Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004

by Global Marketing

Product Features

• Rapidly detects and eliminates all types of viruses
• Complete automatic updates so you can work worry-free
• Low memory use and advanced technology
• Provides maximum security at an affordable price
• Easy to install and use; starts working automatically

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001GHG5U
• Item model number: BPAT4
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 30, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,066 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great antivirus..., July 10, 2004

By 

Rafael R C "rafaelrc" (Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004 (CD-ROM)

My experience with antivirus software is, let's say, diverse. I have tried from Norton to McAfee and even the freebie Avast! and I can say the best one I've seen so far is this little engine that could from Spain. Norton is a resource hog, it drains away so much RAM it makes your computer useless. Compared to that, Panda uses few RAM and your system does not sacrifice much resources. Titanium was designed to be as simple as it can be for the regular user, and it is marvelous on that department. You won't get caught up in undecipherable computer mumbo jumbo.. in plain and simple English (or Spanish, your choice) you'll be able to scan your systemn and see how it vulnerable it is to online threats. Its update system is the best and most comprehensive out there, and it sends DAILY files with new virus information to systems, compared to the bi-weekly or when-the-latest-major-crisis-comes-out updates from Norton. Give it a try and you won't be sorry.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best antivirus I've ever used., May 23, 2004

By 

RazrElite (Florida, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004 (CD-ROM)

I've been using Norton for many years, thinking since it was the most popular it was the best. But it isn't, actually, its one of the worst. So I spent much time researching various antiviruses and tried quite a few, including McAfee, Kaspersky, NOD32, Trend Micro Internet Security and Panda. Trend Micro's antivirus is also very good, especially with the bundled firewall and some other extra features.
I had tried Panda awhile back but it crashed my system so I made up my mind to never use it again. But this was a different system, OS and antivirus version, so after noticing a few good reviews I just decided to try it.
Pros
1)Consumes very little system resources compared to other progs, especially when scanning.
2)Very good scan speed, much faster than any other I've tried.
3)Actually detects AND disinfects the viruses it finds.
4)Easy to use.
5)Nice user interface.
6)Scans for various other infections such as hackertools and jokes.

Cons
Haven't found any.

I do warn you however, I've heard quite a few reports of this crashing systems and doing other unwanted things to peoples systems, so try it at your own risk. For me it worked perfectly.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sucked the life out of my pc(s). Very unforgiving IMHO, September 20, 2004

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DISenchanted (NM USA -Land of DISenchantment) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004 (CD-ROM)

Your pc's AV program is one program that NEEDS to work 100% of the time. Plus, in today's world; and has to do it's updates smoothly.

Everyone WANTS it to install and WORK right on the first installation attempt. It can take **30 minutes or more, under ideal situations. When everything works CORRECTLY, to install an AV program
(**an estimate: depends on CPU and age of pc).

(I doubt many folks would have endured the re-installation attempts I did, just to be able to save face and not admit they
wasted the software money on something that wouldn't work on any of their pc's).

In my tests, Panda never made it past the first issue (that of WORKING)!

I've used most every vendor's program over the years, as I own several pc's and have observed many vendor's software by working on friend's pc's too.

For whatever reason, this program consistently crapped up whatever pc I tried to load it on. Different vendor motherboards, different processors, it made no difference.
In retrospect, it was the code/software that was the problem.

We could split hairs over which AV program is best;
- Norton vs Mcafee vs pc-cillin vs F-prot vs xyz brand.
- Or paid version vs free versions.
The problem is, the next PC review that comes out will have the top 10 listing in a slightly different order. No vendor ever remains the number 1 AV software all of the time.

But regardless of which of the other vendor's AV programs I used, Norton or Mcafee or Trend-micro. Paid or free, at least the rest of them (except Panda) would INSTALL and work.
some were faster than others, or found more virus' than others,
or had better tech support, etc.

Sure, some had more overhead or "bloat" than others. (Norton)
Or one used more cpu time than a competitor's. (Mcafee)
But they did work, without KILLING off my pc.
Not Panda.
(Honestly, I would have liked to really test it, but the install attempts never finished).
Installations take enough time already (including reboots needed).
You can only invest so many hours before you have to write off your losses of both time and money; and move on to something that works.

One version of Panda AV, came as part of the SYSTEM MECHANIC PRO by Iolo.

Plus, I have tried more than just that version of Panda.
I got lots of diffedrent motherboards over the years and many
CD's with AV programs included.
Add to that, I have tested Panda on more than just one make/model of pc. So any problems that re-occur are narrowed down to coincidence(?) or code problems. [Hint: it's the code].

Sidenote: when I mentioned trying to load this on various pc's, there were no issues here with licensing,as I owned more than one copy of it.
Not to worry though; End result is that I'm doubly safe, as I don't have it (panda) installed on ANY of my systems.
(anyone need a free license or two) :^|

During several installation attempts, the software took control of my cpu processing time and I could not do anything with the pc, except power down. CTRL-ALT-DELETE wouldn't help me regain control either.

This occurred right after the initial installation [first reboot thereafter].

Since I had the luxury of extra resources available, I simply:
1. took the drive that had panda on it out [so it was no longer my boot drive].
2. installed another HD with an OS on it, making it the boot drive.
3. booted up on the 2nd drive, then used explorer to search my original hard drive for panda software.
4. removed all of the panda software I could find.
5. put configuration back to normal.
6. booted up on original hard drive and surprise, a panda process was STILL hanging around, using up a lot of cpu time.
7. used regedit to remove the references in the registry.
8. ran a registry tool to clean things up.

From what I have gathered in chatting with others, one person said that if there are ANY drive problems [errors?], then it can hangup the initial virus scan that panda does.
Since the first system AV scan is a full system scan, if you hang up the scan, you hang up the system!

I didn't note ANY drive errors, nor did I see chkdsk ever have to fix anything.
Overall, my experiences with panda have turned into a TIME PIT.
I just can't afford to make any more donations to any time pit.
Life is too short.

My tried and true favorites are:
1. Norton AV [either alone, or as a suite]
2. Trend micro [came in the System suite 4 and 5 package, by VCOM]. PC-cillin.
3. Mcafee.
4. Bit defender
5. AVG - free

I work on pc's day in and day out, [for over the past 10+ years], so I need software that WORKS.
Virus problems are painful enough. I don't want to fight with an ANTI-virus program also.
Maybe it does work fine for others, but it's been less than satisfactory in my experiences.
My favorite suite for security is norton internet security, with both the anti virus program and the firewall.
It has truly saved my pc on several occasions [when it's alert screens pop up and warn against attacks].

Just my 2 cents.

My recommendation: Almost ever vendor gives free demo's. Download and TEST a DEMO version first.
BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST, in case you have to endure an OS repair (regardless of which software you want to test).
Always good to have a working registry point to restore to.

If a demo works for you, great.
If not, then you'll find out BEFORE you spend any money of your own.

Don't know what choices are out there?
Try visiting a website that reviews software and provides their opinion of a TOP TEN. (like toptenreviews.com)