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[nessy90]

IM not sure if this is the wright place to post this, but I asked a question in Phishing victim why see how Comodo can ---.  My question was is it possible to have an option to be able to turn VE off from the system tray so as it is not running in the background taking up resourses when it is not needed. I was asked to go to VE wishlist but was unable to find the subject. (R)

Thanks Nessy90

[finjack]

Hi since installing commodo verifation service I can not complete applications for example: show tickets! you know towards the end of your online purchase there is a wobbly verification word they ask you to copy and insert? well every time I do that then I just get blocked! over and over again so now unable to make purchases online! is there a way round this without having to unistall the verification engine as I do like the assurance that gives me? Ive been told it could be something to do with phishing which I admit I know nothing about so can you advise what that is to pls!!

[Soyabeaner]

finjack, you've already posted this question here: http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,7207.0.html

Please do not post the same question multiple times. 

Thanks.

[finjack]

sorry when I looked it had all gone!!

[Soyabeaner]

There's a Show unread posts since last visit link that's at the top of the forum next to your profile as well as the Mark Unread button at the top of each topic in case you want to keep keep it "refreshed".  That way, you won't "lose" your way

[Little Mac]

nessy90,

It should be as simple as removing it from the startup list...

Go to Start/Run, type in "msconfig"; go to the Startup tab, find the entry for VE, uncheck it, and click "Apply."  Then close and on next reboot, it won't load at startup (thus, it won't be in the systray).

Not sure how it works with all browsers, but with Firefox, it is enabled as a plugin/extension, and automatically runs w/FF.

LM

[nessy90]

Thnx LittleMac tried that,sweet no problems.

[Little Mac]

no problem, ness90; glad to help.

LM

[comicfan2000]

no problem, ness90; glad to help.

LM

Hi LM, have a question, would Ivault and Verification engine do what <  Trend Protect and SiteHound > do? I was told no but thought i'd check.

 Thanks

[Little Mac]

Hi LM, have a question, would Ivault and Verification engine do what <  Trend Protect and SiteHound > do? I was told no but thought i'd check.

 Thanks

Um, welcome to the forums comicfan2000   

i-Vault is a separate issue; completely different.  It is a secure mechanism to store and quickly access logins and other similar information for use on the internet.

VE is designed to provide some fraud protection.  It is, however, very different from TrendProtect and SiteHound.  VE works by verifying the digital certificate/site registration relationship.  Basically, it's checking to see if indeed the site is who it says it is (with all the email scams trying to spoof a website, the scam can be exposed by showing that it's not really a legit site).  The site wouldn't be able to fool it...

TrendProtect is somewhat of a safelist/blacklist approach, based on a rating system.  A lot of anti-spam applications work this way.  Based on words, format, etc, a score is created; if that score reaches a certain point, the spam (or in this case, website) is judged to be fraudulent, etc.  While it might not be likely to miss bad stuff, it could possibly give false positives.

SiteHound works off of a blacklist of known questionable or bad sites.  A lot of anti-spam filters use blacklists as well (as do any number of internet filters).  If it's only blacklisting, it's likely to miss some, based on list updates being incomplete.

LM

[comicfan2000]

Um, welcome to the forums comicfan2000   

i-Vault is a separate issue; completely different.  It is a secure mechanism to store and quickly access logins and other similar information for use on the internet.

VE is designed to provide some fraud protection.  It is, however, very different from TrendProtect and SiteHound.  VE works by verifying the digital certificate/site registration relationship.  Basically, it's checking to see if indeed the site is who it says it is (with all the email scams trying to spoof a website, the scam can be exposed by showing that it's not really a legit site).  The site wouldn't be able to fool it...

TrendProtect is somewhat of a safelist/blacklist approach, based on a rating system.  A lot of anti-spam applications work this way.  Based on words, format, etc, a score is created; if that score reaches a certain point, the spam (or in this case, website) is judged to be fraudulent, etc.  While it might not be likely to miss bad stuff, it could possibly give false positives.

SiteHound works off of a blacklist of known questionable or bad sites.  A lot of anti-spam filters use blacklists as well (as do any number of internet filters).  If it's only blacklisting, it's likely to miss some, based on list updates being incomplete.

LM

Thanks LM. So basically for the purposes of Sitehound and Trendprotect, I would need one of those to accomplish these tasks. What about BO-Clean then? I guess what i'm getting at is, what of these would equal SH and TP? Or would any of them?

Thanks yet again

 

[Little Mac]

Well, in that (based on the websites) SH and TP have a primary job of telling you whether or not a website could be safe (ie, not fraudulent or dangerous in some way), but not stopping you from going there (still requires user interaction), the closest Comodo application would be VE. 

I did not dig that deep into SH & TP to see if they provide any internet filtering (ie, of content, scripting, etc), but if so, that would seem to be more a function of the browser.  At any rate, at present, Comodo does not have anything designed specifically to filter the internet.

BO Clean is an anti-malware application, designed to deal with malware in memory.  No scanning, no filtering, etc.  Just malware death & destruction...

Hope that helps,

LM

[N.T.T.W.]

Anyone tried McAfee SiteAdvisor?

I gave it a try and it seems a bit less intrusive than VE - I think many would prefer the way this works to the large green border feature in VE.

 

[Melih]

Anyone tried McAfee SiteAdvisor?

I gave it a try and it seems a bit less intrusive than VE - I think many would prefer the way this works to the large green border feature in VE.

 

hi Anderow

Ok, lets analyse this further.. what does siteadvisor tell you and what does VE tell you?
Cos: Siteadvisor, afaik, tells you if there are any bad things on the site.. whereas VE tells you that this site is Validated and authentic... so they offer two different things..

how would you like us to improve our indicator everytime you go to a legitimate site?

thanks
Melih

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