Panda Dome Advanced is a paid security suite for Windows PCs, with companion protection for Mac, Android and iOS devices. It combines malware scanning and network protection with controls over access to personal files and the websites children can use. Within the Panda Dome range, Advanced adds ransomware protection and parental filtering to the Essential plan. The tools available on other platforms differ from those in the Windows suite.
Data Shield and ransomware protection
Panda Dome Advanced lets you identify folders containing sensitive files and decide which applications may access them. You can allow trusted programs while setting unfamiliar applications to trigger a permission question or be blocked. This makes protection depend on both the location of the data and the program requesting access: a photo editor can work with your pictures while an unapproved process is stopped at that folder.
Ransomware detection also watches how programs behave. Panda places decoy files around the PC and monitors them for changes. A process that alters these files can be classified as ransomware and quarantined, alongside the checks that watch for unauthorized attempts to modify or encrypt protected data.
Windows shadow copies provide a recovery route by retaining earlier states of files and folders. Panda Dome allows you to control how much disk space is reserved for these copies.
Virus scans
The antivirus examines files as they are opened or run, comparing them with known malware signatures and checking for suspicious behavior. You can also scan critical areas, examine the whole computer, or select particular folders. Scheduled scans can run daily, weekly or monthly, so recurring checks do not depend on remembering to start them manually.
Detected files can be isolated in quarantine. From there, you can delete an item or restore it if it was incorrectly identified. USB protection extends scanning to inserted drives and blocks the automatic execution of malware from removable media.
Rescue Kit
Panda Dome Advanced also includes a rescue kit. It can perform an advanced scan or create a bootable rescue USB for cleaning an infected PC that cannot start normally.
Gaming mode
During ordinary use, gaming and multimedia mode reduces unnecessary antivirus pop-ups while a game or video is running.
Parental filtering
The parental control included with Panda Dome Advanced is for Windows. Its content filtering restricts access to websites and applications that are unsuitable for a child’s age. The separate Panda Dome Family service provides the mobile family tools.
Panda Dome’s firewall and Wi-Fi checks
The Windows firewall filters connections entering and leaving the PC. You can set rules for individual applications, allowing a program to reach the Internet or blocking its communications. Public and private network profiles let the firewall apply different restrictions to different connections, while alerts and event logs show blocked or suspicious activity.
Wi-Fi protection examines the network you join and identifies the devices connected to it. Its connection history also shows devices seen during an earlier period, even if they have since disconnected. Wi-Fi protection also warns about unsafe networks.
Safe browsing and the included VPN
Safe browsing checks visited websites against a cloud-updated database of fraudulent destinations. It can warn about a suspected phishing page or block access before you enter passwords or payment details.
The included VPN encrypts Internet traffic, with an allowance of 150 MB per day and a default virtual location. That limit applies to VPN traffic, rather than to ordinary browsing outside the VPN. Unlimited traffic and a choice of locations belong to the Premium VPN service.
Breach checks
Dark Web Scanner checks whether information associated with an email account has appeared in leaked data. It is accessed through My Panda and reports exposure that may require changing an account’s password. Panda Dome Advanced includes the scanner; continuing breach alerts by email belong to Dark Web Monitor in the Premium plan.
Password management, file encryption, secure deletion and PC cleanup enter the suite at the Complete tier.
