Originally posted by: Medea
Originally posted by: computer
Arkitech I hope you didn't use Panda. It screwed up my PC. That @#$%! site loads all sorts of crap on your HD! Apparently it installs software! I had a Panda Program Files folder, numerous DLL files in the System32 folder, and an XP Service all created just by the online scan!
It's not as good as McAfee's online scan anyway. I tested several of these and McAfee found the most.
computer -
You must have d/l'ed the trial software. The scan only d/l's an ActiveX - which most online scans do. TrendMicro's European Online Scan is Java-based which works well with FF.
The reason I suggested Panda is that it's very good for finding malware that's still present - but not as fix. For that, I'd recommend BitDefender's Online Scan. Personally, I'm not a big fan of McAfee but - hey, if it worked for you, that's a good thing.
No it was the online scan. :Q Like anti-malware programs, AV software is the same as far as "A" finding something "B", "C" "D", etc. will not, and another time the others will find something that one will not. I use KAV Pro (Kaspersky), but periodically I run all the online scanners to see if they can find anything KAV missed. Sometimes for example Panda may miss what McAfee finds, and vice-versa. That's why I use all the anti-malware programs I can find.
BTW, the most recent AV software tests put Panda pretty far down on the list, McAfee a little better, and KAV still at the top with AVK close to it. One place had AVK a slight edge over KAV. I believe AVK uses the KAV "engine" or "database", something like that.