Pando 2.0.3.2

Publisher's description of Pando

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Pando is free, secure software that makes sending, receiving, and publishing files up to 1GB in size a breeze. Need to e-mail large attachments, IM a folder, or post your downloadable videos or podcasts to the web? Want to receive or distribute subscription-based content with the click of a button? Meet Pando.

The free version provides 7 days hosting of e-mail packages, 30 days for Web packages. Pando Pro provides 5x download speed, with double the hosting time (i.e. 14 days for e-mail, 60 for Web). Version 2.0.3.2 includes unspecified updates.

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Editor's review of Pando

Emailing large attachments has never been easy, but this new app combines P2P tech with a clean interface to make sharing files or folders up to 1 GB a cinch.

Circumventing FTP servers, online storage and tertiary email accounts, Pando generates either a link for instant messages and web pages or emails your recipient a tiny attachment. When you click on that attachment or link, Pando connects to its server and downloads the "package," as the Pando people call the contents of your attachment. You even have 14 days to grab the "package" before it gets deleted from their server.

The uncluttered interface uses drag-and-drop browsing to prepare your package. You don't have to wait for the user to install the app: a recipient without Pando gets taken on a step-by-step set up that ends with downloading the package. Packages can be forwarded before the download or upload process is complete -- a smart feature, given varying connection speeds. (It took us only a few minutes to grab a 75 MB package.) Other useful features include support for multiple addressees, Yahoo and Outlook plug-ins that automatically Pando-ize attachments, and a record of how many times your package has been downloaded.

Easy to use, Pando could drastically change how files are transferred between small groups of people.

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  Pando

  Slow as molasses

  by: tyler durden1 on 07-Jun-2008 10:23:24 AM

  Pros: It works if you have the time with the upload.

  Cons: The program gets into your start menu and hard to delete.

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  Pando

  Not Bad If You Want Malware on Your Computer!

  by: ElectricalBanana on 07-Jun-2008 04:47:15 AM

  Cons: Downloaded the Pando software from Pandos site yesterday and was treated to a good dose of malware. But, my good ole AVAST! Anti Virus software found the Win32:Adware-gen. Oh, I did check it out on Jotti and other Anti Virus sites and it definately was MALWARE. I just sent the file to Avast! several hours ago. Could it be, Pando already fixed it this quick. I hope so. Just make sure you have a good Anti Virus Program like AVAST!

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