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- on Sun 30 Aug 2009
- 02:46:59 PM UTC
Hmm..
Could you not post same and related topics twice?
The other post is about the same.
I have to post in both thread just in case you have not read it in the one i post in.Thank you and best regards,Creastery
Developer of TechAirlinesI have currently retired from WOT.
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- on Sun 30 Aug 2009
- 04:47:24 PM UTC
Me too
This reminds me of an unfortunate experience some years ago. I was using AVG then (and probably SpybotSD too, since I've always liked that program). Nevertheless I still value a 'second opinion', so now and then I try an online scanner. And one day I tried Pandas online scanner.
It found a dozen serious threats on my pc. Threats that my own AV programs couldn't remove, because they hadn't even detected their presence. Off course I got nervous. Then I discovered that only the scan was free; if Panda were to do something, I had to pay - now. Grumpily I did. During the rest of the process, the threats was downgraded to 'potential' threats. In the end I was really amazed, when I saw what Panda had really removed: a dozen cookies...
Cookies!?! I have never considered cookies a threat, only a nuisance, and I routinely remove them myself.
It was the first time I paid for anything online, but afterwards I only felt like a big FOOL. So I haven't tried that again. Until now I thought that this might be an rare exception, since I hadn't heard anything bad about Panda elsewhere. Now I'm not so sure any more...
PS: I have since then used F-Secures online scanner.
And never had any problems with that;
their free scanner is actually free...PPS: This thread seem to exist in 3 copies, and I don't know which one is the original. So I'll have to copy my post too; if threads remain identical, the copies can safely be deleted...
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- on Sun 30 Aug 2009
- 06:08:49 PM UTC
Cookies...
Hello, mrgames.
There is no reason to consider them a bad customer experience, until you have found the details. Yes, this is weird to detect a bunch of low risk threats, but let me explain.
On many scanners, ones that I have seen, have labeled tracking cookies as a threat. They are not a direct threat, just annoying and can limit your privacy online. Both Panda and A-Squared have this issue, which I wish they would fix, too. Instead of posting tracking cookies on the results window, why don't they just ask to clean out the temporary files and cookies, instead? Nonetheless, it is always best to clean out cookies and temporary files BEFORE running the scan, and then that wil reduce false detections like that. Using CCleaner, or ATF cleaner work very well. Use the red link on the ATF Cleaner page. ATF cleaner actually works for Vista, even though it says otherwise.
Also, it seems you have obtained a rogue version of Panda. Scan with Malwarebytes anti-malware in a full scan and see if it cleans up your problems. Then, please come back and tell us what it found.
I am also currently testing Panda software, to see its reliability.
~DragonMaster Jay, malware researcher,
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- on Sun 30 Aug 2009
- 06:21:59 PM UTC
Yes, why not..?
jpvip: "Instead of posting tracking cookies on the results window, why don't they just ask to clean out the temporary files and cookies, instead?"
Good question! Why don't they?
I can add that SpybotSD actually asks such a question, before scanning starts...
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- on Mon 31 Aug 2009
- 04:57:54 AM UTC
Panda Cloud
What I find disappointing is that I just can't find the Panda Cloud Antivirus FREE in pandasecurity.com anywhere. Where is it? Shouldn't it be in the homepage or in the product section? Should mywot.com put this in their homepage?
Just MyWOT and SpywareBlaster, I guess... Found a malicious or fraudulent website? Rate it at WOT ASAP! Found a game hacker? Report it to the game's anti-cheat team! Infected with a virus? Delete it with an antivirus =P
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- on Mon 31 Aug 2009
- 06:02:53 PM UTC
Beta
The Panda Cloud Antivirus is still in beta which may be why it's not on their main site.
—Xp54321
Panda uses scare tactics?
I am deeply saddened by my own report. Panda is a WOT partner. I tried their online scanner for a trial run yesterday. I just reinstalled my OS, already have good protection, but it is Panda, right?
After a two hour plus scan, they told me I had 13 "infections" The biggest target file was a known file to me in my SW folder, an sp driver I downloaded from HP specifically for my computer for Quickplay. They labeled it as a "latent trojan" technically speaking your entire computer is a latent trojan. The file was and is safe.
The other viruses were browser tracking cookies and bookmark files to EBay and BestBuy. These were also deemed latent trojans, and were only removable with the paid version of he program? I have lost all respect for Panda as a company, and because of the partnership, I now question WOT itself.
I tried to post this in the main blog page and it was removed?
Be safe, not sorry.