Solve : How good is 'Cloud Antivirus' for a 'Mostly Offline' system??

1.	Solve : How good is 'Cloud Antivirus' for a 'Mostly Offline' system??
Answer» Hello There! Panda's Cloud antivirus is making a lot of news these days, being the first 'Cloud Antivirus'. How good is cloud technology in this domain(Security) for a MOSTLY OFFLINE system? In case, I pop-in a thumb drive or a CD infested with Malware, will cloud based antivirus offer me a fool-proof protection? OR I have to remain connected to Internet to put a SAFE bet in this thing? First of all no anti-virus software will offer you "fool-proof protection". Secondly from what I understand of cloud computing you MUST be online to use it so in essence if there is a "cloud anti-virus" you would have to be online to use it as well.Hi Mroilfield! So...'No Protection' for offline users since there'll be NO definitions update procedure? Wonder, then what makes the 'Download size' of Panda swell to 30MB? Quote So...'No Protection' for offline users since there'll be NO definitions update procedure? No protection because it has to be connected to the internet to know what the files running are and if they include malicious code.Kpac, Then, would you like to rely on a 'Cloud based' Antivirus? Is it really LIGHT on system resources, even lighter than Avast? **My, year 2002 bought machine has now gone old(as per Moore's law-Processing power should double every 6 months to keep it up with newer applications). Iam finding different ways to give a little twist to my most essential applications.Should I proceed ahead to replace Avast with Cloud based Panda; purely in the lure of it being a lesser resource hog? Quote Then, would you like to rely on a 'Cloud based' Antivirus? No because I don't have a persistant internet connection and not a lot of bandwidth to spare.Who on this earth have a 'Persistent' Internet connection? I mean the "Always Online" system! There must be some aspect of cloud based antivirus to offer minimal offline protection as well. Atleast, it must be encompassing list of malwares & their's subsequent DETECTION & removal as prevalent within 'Windows Malicious Software Removal' tool!?

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Hello There!

Panda's Cloud antivirus is making a lot of news these days, being the first 'Cloud Antivirus'.

How good is cloud technology in this domain(Security) for a MOSTLY OFFLINE system?

In case, I pop-in a thumb drive or a CD infested with Malware, will cloud based antivirus offer me a fool-proof protection? OR I have to remain connected to Internet to put a SAFE bet in this thing? First of all no anti-virus software will offer you "fool-proof protection".

Secondly from what I understand of cloud computing you MUST be online to use it so in essence if there is a "cloud anti-virus" you would have to be online to use it as well.Hi Mroilfield!

So...'No Protection' for offline users since there'll be NO definitions update procedure?
Wonder, then what makes the 'Download size' of Panda swell to 30MB?

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So...'No Protection' for offline users since there'll be NO definitions update procedure?

No protection because it has to be connected to the internet to know what the files running are and if they include malicious code.Kpac,

Then, would you like to rely on a 'Cloud based' Antivirus?
Is it really LIGHT on system resources, even lighter than Avast?

**My, year 2002 bought machine has now gone old(as per Moore's law-Processing power should double every 6 months to keep it up with newer applications).

Iam finding different ways to give a little twist to my most essential applications.Should I proceed ahead to replace Avast with Cloud based Panda; purely in the lure of it being a lesser resource hog? Quote

Then, would you like to rely on a 'Cloud based' Antivirus?

No because I don't have a persistant internet connection and not a lot of bandwidth to spare.Who on this earth have a 'Persistent' Internet connection? I mean the "Always Online" system!

There must be some aspect of cloud based antivirus to offer minimal offline protection as well.

Atleast, it must be encompassing list of malwares & their's subsequent DETECTION & removal as prevalent within 'Windows Malicious Software Removal' tool!?

Solve : How good is 'Cloud Antivirus' for a 'Mostly Offline' system??

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