AntiSpyware

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[Runaway1956]

What would be nice though HIPS based AV that stops any unknown executable dead on its tracks! Now that's what I want for my pc!
Melih

In effect, don't you already have that in the firewall?  Like Tiny firewall, there is an application monitor.  Mine is still learning, and I haven't installed anything new - but Tiny pops up IMMEDIATELY when an unrecognized process opens.  It asks if you want to allow the process, holding it from executing til you answer.  It LOOKS like Comodo will do the same thing.

Or, have I missed something?  You envision (or wish) for something that doesn't even ask for your input?

[Runaway1956]

Hi all,
I am new to comodo,how would you all rate it to say zone alarm firewall.

Zonealarm was a joke from day one.  It advertised itself as an "intrusion detection system", and that much was pretty accurate.  People confused that application with firewalls, somehow. 

ZA was based on the True Vector engine.  True Vector was designed, engineered, built, and sold as a data mining system, for the big companies on Wall Street.  It was very effective - everyone who owned a computer in those days probably recieved spams, tailored to their browsing habits, thanks to True Vector.

How a data miner was transformed into a firewall is beyond me.  No matter HOW good it might become in the future, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

Does True Vector still phone home?  Of course, ZA wouldn't tell you if it did, LMAO

The white paper on True Vector isn't as easy to find as it once was, but this link cuts to the heart of it...

hxxp://www.av-comparatives.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135&sid=933b51e3d857408c9a7dda3edd884e28

[Melih]

In effect, don't you already have that in the firewall?  Like Tiny firewall, there is an application monitor.  Mine is still learning, and I haven't installed anything new - but Tiny pops up IMMEDIATELY when an unrecognized process opens.  It asks if you want to allow the process, holding it from executing til you answer.  It LOOKS like Comodo will do the same thing.

Or, have I missed something?  You envision (or wish) for something that doesn't even ask for your input?

Yes that's correct. The user will be provided with a certified list of application and the option not to be alerted if the app is in the certified list.
this way as we grow our certified list db, the less alerts that user has to deal with.

Melih

[btman]

So is Comodo considering an anti-spyware? Or an IE security suite?

[Melih]

So is Comodo considering an anti-spyware? Or an IE security suite?

antispyware is already part functional within CAVS. (hence the S in CAV.. )

Melih

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