Symantec says you should pay for your security! and I say....

[Guest]

[languy99]

make fun of the firewall all you want, on the latest matousec tests it was the same as comodo. http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php

[eXPerience]

make fun of the firewall all you want, on the latest matousec tests it was the same as comodo. http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php

on a quick note : if I would be kaspersky, I would simply blacklist all the leaktests in my IS suite and I would pass all the tests  (perhaps that's what they did as they failed the new tests  ?)

eXPerience

[Mineria]

make fun of the firewall all you want, on the latest matousec tests it was the same as comodo. http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php

What makes you think that I'm making fun of Kaspersky's Firewall??
On first sight I thought you ment the hardware firewalls, but when I thought a bit over that you wrote "you and your brother", I thought a hardware firewall would be a waste of money.
So I googled it up, and saw that KIS is a shortcut name for Kaspersky Internet Security, the hardware thing is with 2xS...
I edited my post including my mistake.
Sorry if it made you think that I made fun, that wasn't my purpose.

To those tests, they are a good indicator but its still syntetic compared to real life situations.
Yet I think any of those firewalls at the top are the best choice, which one is better then the other is merely a matter of configuration and taste.

But I still mean that the first priorety in security is the router configuration.

[mattp2k]

I say that Symantec is right, you can not expect from anyone to give you a perfect 360° protection including firewall, antivirus, and all other great stuff for free, because it is also a job, just like yours or mine. On the other hand Comodo does. That's why I will purchase Comodo products, and not Symantec.

Thank you Comodo! (V)

[muthusrinivasan]

That's actually not true. The Symantec firewall is very good and works much more seamlessly without any input from the user.

But it fails to pass the tests  Comodo Passed those tests 

Am i right

[DragonMaster Jay]

I would say, that it does not matter if Comodo won, because it is the users of the Internet that Comodo is trying to protect. We are basically seeing this article as a rotten twist to perfectly good software. It is trying to say that Symantec is the best, the rest are just peons.

[SS26]

Who cares what i say, especially security vendors? 

But i'm glad Comodo gave me CIS for free without cutting down free version
:ilovecomodo: :ilovecomodo: :ilovecomodo:

[Dch48]

But it fails to pass the tests  Comodo Passed those tests 

Am i right

The tests are not all valid for what you will actually come across in your daily activities. A lot of it is potential vulnerabilities, not what is really out there.

[DragonMaster Jay]

If testing was based more on standards, it would be fairer.

[eXPerience]

Who cares what i say, especially security vendors? 

Your voice should be heard no matter who you are. Please say whatever you think (within the limits of the Forum policy of course)

best regards,
eXPerience

[SS26]

eXPerience ,
thanks for kind words. maybe i will try to say something reasonable when i will prepare

[EricJH]

They may listen as you are one of many who "vote with their feet" as we say in Dutch. When enough people don't like a product a good shop keeper will have to change strategy....

[TheRyan95]

Both Fortunate and unfortunate, I am in High School now (freshman), and even though I have Intermed Computer class, I don't want to be heavied on way too technical stuffs and errors on my computer, so I bought a NIS 1 year subscription. So much irony to this topic name, but I don't want to be burdened with CIS and CSC possible problem (I had experienced the CIS Vista x64 freezing problem, and CSC kinda messed up my machine, as my memory on my task manager keeps progressively ballooned up to like 7.50 G and then my computer freezes.), and I hope by next summer or when my subscription ends, CIS and CSC will truly come out on top. I will be watching and promoting Comodo's success from the sidelines. Farewell for now. :comodo110: :ilovecomodo: :comodorocks:

[muthusrinivasan]

Both Fortunate and unfortunate, I am in High School now (freshman), and even though I have Intermed Computer class, I don't want to be heavied on way too technical stuffs and errors on my computer, so I bought a NIS 1 year subscription. So much irony to this topic name, but I don't want to be burdened with CIS and CSC possible problem (I had experienced the CIS Vista x64 freezing problem, and CSC kinda messed up my machine, as my memory on my task manager keeps progressively ballooned up to like 7.50 G and then my computer freezes.), and I hope by next summer or when my subscription ends, CIS and CSC will truly come out on top. I will be watching and promoting Comodo's success from the sidelines. Farewell for now. :comodo110: :ilovecomodo: :comodorocks:

So how is your experience with symantec ?

[Dch48]

I understand what Ryan is saying and I don't blame him. I used Symantec for years and was totally satisfied. I did not have the money to renew my subscription the last time it came up so I decided to try Comodo. I have gotten used to it and know now how it works, but I don't like having to change modes to install or uninstall or even update some things. To this point, I have also let CIS create all my rules and have not manually modified or created any of them. If it ever comes to the point where I have to do that, I will consider another suite or go back to Symantec. You should not have to know how to configure ports (or even know what a port is) or manually create block/allow rules to use a security suite. The program should do all that for you if it is striving to be accepted by the general public.

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