Now, how often is it that people such as you and me preferred to let the AV itself do the protecting without having to spend the hassle of looking after it and tweaking the settings? Now, this is where Panda Cloud AV shines. Being a cloud-based AV, all signatures are stored in a 'cloud', thus requiring you to have a stable internet connection. Fear not, however, for Panda claims to have 'offline signatures' stored, thus leaving the AV steady even in times of a 'internet blackout'.
Note that Panda Cloud is extremely lightweight. I say so because using it on my notebook, I hardly noticed any increase in RAM usage. My notebook has these specs: 2.27 Ghz P8400 dual core processor, 4GB ram with 3GB usable, and a Windows 7 OS. With Windows 7 running idle without an AV, ram usage is about 19% or less. WITH Panda Cloud, however, I only noticed a 2% or so increase in Ram usage during idle periods, which is... remarkably good.
Resource- usage aside, Panda Cloud is also extremely suitable for the average user. With an easy interface, one virtually needs not worry bout it at all after installing it.
As one can see, the interface is very simple, if the Status shows Green, you're safe. Otherwise, the AV will handle all other problems on it's own.
That aside, I could run Panda AV alongside resource heavy games like Dragon Age without any significant slowdowns, making it a good AV for gamers who do not want their gaming interrupted. =)
One minor problem was that Panda Cloud required an account, and the site was down the first time I tried it out. Thereafter, it will auto login and run, making everything easy =).
Cheers, folks. =) Have a good new year.
