COMODO DiskShield 1.0.51539.35 BETA Released

[munckman]

@egemen post:1

Hi Guys,

I would like to announce the availability of COMODO DiskShield 1.0.51539.35 BETA.

What’s New?

NEW! Session Saving: CDS now allows administrators to save the sessions
NEW! Virtual Drives: You can define a virtual drive in which all the data will persist after a reboot
IMPROVED! Raw disk access handling
FIXED! Many bugs reported with the previous BETA have been fixed

…

Regards,
Egemen

I applaud that Comodo is seriously interested in developing a virtualization product. This endeavor truly interests me, however, COMODO DiskShield should, in my opinion, stop all development of “Virtual Drives” as a means to accomplish this or at least limit their use markedly. They are inconvenient, cumbersome, and just not a viable solution for “save - across - reboot” solutions for the average user. Virtual Drives will confuse many… needlessly.

I hope ya’ll the best but there are products available that dismiss the the notion of V-Drives. The ones I like are geared towards the “User.” The key is simplicity. Please reconsider the use of V-Drives as the primary way to accomplish “save - across - reboot”.

I know that a “save - across - reboot” solution is is the Holy Grail of light virtualization but it should (must) be easy and intuitive for the users and without the dependency of virtual drives. There lies the rub… None have found a reliable way yet.

Best wishes

[Eduardo]

@fOrTy_7 post:20

Why to bother with virtual drive in this scenario which is dependent on 3rd party software looking from OS point of view. It is much more simplier to use your second hard drive or second partition. Computers with one hard drive which has just one partition are very rare in these days.

I think most people would like to have an option to exclude some folders and/or files from shielded partition without a need to move or reinstall software to a second partition whether it is virtual or real one. Exluding folders and files from shielded partition should be transparent for a user and system. Returnil 2.0 beta has similar function. I wonder why it isn’t included in CDS nor even considered to be added.

+1

[Melih]

@fOrTy_7 post:20

Why to bother with virtual drive in this scenario which is dependent on 3rd party software looking from OS point of view. It is much more simplier to use your second hard drive or second partition. Computers with one hard drive which has just one partition are very rare in these days.

I think most people would like to have an option to exclude some folders and/or files from shielded partition without a need to move or reinstall software to a second partition whether it is virtual or real one. Exluding folders and files from shielded partition should be transparent for a user and system. Returnil 2.0 beta has similar function. I wonder why it isn’t included in CDS nor even considered to be added.

all these features will come in good time…

I think we are making some amazing progress in such short period of time and what we release is not the end of development, but just the beginning! So keep your wishlists coming and you will the product flourishing!

thanks
Melih

[Melih]

@J2897

This is going to be one of Comodo’s greatest products, I’m pretty sure of that so far… :-TU

QUESTION:

Is the ‘Registry’ Protected also? I presume it is, I just want to be sure.

afaik yes…
we even formatted the protected drive and then pressed restart and voila!!! it started as if nothing had happened!!!

Melih

[Rhaegar]

@J2897

Yes.

In theory, I have Two Partitions on one Logical Drive (it’s actually a RAID config’, but no difference in this case). As you can see, the Secondary Partition can be ‘Protected’ or ‘Not Protected’… (Same applies for the 'C:'.)

So it seems, the ‘Virtual Drive’ is only really for people who NEED it; people with only One Partition and no other Drives.

Which is great IMO, because I can carry on using my PC as normal, without the need for a ‘Virtual Drive’, but with the 'C:' Protected by CDS! ;D

I think the only issues I may have are…

• ‘Peer Guardian 2’ Updates.
• ‘BOClean’ Updates.
• ‘CIS Signature’ Updates.
• IE7 Cache, Cookies, Temp’ Internet Files. (I may delete this one. I think I can change the Path’s; pointing to the Secondary Partition.)
• Slightly a little more than usual HDD activity; barely noticeable though…

J2897,

 Thanks for the clarification!  So it's like the pro version of Returnil.  Can't wait for this to come out of beta!

Rhaegar

[fOrTy_7]

@Melih post:23

all these features will come in good time…

I think we are making some amazing progress in such short period of time and what we release is not the end of development, but just the beginning! So keep your wishlists coming and you will the product flourishing!

thanks
Melih

Well, if that is the case then I hope to see all these new features soon.

Thanks

[jeremysbost]

@Melih post:24

afaik yes…
we even formatted the protected drive and then pressed restart and voila!!! it started as if nothing had happened!!!

Melih

Wow…how is that possible? I mean, how can you save the changes to nowhere?

[Melih]

@jeremysbost post:27

Wow…how is that possible? I mean, how can you save the changes to nowhere?

try it! on a machine that you can try a beta product on… not on something you use though…

Melih

[jeremysbost]

@Melih post:28

try it! on a machine that you can try a beta product on… not on something you use though…

Melih

I meant, were are the formatted files saved (if the drive is formatted, were will you put the cache)?

[jeremysbost]

@J2897

I think ‘format.exe’ thinks its formatting the HDD, but what its really formatting, is just a VM. What you see on your screen, is also just a VM (when CDS is ‘Enabled’ of coarse). So nothing really happens to the genuine files, they are just removed from ‘the copy’/‘the cache file’ that’s all.

(I think the Cache File is a Duplicate of your HDD which is being writen as you use your PC.)

So basicaly, you’re just formatting the Cache File, and not the actual Drive itself.

… This is a guess though, I could easily be wrong.

Maybe its real Magic!!? ;D

Ok, thanks. And how big is this cache?

[Melih]

@jeremysbost post:30

Ok, thanks. And how big is this cache?

cache is limited to the free space available in your HD.

Melih

[system]

It’s good the cache is stored in the HD & not Memory. Performance boost.

Josh

[jeremysbost]

@J2897

The more files you access, the bigger the Cache will become.

Oh, is the cache as big as the disk activity amount shown in Diskshield?

[Kyle142]

@jeremysbost post:33

Oh, is the cache as big as the disk activity amount shown in Diskshield?

Hmm, I would think so.

[andyman35]

It’s an amazing thing watching this in action.For a bit of amusement I installed Diskshield alone on an XP VM,then I proceeded to visit every dodgy site I could find,installing all manner of stuff in the process.I ran rogue applications(WinAV 2008) and as many keygens and activex downloads as I could find.It was utter chaos,pop-ups everywhere,then I rebooted…clean as a whistle,great stuff :BNC

[jeremysbost]

@andyman35 post:35

It’s an amazing thing watching this in action.For a bit of amusement I installed Diskshield alone on an XP VM,then I proceeded to visit every dodgy site I could find,installing all manner of stuff in the process.I ran rogue applications(WinAV 2008) and as many keygens and activex downloads as I could find.It was utter chaos,pop-ups everywhere,then I rebooted…clean as a whistle,great stuff :BNC

Yes, I would use it if you could make an exclusions list…

[system]

When this goes final I am using it with CIS!! (They need fix everyone’s bug now tho, like my BSOD :()

This is very good app. One of the best products Ive used from Comodo.

Josh

[andyman35]

@jeremysbost post:36

Yes, I would use it if you could make an exclusions list…

I’d think that might be included in a later version,they’re concentrating on getting the basics right to start with.This is an extremely promising application so far (V)

[jeremysbost]

@andyman35 post:38

I’d think that might be included in a later version,they’re concentrating on getting the basics right to start with.This is an extremely promising application so far (V)

I thought they already got the basics.

[andyman35]

@jeremysbost post:39

I thought they already got the basics.

Yes they do but before they start adding a load of additional features they need to make sure that what they already have is as secure and bug free as possible.