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[Kyle]

Melih

Melih, this is off topic, But I think your a really great guy
Friendly,Helpful,Intelligent,Kind,Persistent. I hope that many great things come your way as you deserve everyone of them

Kyle,

[Melih]

Melih, this is off topic, But I think your a really great guy
Friendly,Helpful,Intelligent,Kind,Persistent. I hope that many great things come your way as you deserve everyone of them

Kyle,

I really appreciate this off topic statement Kyle

thank you

Melih

[adric]

its the same issue as the above post...

toolbar is nothing malicious.. its just a simple basic toolbar so that you can search and comodo can make money from searches... thats it..
why is the negative against a toolbar that does no more than that?

Melih

I was actually referring to the information in the  three articles about ask.com in the background section of the link I posted. Maybe no truth to it. I don't know. Just something you might need to be aware of.
 
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/askcoms-privacy.html
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/askcom-will-kee.html
http://epic.org/privacy/ask/

Al (indirectly OT) Adric

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I was actually referring to the information in the  three articles about ask.com in the background section of the link I posted. Maybe no truth to it. I don't know. Just something you might need to be aware of.
 
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/askcoms-privacy.html
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/askcom-will-kee.html
http://epic.org/privacy/ask/

Al (indirectly OT) Adric

You had better pick your search engine very carefully then, if your privacy is important to you. Just about all of them store all kinds of user information.
Ask.com  is no exception.

[skywarrior74]

toolbar is nothing malicious.. its just a simple basic toolbar so that you can search and comodo can make money from searches... thats it..
why is the negative against a toolbar that does no more than that?

But it give all the other so called, (self appointed), security experts something to bitch about. Guess they just haven't figured out how to unchecked the box if they have this fear

[BullHorn]

I haven't been here in at least a year, but now I noticed that Comodo suddenly costs money.

What about all the stories of Comodo being free forever?

Disappointment. 

[panic]

I believe you have misinterpreted things.

The firewall is still free. In addition to the free firewall, you can now purchase the optional (fully optional) warranty which means you can get Comodo staff to remove any malware that slips past CFP and get your system working again.

You do not have to take up the optional warranty to get the firewall.

Cheers,
Ewen :-)

[skywarrior74]

I may be time for these so called security experts and their precious programs to reevaluated their own software. If they don't want the toolbar simply unchecked the box. But no these people and some so called update sites would rather send the INTERNET into a tail spin and recommend an inferior firewall to Comodo  (B) (L)

[3xist]

Oh God


http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2008/05/bad-advice-from-comodo-and-loss-of.html

Josh

[3xist]

Oh God


http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2008/05/bad-advice-from-comodo-and-loss-of.html

Josh

All my fault

[Soyabeaner]

Josh, I don't know about others, but I know you had no ill intentions.  It's just that your wording wasn't specifically clear to indicate that turning off AV's just during the moment to install the toolbar (and off course to re-enable it later.  Newbies, of course, will take this at another perspective).  This is similar to the common advice to temporarily disable running programs when installing a big one - simply to avoid conflicts etc.  But I can see how this can lead to misunderstandings.  Little do people know, moderators are community users as well, not Comodo themselves.  You should post in that blog to explain the situation.

[3xist]

Thanks.

I will do my best and post there.

Josh

[WaterWall]

If you look at what AV's detected the toolbar as adware, you see that all them of are notorious for false positives.

[3xist]

Well, I tried:

Hi,

My name is Josh. I am known as 3xist on the Comodo Forums, I can see you mentioned my "Red Writting" Relating to False Positives, and the thread I started at the Comodo Forums too "Info: COMODO SafeSurf Toolbar."

I would just like the point out- I am NOT an Comodo Employee. I don't get paid in anyway, So I believe your interpretation is wrong- All Global Moderators on the Comodo Forums are volunteer. We help users in the most friendliest & fundamental ways possible. So "Bad Advice from Comodo and Loss of Trust" is wrong- Because you are relating to what I HAVE SAID- Not Comodo.

Now, Relating to "Turning off AV'S during installation" is NOT in anyway harmful- It is simply a small "suggestion" for those having problems who WANT to install the Toolbar with there AV'S running- Off course, You can enable your AV after installation- TURNING OFF IS TO AVOID POSSIBLE CONFLICTS. That's all. We have also contacted an Security Center about the FP found in SafeSurf Toolbar, and they fixed it immediately.

For those who don't know the SafeSurf Toolbar is powered by COMODO Memory Firewall- Which protects against Buffer Overflow attacks- INSIDE THE BROWSER. Why didn't we implement the full COMODO Memory Firewall into CFP 3 then? Because CMF still has quite a few bugs- Yes, All Software has bugs, But we need to resolve some serious ones. If we were to implement CMF (Whole thing) inro CFP, It would be like transferring bugs- This scenario would be much more serious.

Another reason why we have the Toolbar is for promotional reasons- If you use the Toolbar to search or purchase online, Comodo can get some $$, I see NO harm in this at all- & For all due respect, COMODO Firewall Pro 3 is 100% Free- There is no strip-downed version or whatever.

In the future, YES- CMF will be fully implemented into CFP 3, We have a great support Forum, with friendly users & Global Moderators interacting every day. All questions/concerns relating too the Toolbar can be asked there.

We understand Toolbars do have a history- You CAN opt out SafeSurf during installation- You don't have to install it AT ALL.

I am not trying to create an argument or debate here, This is my personal point off view- But if you believe I am giving bad advice, Deal with me, Not Comodo. I am just an Normal Computer user, Doing Volunteer work & helping in every day situations as much as I can.

Thank you for your time.

Best,
Josh. Comodo Global Moderator

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