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 - Extreme time wasterDownload & install = 30 minutes. Scan computer = 2 hours. Uninstall = 10 minutes. Figuring out how to restore Outlook Express email folders = 2 hours. Total time lost = 4 hours 40 minutes. Rating:  - Panda Internet Security Easy to install seems to work fine, I replaced a CA product on my laptop. I will probably replace McAfee on my desktop when the license for that one expires. Rating: - Couldn't Get it to InstallI can't say whether this program will work for you. It didn't for me. And apparently others, as well. First, the autoplay function refused to initiate installation. After numerous attempts, I was able (barely) to get it to begin the installation process. Next, the program refused to install, claiming that I had another anti-virus program (PC-Cillin) installed. I have never used that program, and have only used Norton and V-Com's anti-virus programs in the 7 years I have owned my computer. I am very computer literate, so I removed every remnant of the Norton program from my system (using not only the uninstall routine from the Control Panel, but the Norton Removal Tool furnished at their website). I then went through the registry and removed every reference to Norton and Symantec (the program publisher). Still no luck installing the Panda program. Still received the error message referring to "PC-Cillin." Believing that V-Com's (now Avanquest's) SystemSuite 7 (or one of its earlier iterations formerly installed on my computer) could be the culprit, I uninstalled that program, and carefully removed any reference I could find in the registry. Hours later, I once again attempted to install Panda. Same problem getting the installation routine to work -- and once working, I still received the same error message pertaining to "PC-Cillin." Incidentally, I could find no reference in the registry to PC-Cillin or Trend Micro (the publisher). Went to Panda's online support pages. Could not get the FAQ pages to load. No telephone support is provided. Finally utilized the email support. I received no reply for 48 hours. And when I did receive it, it was entirely unhelpful. Finally, I gave up. I installed Norton's Internet Security 2008, a memory hog, but at least it works. Rating: - So far so goodPanda Internet Security is mostly unobtrusive and I haven't noticed any penetrations. That's good. I am frequently asked for my Supervisor's password. This is probably something I could turn off, with consequences of which I am currently unaware. It's a little annoying in any case. It is reassuring to notice, everytime I sit down to Windows (I usually work in Linux), that my Panda installation has been updated. Rating: - Way better than Windows OneI replaced Windows One on several computers with Panda and it's a pleasure compared to what I had from Microsoft. Easy to install and it's pretty innocuous except for some irritations. There is no way, that I can find, to schedule updates... it's either do it manually or it'll do it automatically when you're online. That automatic version is uncontrollable as to when it occurs and it will make anything you're doing... on or off the Web... slow to a crawl or just stop. The other peeve is that it does not allow your Internet cache to dump as you have it selected in your Internet Options. In fact, the cache never seems to dump unless I do it manually and if you forget it for a few days you're back to that crawl speed. Lastly, it prevents issues but you must set it to scan your disk because there's no way to have it set to do so on any regular basis. Compared to what I have had in the past this seems to be doing the trick or, at the least, I'm not aware that it isn't doing it.
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