Comments on: Panda AntiVirus update likely to brick Windows Systems on restart

By: NunyaBusiness

NunyaBusiness — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:38:00 +0000

Panda just bricked my laptop last night.
It will not boot in any mode, not even recovery mode.
Fxxx You Panda.

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:58:00 +0000

So, I lost my Panda Antivirus program. Literally everything from the Panda Antivirus program disappeared. It doesn’t exist on my computer anymore, and I didn’t uninstall it or anything. Would this error with rebooting possibly be the reason why the Panda program disappeared???

By: DaGoldenBall

DaGoldenBall — Sun, 03 May 2015 10:17:00 +0000

Had this problem, myself used system restore to get rid of Panda antivirus. The stupid software moved a critical windows file into quarantine which stopped AV from working itself. I couldnt go into the AV program to restore the file from quarantine, so my only option was to use the windows system restore. Very disappointed in this software. Wont be using them again!

By: LG

LG — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:37:00 +0000

In reply to Agent Spy. Hi Did anyone answer this? I too need to know!

By: LG

LG — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:46:00 +0000

We have had a huge problem as a result of this Panda update. None of the fixes worked (we had re-booted). Result? I’ve bought a new computer, re-installed the company’s accounting package along with everything else and taken the original computer back to nothing to start again. Lost days of time and much £. I now need another Antivirus – or is it safe to use Panda again? I’ve tried avast, and avg but both are causing the network drive to fail so I’ve had to get rid of them. Help please!

By: Woody

Woody — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:51:00 +0000

good to know. i ll have plenty of work for the next weeks 🙂

By: Juan Figueroa

Juan Figueroa — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:04:00 +0000

In reply to Agent Spy. If you unistalled Panda and fixed the problem about the deleted system files you can install it again because it will use the most recent signature file.

By: Juan Figueroa

Juan Figueroa — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:02:00 +0000

In reply to Buck. The Antivirus is good, is not the only one that had encountered that issue in the past, it has been fixed now with a new virus definition.

By: Agent Spy

Agent Spy — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:22:00 +0000

Does anyone know if it is safe to restart now?

By: Buck

Buck — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:35:00 +0000

In reply to Charlie Reynolds. Get rid of it there are other anti virus programmes in the cloud

By: Charlie Reynolds

Charlie Reynolds — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:26:00 +0000

it caused a massive problem for me as i am a university student with essays due in 6 days, and i couldnt save or do my work, with my files disappearing everywhere. Luckily i had a back up of my uni work and when i re-installed windows everything is fine. Do i keep panda on my pc or change, im not sure?
Its now going to take me days to re-download all my games etc with student halls internet being so slow haha

By: master3395

master3395 — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:50:00 +0000

There’s not many anti virus programs, that white list window’s files, and that can be a pain later on, if the anti virus, starts removing windows files. I normally use Norton Internet Security, it’s a really good anti virus program, but it has it’s flaws to.
Malware Anti malware, is the best to use if your computer is oinfected, but is not good enough to protect against virus.

If it was up to me, i would have a program, that “Scans windows folders and index’s windows files, then it white list’s the windows files” and then protect the system. So there is no windows files that can be removed.