Not sure if it has been suggested before but here's an idea.
First of all make sure Comodo Firewall and it's various products are available to order on a CD, for a reasonably price of 10 euros / 15 dollars, I'm sure this has been suggested before. However, I'd like to suggest a Comodo Security Suite concept, a bootable Linux distribution from which the following things are made easy (i.e. shortcuts on desktop):
- Scanning for Virusses on any hard disk / medium in the computer (Linux has full support for NTFS volumes theses days).
- Making a backup of important files: onto CD, USB, remote FTP another computer or even better, an online backup service from comodo (for 10-25 euro / year).
- When inserted into a Windows Computer: provide easy installation of Comodod Firewall etc.
I'm not running openSUSE 11.0 so don't really need anti virus software, although I'd still use it to scan for virusses in incoming outgoing e-mail attachments and the like. Plus I'd like to recommend it to anyone passing by the helpdesk where I work sometimes.
Hey mystuff, Comodo products are available to order on a cd for $10 I believe on their download site. Comodo is also developing a security suite for Windows which will integrate Comodo Firewall and a host of other Comodo products. Far as I know nothing like a bootable Linux distro is in the works, but Comodos position seems to be that as of right now Linux is not at the forefront of their minds for product development. In the future it may be. Comodo is also developing something like the backup solution you requested, though as of now we don't know the pricing for such a solution. It's still in the early phases I'd guess.
Just wanted to pass that along to you.
Dave
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