As to replying to the original topic…
(-Hello, by the way. Recently new user here…)
As a computer-tinkerer by profession, I have first hand knowledge (the hard way) of finding out what works and what is not working.
My own computers are clean, hardened and cared for, and the only times I get mal/ad/bloatware, is when I volunteer to myself to download sketchy stuff from the abyss (read: internet).
The funny thing is, where my customers turn their computers into syrupy-slow snail-speed by installing 3, sometimes 4 ‘free antivirus’ that actually rot their OS’ from the inside, I have been quite content with Windows Defender+Malwarebytes´+Ccleaner. That combination is actually pretty gold. I have now used them for years, and I see no reason to stop yet.
-I am tempted to naming&shaming certain ‘antivirus’-companies, but I will not lower myself to such practices.
One evening, not in need, but of pure curiosity, and taking a dislike to how I over time have become integrated into the machinations of ‘Everything-Google’…
FF launched a new version, V57 and I took an instant liking to it. Then, I found an alternative to googlesearch… …namely Duckduckgo.
From there it wasn’t far to find Dragon/IceDragon. -Well, IceDragon, since its based on FF…
Aaand from there I got curious to what else Comodo had to offer. I must admit, I had never heard about CIS.
I got curious, downloaded, installed, and my oh my. -All the details. I was impressed, but simultaneously sceptical. -No wonder, since I daily repair customer computers, where the main source to evil is actually ‘antivirus’ (-beside the customers themselves, ofc).
Being adept at correcting stuff, I thought, eh, let’s at least try it out for a few days… …-that was three months ago.
My computer is running Win10 with Defender, Malwarebytes, Ccleaner and CIS Premium 10, IceDragon v.57 Beta and Duckduckgo.
I am a happy camper. -Except for the part that I really loath Windows 10… …but that is for another thread in another forum.
TL;DR - Comodo, because it does not rot your computer from the inside, it actually register sketchy bizniz you try to do, with warnings, poison-green frames…
It gives a ton of nifty settings and options. It does not rot your computer from the inside. Considering the size of the suite, it does not rot the computer from the inside. NO popups telling the user that they’ve got virus/malware. It doesn’t refuse me to do something if I disagree, beecause I want to do less secure internet-stuff normal people ought to avoid.
Hands down, I do approve of Comodo software, so far.
May the tides of the internet be kind.
/Ulvetann