at least 128 MB of RAM, you can run the program without any problems.

Thanks to recent updates, Panda Antivirus Pro comes with a modern interface, inspired by the Windows 8 Metro design. It displays a few statistics, like the general state of the computer, scanned files or blocked threats, as well as a series of options for navigating to various features, like the main scanner, file quarantine, the reports section and so on. As previously suggested, installing the program and letting it work in the background is sufficient to protect your system, but you can bring up its interface at any time, through a system tray icon, if you wish to perform on-demand scans, schedule new ones or make other configurations.

When it comes to scanning files, the program allows you to choose a quick or full scan, but you can also perform a custom scan, if you wish to look for malware in specific folders. An advanced scanning feature is available as well. It incorporates the trademark Panda Cloud Cleaner, which makes the detection of unknown threats a possibility. Panda Antivirus Pro's virus signature database is located in the cloud, which means that your computer's performance will not affect the program's detection capabilities. It also means that you will be kept up to date with the latest threats at all times.

Panda Antivirus Pro is quite flexible when it comes to configuring its main antivirus functions. The program comes with separate scanning modules, for the entire workstation, for emails, instant messengers and for web browsing data. Each module can be re-configured separately, to automatically disinfect files, delete them or send them to the quarantine, to send email notifications and more. Also, you can turn on another scanner, which is dedicated to new viruses, for which updates are not available yet.