Free security s/w products from Comodo Group:

[hummingbird]

A collection of 'FREE personal use' security s/w products here:
http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products.html

....including:
(1)personal firewall
(2)anti-virus
(3)website verification engine
(4)anti-spam
(5)back-up
(6)ivault
(7)e-mail certificates.

There's also some free products for servers etc...

NB: I have not installed any of these products myself and therefore
cannot vouch for them, but it looks as though you need to provide
a valid e-mail address to get a FOC lifetime activation key for each.

Details of each from their website:
(1) "Comodo Personal Firewall constantly monitors and defends your
PC from internet attacks. It’s easy to install and use and passes
the industry’s most stringent firewall tests. Unlike some other
‘free’ firewalls, this is not a stripped down version but is the full,
completely functional product."

(2) "Eliminates Viruses, Worms and Trojans from Windows XP and
Windows 2000 computers.
Features on-demand & on-access scanning, email scanning, process
monitoring, worm blocking, full scheduling capabilities and more.
It's easy to install and configure; will not slow down your PC by
hogging system resources and the full program is free for life to
the end user."

(3) "VerificationEngine anti-phishing and identity assurance tool for
Microsoft Windows offers an extremely simple way to differentiate
legitimate web sites from fraudulent ones. Place your mouse cursor
over a site logo. If it is authentic,a green border will appear around
your browser. So if you really wish to be sure you are looking at the
real www.paypal.com site rather than a clever imitation created to
steal your identity, install VerificationEngine now!"

(4) "Install Comodo AntiSpam for free and reclaim your inbox. Our
powerful challenge-response technology authenticates the sender of
every mail – a system that automated spam bots can’t get around.
This is the full product, not stripped down ‘cripple ware’ and is free
forever to the end user."

(5) "Comodo Backup is the straightforward and powerful utility that
allows users to quickly and easily create backup copies of critical
files. Free of charge,it includes complete file and folder-duplication
to local network drives and FTP servers, intelligent incremental
backups, e-mail reporting, extensive report logs, real time back ups
with “synchronization†mode, advanced rule-based filtering, flexible
scheduling of backups, space-saving archiving capabilities, and more."

(6) "iVault saves time by providing instantaneous logins to any
username/password secured web pages such as online banking and email
account sites. It also doubles up as a 256 bit secure storage for
private and confidential information such as credit card details and
social security numbers and protects against the very latest
key-logging Trojan Horse viruses."

(7) "Protect your identity by digitally signing and encrypt your
emails so recipients know that they really came from you! Supported
by all major email clients such as Microsoft Outlook & Thunderbird.
Valued at $19.95, these certificates are FREE for personal use."

 

[Brian Robertson]

NB: I have not installed any of these products myself and therefore
cannot vouch for them

So why are you posting this message about their software?

BTW there was an earlier thread that discussed the toolbar that is
apparently installed with their software, that may be adware.

 

[meow2222]

A collection of 'FREE personal use' security s/w products here:
http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products.html

...including:
(1)personal firewall
(2)anti-virus
(3)website verification engine
(4)anti-spam
(5)back-up
(6)ivault
(7)e-mail certificates.

there are issues with Comodo's software, wise to read back on acf
before use.

NT

 

[hummingbird]

So why are you posting this message about their software?

I have no current use for any of these products ...others might.
I am not here to speak for others.

That should be easy for a socialist to understand.

BTW there was an earlier thread that discussed the toolbar that is
apparently installed with their software, that may be adware.

I have no knowledge of this, hence my previous mild warning that I
have not installed any of the products. Others should read into that
what they will and take care.

 

[Comodo]

I have no current use for any of these products ...others might.
I am not here to speak for others.

That should be easy for a socialist to understand.


I have no knowledge of this, hence my previous mild warning that I
have not installed any of the products. Others should read into that
what they will and take care.

There is no Adaware or anything malicious in any of our products.
pls read our forums on this where we explain why people are misinformed
forums.comodo.com

thanks
Melih

 

[chris]

There is no Adaware or anything malicious in any of our products.
pls read our forums on this where we explain why people are misinformed
forums.comodo.com

from another tread in this newsgroup :
Now I wont install any Comodo program anymore, reason :
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=1775

Melih, you know that your products are malicious and have to be shot down.
People are free to install Comodo software, but people are also free to
block Comodo software at all costs.

Again and again there are problems with your free software and every time we
read the same :
Comodo software is malicious and every time you wrote the same : trust us,
the rest of the world is wrong.
It doesn't matter which free to use Comodo product is involved; always the
same reactions.
Very, very strange that some of us don't like to try your free
softwareproducts.

 

[Craig]

from another tread in this newsgroup :
Now I wont install any Comodo program anymore, reason :
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=1775

Melih, you know that your products are malicious and have to be shot down.

Chris;

That's an overblown characterization. From the url you listed:

Level 3: Minimal Threat

May profile users or broadcast data back to a server with ("opt-out") permission.
Removal is hard.

Fwiw, removal is hard for only remedial users. Comodo's line of
products are /not/ malicious. If you're going to slam a product line,
Chris, please stick to the facts. And if you come up with some, let us
know.

-Craig

 

[hummingbird]

There is no Adaware or anything malicious in any of our products.
pls read our forums on this where we explain why people are misinformed
forums.comodo.com

thanks
Melih

Thanks. According to the spywareguide.com link provided by 'chris'
on this newsgroup, your free products do include a malicious toolbar.
Another poster has also referenced earlier debate about this problem.

Without installing one of your products I have no way to verify this
issue but Comodo need to understand that there are some razor sharp
folks on this newsgroup who can sniff out dodgy software at 1000
metres!!! It looks like Comodo is off the agenda for the moment...

 

[Craig]

On 29 May 2006 18:27:08 -0700 'Comodo'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
....


Thanks. According to the spywareguide.com link provided by 'chris'
on this newsgroup, your free products do include a malicious toolbar.
Another poster has also referenced earlier debate about this problem.

http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=1775 is proof of
nothing. The /facts/ are:

- Spywareguide lists Comodo's toolbar as Adware.
- Spywareguide /never/ claims the toolbar to be "malicious."
- Spywareguide claims the toolbar is difficult to remove.
- Spywareguide lists 3 $$$ products to "remove" this toolbar.
- Spywareguide is operated by the publisher of *all* 3 proggies.

So, the referenced link does not claim the toolbar to be malicious. The
site refers to Comodo toolbar as "adware." They're up-front about
their definitions. It's a qualitative call and I'd agree with it. But,
be aware that this site has its own "issues."

Spywareguide does *not* disclose its conflict of interest: namely, it is
owned and operated by a company that is selling products that remove
so-called malware. It provides three separate urls to three separate
products which are touted to remove Comodo. All three lead to products
offered by Spywarguide's parent company. Spywareguide also
mis-characterizes Comodo's uninstall process. It is not difficult to
remove Comodo. Comodo is easy to remove.

People have issues with Comodo's product line. Fine. Personally, I am
happy to read about them. That's one reason I come to a.c.f. But the
current allegation is based on mis-applied information from a
compromised source.

We're fscking with a company's and its employees' reputations without
regard to the facts. That's not a good thing(tm) for the company, the
product and, more importantly, a.c.f.'s readers. If we're going to slam
a product, let's get the facts straight. Comodo's worst offense to date
is having offered an application that can be characterized as adware.

Fwiw, we ran Comodo's firewall app (v2.0) two times over a period of a
week each time on an XP Pro(SP2) and a Win2k(SP4 rollup) box. The
firewall was what I'd characterize as "robust." There is a minor
learning curve. The information provided is more comprehensive than
ZoneAlarm's product. The granularity of control is high. The firewall
passed all the on-line tests we put it through. It is a fine personal
firewall. From a usability standpoint, I do not like Comodo's toolbar.
It feels kludgy - but the adware aspect is minor-to-moderate in
comparison w/other adware products that are regularly touted here.

-Craig

n.b. I am not affiliated with Comodo nor Spywareguide nor do I use
either of their products.

 

[Ivan V. Klattrup]

- Spywareguide lists 3 $$$ products to "remove" this toolbar.
- Spywareguide is operated by the publisher of all 3 proggies.

Well I didn't know that when I wrote the message in the other thread, but
in my opinion Comodo antisvirus is still ressource-hogging so I wouldn't
install that program and Comodo software is pusodware* so its not
interesting for me.

*PlaceUnnessesaryShortcutOnDesktopware

 

[Craig]

Well I didn't know that when I wrote the message in the other thread,
but in my opinion Comodo antisvirus is still ressource-hogging so I
wouldn't install that program and Comodo software is pusodware* so its
not interesting for me.

*PlaceUnnessesaryShortcutOnDesktopware

Yea;

Understood. I passed on Comodo stuff for other reasons as well. My
earlier response was just to straighten the record before this became
y.a. urban legend.

Spywareguide rates Comodo's toolbar as "adware" and "difficult to
remove." /Not/ malicious.

That Spywareguide is surreptitiously selling "the cure" and is
mis-characterizing the removal process is almost beside the point.
Although, this obviously doesn't speak well for its value as a reference.

-Craig

 

[hummingbird]

[snip]

Yea;

Understood. I passed on Comodo stuff for other reasons as well. My
earlier response was just to straighten the record before this became
y.a. urban legend.

Spywareguide rates Comodo's toolbar as "adware" and "difficult to
remove." /Not/ malicious.

Malicious is a subjective term. IMHO any software which quietly
installs adware without my explicit approval is malicious.

Are you missing the point that I posted info about these Comodo
products and it was *two other posters* who called them out?

That Spywareguide is surreptitiously selling "the cure" and is
mis-characterizing the removal process is almost beside the point.
Although, this obviously doesn't speak well for its value as a reference.

Understood.

 

[Craig]

[snip]

[hack]

Spywareguide rates Comodo's toolbar as "adware" and "difficult to
remove." /Not/ malicious.

Malicious is a subjective term. IMHO any software which quietly
installs adware without my explicit approval is malicious.

Understood. (And although I believe your definition to be a tad...
draconian, I wasn't trying to debate that.) Rather, the fact that
"malware" is a partial derivative of "malicious," it damns by
association and I wanted to distance the product from that particular
word.

Are you missing the point that I posted info about these Comodo
products and it was *two other posters* who called them out?

I'm sorry...what do you mean by "called them out?" I'd assumed you had
labeled CPF "malicious" based on someone referencing a spywareguide url.
Did I miss something?

-Craig

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send]

BTW there was an earlier thread that discussed the toolbar that is
apparently installed with their software, that may be adware.

I just recently installed the firewall and I don't have the toolbar --
IIRC, there was a place to opt out of it.

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send]

Thanks. According to the spywareguide.com link provided by 'chris'
on this newsgroup, your free products do include a malicious toolbar.
Another poster has also referenced earlier debate about this problem.

Maybe that's for older versions or something -- I just installed it and
I don't have a toolbar -- and believe me, I don't do toolbars, so I
wouldn't have installed it if I had to use one.

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send]

- Spywareguide lists Comodo's toolbar as Adware.
- Spywareguide /never/ claims the toolbar to be "malicious."
- Spywareguide claims the toolbar is difficult to remove.
- Spywareguide lists 3 $$$ products to "remove" this toolbar.
- Spywareguide is operated by the publisher of *all* 3 proggies.

So, the referenced link does not claim the toolbar to be malicious. The
site refers to Comodo toolbar as "adware." They're up-front about
their definitions. It's a qualitative call and I'd agree with it. But,
be aware that this site has its own "issues."

Maybe it's just the toolbar and not the firewall.

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send]

Understood. I passed on Comodo stuff for other reasons as well. My
earlier response was just to straighten the record before this became
y.a. urban legend.

So what firewall do you recommend if one has bad experiences with zone
alarm, Kerio, Outpost, Sygate, and TinyPersonalFirewall? I recently
finally got around to changing from Outpost because it kept crashing,
and had already made my way through the others and found them
unsatisfactory. I tried a number of freeware ones I found and Comodo
was the first one that I found that I liked, that worked with what I
needed it to work with, and that I felt I could use.

 

[Brian Robertson]

There is no Adaware or anything malicious in any of our products.
pls read our forums on this where we explain why people are misinformed
forums.comodo.com

thanks
Melih

I have Spysweeper 4.5 installed on my computer, so I decided to contact
Webroot. I have sent their technical support staff a letter requesting
clarification of this issue, and a link to your forum, and a link to the PC
World article.

 

[Craig]

So what firewall do you recommend ...

First off;

I am in no way an expert with software firewalls so I can only go by
experience. Having said that, I think Comodo's CPF v2.0 is a good one
to consider. If your machine is light on resources, this may be a
problem. Otherwise, I liked the fine tuning that it allowed.

Mind you, I'm not running a personal firewall atm so...ymmv.

-Craig

 

[Comodo]

[snip]

[hack]

Spywareguide rates Comodo's toolbar as "adware" and "difficult to
remove." /Not/ malicious.

Malicious is a subjective term. IMHO any software which quietly
installs adware without my explicit approval is malicious.

Understood. (And although I believe your definition to be a tad...
draconian, I wasn't trying to debate that.) Rather, the fact that
"malware" is a partial derivative of "malicious," it damns by
association and I wanted to distance the product from that particular
word.

Are you missing the point that I posted info about these Comodo
products and it was *two other posters* who called them out?

I'm sorry...what do you mean by "called them out?" I'd assumed you had
labeled CPF "malicious" based on someone referencing a spywareguide url.
Did I miss something?

-Craig

Adware means the toolbar advertises something. Well i can categorically
state that it does not!

read the PDF document in this posting
http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,113.0.html

You will see that respectable anti spyware companies are decent enough
to accept their mistake!

Melih