You can define the drives and folders to scan, for example, exclude particular locations and customize how the scan works in a few ways (decide whether or not to scan archives, and choose which types of threats to detect: virus, spyware, hacking tools, potentially unwanted programs and more). It's all very simple.Īlthough the regular scan buttons give you almost no control over how your system is checked, the Scheduled Scan feature is a little smarter. To launch a scan, for instance, you just click the Scan button top-left, choose the scan type (Critical Areas, Full or Custom Scan) and wait for the results. The most important functions are on the top row, fortunately, so this may not slow you down very much.
There are another two rows of buttons below that, but you must scroll down to see them. The interface leaves a lot of space at the top of the window to enable viewing the image, but because of that, there's only room for a single row of five buttons at the bottom of the screen. This approach does bring some practical issues, though. This isn't something we would normally look for in an antivirus app, but there's no doubt it adds a lot of visual appeal. You can switch this to one of several other images, or even have the program cycle through them. Panda Dome Essential has an eye-catching interface which replaces the usual dull grey background with an appealing wallpaper image. Panda Dome Essential even lets you change the program's wallpaper (Image credit: Panda Security) Features That's a technical detail rather than a significant security flaw, but when several files have a description of 'TODO: ', that might show a certain lack of attention to detail.
Several of the files were unsigned, both third-party code and a few of Panda's own, making them a little harder to authenticate. We've seen some competitors grab 10 times as much.Ĭhecking Panda's installed files revealed one possible explanation – they took up just 124MB – but there were some oddities, too. Dome Essential added four core background processes to our test system, a little more than usual, but these typically consumed a minimal 20-50MB RAM during normal PC use. Panda has always claimed to be one of the most lightweight antivirus apps around, so we were interested to see how it behaved. There was a short delay while Dome Essential ran a quick initial scan, but the main program console then appeared and was ready for use. Installation was relatively speedy, with no complaints about 'incompatible' software or other hassles. During installation you can choose your preferred language and whether or not you want to use the company's Safe Web tools (Image credit: Panda Security)
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