Panda 2016 Free vs Kaspersky Antivirus 2016

[Morvotron]

Hello there everyone,

I'm actually on Kaspersky Antivirus v2016, and i was wishing to go to the freeware side. But i definitly do not want to sacrifice security. Does Panda offer same or even better security than Kaspersky, or shall i rather stay where i am?

Any opinions are welcome.. Thanks in advance

 

[safe1st]

without doubt, i'd choose kaspersky antivirus

 

[jamescv7]

Kaspersky AV contains stronghold protection compare to Panda Free especially the Application Control Privilege that is already matured from its concept. Still its up to you.

 

[CySecy825]

• Kaspersky AV is better, Why? many Reasons

 

[hjlbx]

Kaspersky has a long established trend of offering solid protection.

The downside to Kaspersky is:

1. Can be resource intensive on some systems
2. Includes features you do not need
3. Will allow installation of digitally signed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs)
4. Certain setting combinations can cause mischief

For typical use, Kaspersky is solid base-line protection.

If you want a full-featured security suite, then Kaspersky is arguably the best.

 

[Deleted member 2913]

What is the difference between Trusted & Low Restricted?

 

[harlan4096]

Hello there everyone,

I'm actually on Kaspersky Antivirus v2016, and i was wishing to go to the freeware side. But i definitly do not want to sacrifice security. Does Panda offer same or even better security than Kaspersky, or shall i rather stay where i am?

Any opinions are welcome.. Thanks in advance

Are You talking about KAV2016 o KIS2016?.

KAV does not have HIPS (Application Control + FireWall), and other protections modules/features...

 

[hjlbx]

What is the difference between Trusted & Low Restricted?

Trusted is same as "Allowed" with no restricted access.

Low Restricted prevents application from accessing certain system resources.

Similar to how COMODO operates in regards to Trusted and Unrecognized.

 

[Venustus]

What is the difference between Trusted & Low Restricted?

By default, the restrictions for trust categories are as follows:

• Trusted—no limitations
• Low Restricted—everything is allowed except for building into operating system modules
• High Restricted—interaction with operating system modules and other programs are prohibited. A program is allowed to work only with its own segment of system memory
• Untrusted—a program is prohibited even from starting

Application Privilege Control

 

[Tony Cole]

But we now know that application control for applications started before Kaspersky, even setting this to untrusted doesn't work.

Between the two - Kaspersky.

 

[Rajat]

Kaspersky beats Panda in almost every Section. They've got better signatures, 2016 version is lite enough, Restriction based system that can be further modified & also a nice firewall.

 

[Morvotron]

Kaspersky beats Panda in almost every Section. They've got better signatures, 2016 version is lite enough, Restriction based system that can be further modified & also a nice firewall.

So, if i want a better detection rate and online protection, i should go with Kaspersky?

 

[Rajat]

So, if i want a better detection rate and online protection, i should go with Kaspersky?

Yeah of course you can but you'll have to Pay for Kaspersky while on the other hand Panda is Free. However they've released a free version but that's only available in Russia(not a complete info. about it though).

 

[Morvotron]

Well, i told myself i should try Panda before giving it a no, so i paused every Kaspersky protection module and downloaded Panda.

I download around 50-60 malware samples and scanned with both softwares. Kaspersky missed two, Panda missed all of them. Nice experience.

 

[Ink]

There is currently no Freeware version of Kaspersky, except for Chinese and Russian users - beta version.

Kaspersky has plenty of features and proactive technologies, but if you are the common user, that solely relies on it's virus definitions and cloud. I don't see why you shouldn't try some free alternatives.

There are many to choose from, if you have a VM, you can trial run them to see what you prefer.

 

[omidomi]

Kaspersky of course!
great HIPs, new version of Kaspersky really light,proactive protection of Kaspersky is great...
Panad is free, Kaspersky has free version..,
in compare between two software i go with Kaspersky

 

[Ink]

Kaspersky has free version.

Except it's on a regional-basis, as I said before there is No Official English language version as of yet.

 

[TheMalwareMaster]

Why did you consider only panda as a Free option? @Morvotron

 

[Mihir :-)]

You can try Avira or Avast! as a free.Avira free is a beast with windows Firewall/Comodo FW,Avast! has some zero day protection and clouds with Comodo FW.Or Sophos Free Antivirus.

 

[Morvotron]

Why did you consider only panda as a Free option? @Morvotron

Because every time i tested any other free product (don't mention 360 Total Security, i loved that software until i found out they actually scored high on famous labs cause of optimizing their product and uploading a total different version) i got extremely dissapointed. Say AVG, Avast!, MSE..