If you heard recommendations for anything made by Panda, they're from clueless users who just don't know any better. Panda, including their cloud technology, is a complete joke of a company. I know this just sounds like a rant, and it is, but all versions of Panda products made in the last 3 years are far worse than any malware infections we've ever gotten. Instability, never-ending configuration hassles, and no real protection from modern threats are just a few of the disadvantages. Panda basically gave us each one of their products for free, one after another, after none of them would even begin to work, let alone actually detect or clean any malware. Oh and if you don't speak Spanish, don't bother, because half the error messages and instructions are in Spanish or broken English, in the ENGLISH edition of the software.

MalwareBytes and ForeFront/MSE are the only consistently good tools I've found in the recent past.