Trusted Vendor List - SignUp

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[HeffeD]

To look at it another way, if you aren't using the software and never plan to, there is absolutely no reason to have them on your trusted list... 

The user should always have control over who they consider trusted! Adding a huge pre-defined list to CIS with every software update and expecting the user to simply delete those vendors they don't want on the list is just tedious and a poor design decision.

I guess they never did say whose trust they were talking about when they said they were building trust online.  It's apparently not the trust of their users.

[Pho3NiX]

I've lost the touch to how CIS is working now...
But what exactly trusted means ?

For example I migth not want some of those vendor to access internet without my conscent.
However they surelly can move file and registry arround...

Maybe it would be better to have two lists.
Example:

List A:  Certified Vendor
List B:  Trusted Vendor / Operating system / Comodo

Then user can switch vendor between trust or known list.
By default you can make both list with equal trust but then user can choose what to do.

The only thing I'm worried is that a certified compagny do a add-supported software and install a toolbar on one of their product. I want to be notified if I miss the screen and the uncheck button.

[Dch48]

Every toolbar I have ever seen can be easily uninstalled. I don't think that's a concern really.

[JoWa]

CHENGDU YIWO Tech Development Co., Ltd. - http://www.easeus.com/
Sun Microsystems GmbH - http://www.openoffice.org/

[neried]

Put Firewall in Custom Policy Mode then it wont allow any connection unless you say so

I've lost the touch to how CIS is working now...
But what exactly trusted means ?

For example I migth not want some of those vendor to access internet without my conscent.
However they surelly can move file and registry arround...

Maybe it would be better to have two lists.
Example:

List A:  Certified Vendor
List B:  Trusted Vendor / Operating system / Comodo

Then user can switch vendor between trust or known list.
By default you can make both list with equal trust but then user can choose what to do.

The only thing I'm worried is that a certified compagny do a add-supported software and install a toolbar on one of their product. I want to be notified if I miss the screen and the uncheck button.

[JoWa]

Trusted vendors in CIS 3.10:

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd
ACD Systems International Inc
Acronis, Inc
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Systems, Incorporated
Agnitum Ltd.
Alcohol Soft
ALWIL Software
America Online, Inc.
Answers Corporation
AOL LLC
Apple Computer, Inc
Apple Inc.
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
ATI Technologies ULC
Auslogics Software
Autodesk, Inc
AVG Exploit Prevention Labs, Inc.
Avira GmbH
Babylon Ltd.
BillP Studios
BitTorrent Inc
C. Ghisler & Co.
CA
Cerulean Studios, LLC
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Comet Network Technology Co Ltd.
Comodo CA Limited
Comodo CP, Inc
Corel Corporation
CyberLink
Dell Inc
DivX, Inc.
Doctor Web Ltd.
Emsi Software GmbH
ESET, spol. s r.o
Executive Software International, Incorporated
Foxit Software Company
F-Secure Corporation
GlobalSCAPE, Inc.
Google Inc
Headlight Software, Inc.
Hewlett Packard
Hyperionics Technology, LLC
ICQ
Ilya Kheifets
iMesh Inc.
IncrediMail Ltd.
IObit Information Technology
iolo technologies, LLC
Kaspersky Lab
Lexmark International, Inc.
LG Software Innovations
Lime Wire LLC
Logitech Inc
LogMeIn, Inc.
Macromedia, Inc.
McAfee, Inc
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft DRM Publisher
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Component Publisher
Microsoft Windows Publisher
Mozilla Corporation
Musiclab, LLC
Nero AG
Nitro PDF
Nokia
NVIDIA Corporation
O and O Software GmbH
Opera Software ASA
Paltalk.com
Panda Software International
PC Tools
PGP Corporation
Piriform Ltd
Plaxo Incorporated
RealNetworks, Inc.
RealVNC Ltd
Safer Networking Ltd.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
Secunia ApS
Skype Technologies SA
Smart Projects
SmartSoft Ltd
Sony Creative Software Inc
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication
Speed-Bit LTD
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Symantec Corporation
Tonec Inc.
Trend Media Corporation Limited
Trend Micro, Inc.
TuneUp Software GmbH
VMware, Inc.
Vuze Inc.
Winamp
WinZip Computing
WordWeb Software
Yahoo! Inc.

[Dch48]

Better but still not enough. I had to add Blizzard, Valve, and Malwarebytes manually

[axl]

Trusted vendors in CIS 3.10:

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd
ACD Systems International Inc
Acronis, Inc
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Systems, Incorporated
Agnitum Ltd.
Alcohol Soft
ALWIL Software
America Online, Inc.
Answers Corporation
AOL LLC
Apple Computer, Inc
Apple Inc.
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
ATI Technologies ULC
Auslogics Software
Autodesk, Inc
AVG Exploit Prevention Labs, Inc.
Avira GmbH
Babylon Ltd.
BillP Studios
BitTorrent Inc
C. Ghisler & Co.
CA
Cerulean Studios, LLC
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Comet Network Technology Co Ltd.
Comodo CA Limited
Comodo CP, Inc
Corel Corporation
CyberLink
Dell Inc
DivX, Inc.
Doctor Web Ltd.
Emsi Software GmbH
ESET, spol. s r.o
Executive Software International, Incorporated
Foxit Software Company
F-Secure Corporation
GlobalSCAPE, Inc.
Google Inc
Headlight Software, Inc.
Hewlett Packard
Hyperionics Technology, LLC
ICQ
Ilya Kheifets
iMesh Inc.
IncrediMail Ltd.
IObit Information Technology
iolo technologies, LLC
Kaspersky Lab
Lexmark International, Inc.
LG Software Innovations
Lime Wire LLC
Logitech Inc
LogMeIn, Inc.
Macromedia, Inc.
McAfee, Inc
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft DRM Publisher
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Component Publisher
Microsoft Windows Publisher
Mozilla Corporation
Musiclab, LLC
Nero AG
Nitro PDF
Nokia
NVIDIA Corporation
O and O Software GmbH
Opera Software ASA
Paltalk.com
Panda Software International
PC Tools
PGP Corporation
Piriform Ltd
Plaxo Incorporated
RealNetworks, Inc.
RealVNC Ltd
Safer Networking Ltd.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
Secunia ApS
Skype Technologies SA
Smart Projects
SmartSoft Ltd
Sony Creative Software Inc
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication
Speed-Bit LTD
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Symantec Corporation
Tonec Inc.
Trend Media Corporation Limited
Trend Micro, Inc.
TuneUp Software GmbH
VMware, Inc.
Vuze Inc.
Winamp
WinZip Computing
WordWeb Software
Yahoo! Inc.

Given the length of time CIS v3 has been in release, this is a surprisingly small list.

Oh well; better late than never.
 

[axl]

Hi Everyone,
This is to inform you that we have come up with Trusted Vendor Sign Up procedure, where vendors who code signs their products, can sign up to be added to Trusted Vendor List maintained by Comodo Internet Security.

We are also going to get in touch with all vendors who have popular products but do not code sign their binaries.

Here is the link:

http://internetsecurity.comodo.com/trustedvendor/signup.php

Thanks
-umesh

I wish I knew of this post two days ago, could have saved some time on useless dialog...
 

[Dch48]

I wish I knew of this post two days ago, could have saved some time on useless dialog...
 

The dialog has not been useless. The list needs to grow and the more people who ask for it, the more likely we are to see it.

[axl]

The dialog has not been useless. The list needs to grow and the more people who ask for it, the more likely we are to see it.

They should have a checkbox on installation of new program they should check the whitelist, and put pop-up that says something like, "Use CIS Trusted Application profile for this application", and stop messing around with the My Trusted Vendors list.

[Dch48]

Nice idea but-----another popup?  lol

[J2897]

I want to Untick 'All Vendors' then Tick 'Comodo' and 'Microsoft'. I'm happy (feel more Secure) with just 'Training Mode'. 

[John Buchanan]

Training mode is simply allowing everything and creating rules to that effect.  It will not offer you any protection.  This mode is best when used to 'train' Defense+ and/or firewall what rules are required to run a particular application 1.e. a game.
Running constantly in Training mode is equivalent to not running with protection.

[MetalShaun]

To make CIS an approachable application for the masses we need to have a as large and comprehensive trusted vendor list as possible. And by added all these vendors to your list you are not compromising your security in any way. Dch48 has definitely got the right idea on this.

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