Comodo Boclean will be available for Free very soon.

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[Rednose]

Hi Kevin

Is it true that you will be also responsible for the further development of  Comodo AntiVirus ?

Greetz, Red.

[planet]

Hey Kevin,
Congrats on your newest business venture.   

Wondering if those of us that have been using BoClean, currently the 4.22.002 version will need to upgrade to the 4.23 if we are running XP?

Regards, planet

[JimmyD]

Just curious here.. When is soon... My teeth are aching from the clinching... Here I was attempting to buy BOClean on the very day the sale went through.. and I couldn't.

Oh yeah....I believe you. 

[Kevin McAleavey]

Rednose:

 That's what they tell me ... once we get BOClean 4.23 together, that's next. I've only given it a cursory lookover so far, one thing done properly at a time. Seems to have a VERY good engine design and numerous other pleasant surprises in the code within. We'll also be backing it up with a good amount of BOClean inside it as well while BOClean remains a standalone as always too. The main problem with it in the past as I see it is merely that it needs a lot more definitions added. It'll take a little while to pull together to my satisfaction, but when we get it there, I suspect folks will forget all about the others out there. 

planet:

 THANKS! 4.22 will continue to be supported for a while longer, but as was the case with every BOClean version, it's going to be outdated and superceded by a better build when 4.23 is available. 4.23 will have a different NAME on it, but it'll be the same as everyone's been used to thus I'd strongly recommend that folks get the new one as soon as its practical for them. Like our other earlier versions, it will be shut down at some point down the road. When that will be, dunno yet. As I've said elsewhere though, there will be no downside which would make any sense in holding onto an obsolete version once the new one's out.

[Rednose]

Thnx for your answer Kevin. And good luck

Greetz, Red.

[Eric Cryptid]

Hi Kevin! Welcome aboard!
    I've been a Comodo user for awhile now and I use Comodo Firewall religously. I do, however, while products are in development use other vendor software for my antivirus and anti-spyware.

Will BOClean be sufficient in replacing my real-time anti-spyware application? I've been using the one that comes with my AOL subscription "AOL Anti-spyware protection" though it's heavy on my resources and takes forever to load. I've even tried Webroot for awhile but that too seemed to slow my 1.6ghz 512 meg ram machine. Sorry was rambling on there for a second. What I want to know if it is good enough for replacing my realtime anti-spy. I do regularly scan the system with Lavasofts free adaware but I'm wondering if BOClean is a good choice for a real-time solution.

I have read through the Support pages of your website and BOClean sounds like a wonderful product and I'm definately going to add it to my security arsenal. I'm just try to work out it's place on my system.

Sorry if all of that is a bit confusing. I don't seem to be getting my words out right this morning... LOL

Eric

[pepoluan™]

It'll take a little while to pull together to my satisfaction, but when we get it there, I suspect folks will forget all about the others out there. 

Kevin, with you on CAVS helms, I don't doubt it at all

And how glad I am that you said (quote) Seems to have a VERY good engine design and numerous other pleasant surprises in the code within (unquote).

Definitely an antivirus to watch for!

[JWill]

Kevin will be able to answer your question alot better.
 Right now the only two programs running on my PC in real time are my AV (NOD32) and BOClean and I'm not what you would call a "safe surfer".
When I run a scan using my antispyware program (on demand) the only thing it finds is a couple of tracking cookies.
I would believe BOClean has alot to do with my AS only finding tracking cookies although Kevin has stated plenty of times BC is a "second line" of defense not to replace your AV.
In that case I see it as a great second line of defense.
I've been using BC for a couple of years now and there is no way I would be without it.
As for resources, dont worry about BC, you'll never know its there, its that light.

[Kevin McAleavey]

To EricEgan:

 Heh. Most "antispyware" only detects useless "cookies" ... any decent "cookie manager" can deal with that by saving those you wanted, and delete the rest ... like our original NSClean and IEClean toys did. NEVEr could fathom why "cookies" becamse part of "antispyware" whilst "SPAMBOTS" and other nasties forever got a pass from those and were allowed to run.   

 Let's be clear here about what BOClean did and WILL do ... if you have an ACTIVE infection, BOClean will flip out, stop it, complain and ask permission to make it go away for good. If there's something that got downloaded and ISN'T running, then all you've got happening is wasted disk space storing a corpse somewhere. AV's, AT's and AS's can't tell the difference - if they FIND a file there, they can delete your old garbage files. If it's RUNNING, then they can't. BOClean *can*.

 So am I arrogant enough to say "BOClean is all you'll ever need" and "BOClean is the *ONLY* one that can detect X?" Nope ... BOClean is designed for a SPECIFIC set of situations. You're ALREADY infected with something you AV can't deal with but detected, or you've got a nasty running that nothing else can detect or stop. BOClean is about STOPPING it - whether it's been there and running all along, or someone slipped you a mickey NOW and it just STARTED to run. BOClean is and was always designed to STOP things, not DETECT things ... and seems after all these years, COMODO was the ONLY company that actually figured out WHAT we do. And WHY. 

 And NOT to worry about words ... TRY being as sleep-deprived as *I* am! Now TYPE! Boowahahaha!

[Eric Cryptid]

Kevin,
   Thanks for your speedy reply... BOClean makes a lot more sense now and I'm definately looking forward to the release!

Thanks again!

Typing better now... I think...

Eric

[dadkins]

Not to be mean here Kevin, but you are forgetting something...
While YOU are making BOC better and better, and pointing it at more than just trojans now,
AVs have also been improving over the years(as have other AT/AS/AM programs) and are now detecting *AND* removing "baddies" - when they are being downloaded *AND* even when they decide to run.

Something might get past BOC as well, right?
No anti-whatever will detect everything, not even BOC.
For any of *us* to live blissfully because we have BOC running wouldn't be smart!

Back when you first dropped BOC on the world, yeah! It was a VERY needed program.
Things have changed!
BOC has changed - BOC now detects more than just trojans, right?
Well, most everything else has changed too...

Not to take away from what you have done for computing online in general, but can you explain how some of us, without the magic of BOC, have survived all this time with no infections of any kind?

Granted, some people may still need your BOC, many of us do not.
All the talk in the world will not change that fact.

BOC is great at what it does!
BOC is NOT the Be All, End All of computer protection as you and others would have us believe. Sorry!

I have done fine without it - tell me why.

Tell me why AVG, avast, KAV, TrendMicro, NOD 32 can do everything BOC can do and thensome?
The above AVs detect WAY more than just viruses.
They do it with signatures AND hueristics.
They also prevent these "nasties" from ever making it onto the machine - not on the machine, can't run... right?

Ever hear of Ewido - now AVG Antispyware 7.5?
Hueristics AND 735, 319 signatures(as of this posting) of various malwares.
Kinda smokes your 276k sigs.
I can have AVG/Ewido running as a resident also - but why?

Tell me how BOC doesn't rely on "signature based mentality"(as you put it) when even today BOC got an update with... signatures!
I noticed also, you have removed the 276,000+ number from the update text - why?
Number of... signatures?
Is the number too low to compare to other resident memory monitors?

I like you Kevin, but you're slingin it.
I have BOC... it hasn't done anything yet except eat 10.5MB of RAM.
EDIT: AVG AS(for example) running as resident - 2.3MB max RAM use - currently at 1,808K.

When can I expect it to shine it's "S" like Superman?

Sorry for the Non-Praise, but no one I have ever asked these questions has given me a straight answer.
Just figured you might this time.

Please, also, give me a compelling reason why I need BOC running here when I never get the doom and gloom you say BOC will protect me from.

I wish you all the best Kevin!
David

[Eric Cryptid]

Is there an actual date this week BOClean will be available?

Not impatient, just asking...

[SpannerITWks]

dadkins

Re BOClean's Sigs -

See here for much more info - http://www.nsclean.com/trolist.html

Numbers aren't everything , or the WHOLE story !

Spanner

[TonyKlein]

te BOClean's Sigs -

See here for much more info - http://www.nsclean.com/trolist.html

Numbers aren't everything , or the WHOLE story !

SITW,  I'm not so sure that dadkins will be swayed by anything as mundane as the facts.

He's evidently determined to pursue his personal little crusade beyond dslreports.com... 

[Mowergun]

SITW,  I'm not so sure that dadkins will be swayed by anything as mundane as the facts.

He's evidently determined to pursue his personal little crusade beyond dslreports.com... 

I think he has a serious case of BOClean registered user envy.

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