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Panda Software's new Anti-virus Titanium combines an easy-to-use interface, fast scanning engine and online automatic updates. There are, however, a few little bugs that could cause frustration to some users.
It has a redesigned interface. The left-hand pane lists the navigation options, while the right-hand pane displays further information.
From these panes you have instant access to configuration options, full scans, updates, services and help.
Scanning options can be configured to suit the individual. A full scan will include all hard and floppy disk drives, memory, operating system, CDRom drives and email.
If you need more specific scanning, it can look at individual files, folders, drives or parts of the operating system. You can also set what files are to be scanned, or add new file types to the list.
The start-up scanning option is enabled by default, and can cause frustration. On several occasions, running Windows XP, our test system was greeted with the usual Welcome screen, but then seemed to freeze.
This was not, however, the case, and we later found that this package runs a start-up scan before fully loading Windows. Although a Panda Software icon is displayed, there's no further indication that the software is performing a scan.
In the event of a virus being found, the usual clean, delete and rename options are available. However, there's no separate quarantine area as in several other antivirus packages. Suspect files can be sent to Panda Software for further scrutiny and resolution using a built-in service called SOS Virus Service.
For those who frequently use the internet, the software can be configured to scan all traffic coming into and out of your system, including all web and email data.
This way, a virus can be stopped as it enters your system. Updates can be either manually downloaded or set up for automatic retrieval. If an internet connection is detected, the software will check to see if the latest virus signatures are being used.
Price: £14.99 (ex. VAT)
Minimum requirements: Windows 98, 2000, ME, NT 4.0, XP; Pentium 90MHz or faster; 32Mb Ram; 20Mb hard drive space.
Contact: Panda Software 0870 444 5640
www.pandasoftware.co.uk
See also:
All Antivirus & Firewalls
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