Panda Platinum 2005 Internet Security

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:59:16 GMT, Scotty <NoThanks.RemoveThis@localhost.com>
wrote:

>PC Pro in the UK have this on the coverdisk this month with 6 months of
>updates free (Requires On-Line Registration).
>
>Don't know if its any good though, going to stick it on the kids PC and
>see!

Its OK, I used a full version for a few months but ditched it because
it was very slow and a huge resource hog. Also it adds several
thousand items to the start up folder and caused looooong boot up
delays.

Oh yeah as I recall the Firewall got taken straight back out as it
caused a lot of network / application problems in my system.

But this was on my system, try it I would be interested to know if it
causes you any problems. Don't bother with Panda Help or even think
about a refund if you decide to buy it later, both are hopeless.
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:44:46 -0800, Melissa
<willkayakforfoodREMOVE_THIS RemoveThis @gmx.net> wrote:

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>Hi Jonah,
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>On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:55:24 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> Don't bother with Panda Help or even think about a refund if you
>> decide to buy it later, both are hopeless.
>
>Though I agree that Panda is a bit of a hog (last time I tried it
>about three years ago this was the case), and their support may have
>gotten worse by now, but when I was trying it back then (full,
>registered Panda Platinum), when I needed assistance, they were
>great; both via email and even over the phone! One person even
>talked me thought a long manual un-install, including cleaning out
>every bit of Panda from the registry. They even offered me an extra
>year extension on my registration for all my troubles, and sent me
>the latest version of the program on CD.
>
>Of course, very shortly after that, I decided to just stick with
>NOD32, which has been entirely trouble free for me ever since, so I
>didn't need to bother with Panda anymore.

Hi Melissa

I got my Platinum Version about 6 Months ago and my experience with
the customer support was not nearly as good as yours. The only advice
I got was to un-install / re-install with a very patronising tone
which annoyed me somewhat.

I fixed it eventually but it got very tiresome with the start up
routine of other applications being messed up because Panda took a
month to load and I had to get off my arse and go next door to fix it
every time I re-booted which was very very annoying

I am using NOD 32 on my stuff and F-Prot on my work networks now so I
am a happy camper at last.

The real question is why did Symantec have to ruin a perfectly good
all in one security solution forcing me into all the aggro of
replacing Norton for something that works and I can live with.

I suspect NOD 32 is going to be the winner for my machines in the end
I have never seen anything so impressive. Lets hope they don't
"improve and add features" to it and ruin it.

Jonah
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