Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security [Old Version]

by Panda Software

Product Features

• Antispyware tools for keeping snoopers out
• Privacy controls - Lock up your passwords and personal details
• Blocks Wi-Fi intruders to secure your wireless connections
• Personal firewall keeps hackers and intruders out
• Antiphishing & Antispam tools, plus Web content filtering

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E64ELG
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 11, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,826 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Platinum 2006 Internet Security offers the most effective protection against viruses, spyware, hackers, phishing, spam and other Internet threats. Guarantee your security -- detect and eliminate all types of viruses, automatically. The most intelligent technologies around are included here, giving you a double protection guarantee to combat unknown viruses and intruders. Enjoy the Internet with real peace of mind.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Product, January 25, 2006

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L. Varghese "leecho4u" (Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I tried PCCILLIN prior to this and was very dissappointed with its performance. The computer slowed down during installation and after it was installed. I also tried Mcafee and was satisied as far as the anti-virus portion of it. Again what I did notice with the Mcafee was its performance. Just to clarify, I have a Dell XPS 3.4 GHZ, 1 GIG RAM, and two 250 Gig Hard Drive in its belly( Just to show that my computer is not the culprit for the slow performance). This software (Panda Anti-virus)proven to be the fastest and the best so far. After its first scan it detected 23 spyware (something Mcafee, Aluria Anti-Spyware software,Spybot, etc. missed)programs. Aluria was able to detect a Browser Hijacker program from my computer and safely removed it but missed over 20 spywares. I am so far happy with this product and hopefully it will remains the same in the future.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Minuses outweight the pluses..., October 2, 2006

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G. Willickers "accurate_arms" (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I wish I could give this product a higher rating--it seems to be an effective antivirus product, and certainly works better against spyware than Norton or Mcafee.

BUT....Panda has essentially non-existent tech support, and you'll be wishing you had some support when the program keeps telling you it can't update because your username/password are wrong (even though they aren't). Or when you keep having to chase around their incredibly circuitous website trying to find an answer to seemingly simple questions.

Overall, Panda 2006 is just too much hassle to set up and use, and while it seems to work OK once set up, one still is left with a nagging sense of doubt about whether it is really operating correctly full-time or not.

Not exactly the comforting feeling one wants from a security package.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Will not even install, June 20, 2006

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Keith Palmgren (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I am trying to install the evaluation version of the product (both Titanium and Platinum) and neither one will install. They keep saying that McAfee A/V is already installed, but that computer has never *had* McAfee installed on it.

I went into the web site's suport... their "troubleshooter" provides zero help. Their "knowledgebase" returns no results for the search terms "compatibility", "mcafee", "zonealarm", "incompatibility", "incompatible", and "incompatible program detected"... apparently they don't think there are any such issues.

I called their information line and (surprisingly) got through to tech support. They emailed me a replacement "avdetect.ini" file that would fix the problem... it didn't.

If I could install it, it might do a fine job. But the company clearly needs to work on its install routine.