When you install Panda Cloud Antivirus (v2.9 beta) on your computer, it installs ‘Panda Devices Agent’ and Uninstaller for it also provided which you can notice in Control Panel.
What Panda Devices Agent has to do with Panda Cloud Antivirus is we don’t know, but uninstalling Cloud AV won’t remove devices agent, and also the service related to it ‘Panda Security Devices’ agent with the executable (AgentSvc.exe) that runs from the path , “C:\Program Files\Panda Security\Panda Devices Agent\AgentSvc.exe” was pre-configured to start automatically on Windows startup, something which you may not like.
Note: You should not disable or remove Panda Devices Agent when you’re using Panda Cloud AV, Panda Security said it is necessary for proper functioning of the product. “This is a essential antivirus component which communicates the antivirus with the Cloud Systems. So, It’s necessary for the proper functioning of the product. ”
Removing Panda Devices Agent installed by Panda Cloud Antivirus
1. Control Panel>Programs>Programs and Features
2. Select Panda Devices Agent, click Uninstall button, and follow the instructions on the screen.
Note: It is better to leave it alone when you’re using Panda AV, if you’re not, remove it after its uninstallation.
Disabling
FYI, you can also stop Panda Devices Agent service from running automatically at windows startup.
For that, type services.msc in Run dialog box and press enter, find ‘panda devices agent’, double click on it and hit on ‘Stop’ button.
I have tried your suggestion for removing the Panda Devises Agent without any luck. When I click uninstall I get a message that reads ” The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. I’ve tried repeatedly to find this network resource, but it is nowhere to be found on my computer. The reason I want to uninstall it is because I can’t re-download and install Panda.
James Williams,
1. First, stop Panda devices Agent service, for that, type services.msc in Run dialog box and press enter, find ‘panda devices agent’, double click on it and hit on ‘Stop’ button.
2. Try to now uninstall it from the control Panel, if it doesn’t work, then download and run Panda uninstaller from here http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/UNINSTALLER.exe, reboot after running it even when Windows doesn’t prompt.
Let me know if you’ve a problem after trying these.
I tried your first suggestion but couldn’t find “panda devices agent” in the dialog box. I then went to your second suggestion and it resolved the issue. Thanks!!!
James Williams, glad to know that you’re welcome.
Panda Devices Agent is a “sniffer” of _devices_ other than your PC for example your smart phone, so that Devices Agent can sync Panda if you have Panda on your device(s).
In other words: Panda Devices Agent is a gimmick and not needed for the antivirus to run & operate.
I removed it without it affecting Panda Free Antivirus 17.0.1 (now called “Panda Protection in version 18”).
For one week had been using CCleaner and BleachBit to delete the junk it accumulates (which I personally think is also advertising related) it was downloading into “%CommonAppData%\Panda Security\Panda Devices Agent”, those downloads have strange SFX RAR .exe filenames (makes one think of malware actually). When another on-demand antivirus scanner detected it as a PUP that’s when I finally decided to stop merely cleaning it out with CCleaner and Bleachbit but to instead uninstall it completely.
I uninstalled it using Revo Uninstaller Free by enabling in the ‘Options > Uninstaller’ menu to ‘Show system components’, since Panda Device Agent is hidden in the Windows add/remove programs Control Panel applet.
This is literally the only site with any good information about Panda Devices Agent, so I’ll add some more information to it:
Panda Devices Agent is identified as malware by Malwarebytes 3.0.6.1469 when I installed it and scanned with it on 8 February 2017.
Malwarebytes detects the following key in the Windows registry which is clearly for advertising purposes only, so whatever rubbish Panda states it’s for I don’t believe them. It’s their settings for the ad popup (this is from Panda Free Antivirus 17.0.1 last years 2016 version, and if you uninstall Panda Free Antivirus it will leave that key behind):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Safer\CodeIdentifiers\0\Paths\{2e3847e5-165a-4f9b-b0bb-530da80031a5}]
“LastModified”=hex(b):ce,00,54,ff,53,1a,d2,01
“Description”=”Panda Free Antivirus – Advertisement Popup Component”
“SaferFlags”=dword:00000000
“ItemData”=”C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\Panda Security\\Panda Devices Agent\\Downloads\\4f5403c6e84435fbda10346629885c02\\PSCampaign.exe”