Malware Removal - Panda Free Antivirus



Another one of the popular antivirus is Panda. It has a free version available and is easily downloadable from the internet.

Download and Install Panda

The Panda antivirus can be downloaded from the link − http://www.pandasecurity.com

Panda

Step 1 − To install it, we should click on the .exe file as shown in the screenshot below.

Pandafreeav EXE

Step 2 − Click on the “Accept and Install” button, the installation process will run and complete itself.

Panda Install

Note that the free edition has just real-time antivirus and antispyware, whereas, the commercial edition has additional firewalls, Wi-Fi Protection and VIP support.

Step 3 − After the installation is done, the following console will open on the screen.

Panda Start

Step 4 − To do the scanning of the computer, click on the “Scan your PC”. There will be three options as shown in the following screenshot – Full Scan, Critical Areas and Custom Scan. Once the selection is made, click on “Start Scan”.

Panda Scan

Step 5 − To check the various antivirus processes, click on the “Process Monitor” button as highlighted in the screenshot below.

Panda Process Monitor

Step 6 − Here, you can see the processes and the connections, which are being created and whether they are secure or not as shown in the screenshot below.

Panda Process

Step 7 − If we click on the “Settings” option, which is on the right upper hand side of the panel (as highlighted in the following screenshot), you can set a password for the panel, change its settings for the antivirus behavior, etc.

Panda Setting
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