COMODO Internet Security 8.0.0.4344 is released!

[mouse1]

@wimsips post:99

The same here.
I have wasted about 30 hours trying to install versions 4337 and 4344, on a W7/64, on a clean recovery, an up to date system, on a system where I uninstalled Version 7 before attempting to install version 8.

All with the same result:

1. Towards the end of a seemingly normal install the Comodo icon briefly appears on the desktop and vanishes again.
2. After about 30 seconds a window appears with
   “Comodo install Comodo internet security
   Error: 1603
   Fatal error during installation”
3. This is followed by the ¨Congratulations¨ window.
4. After this I am left with a system with definitely NO active Comodo Internet Security.
5. The worst is that after all this the Windows Firewall and Windows Defender, that were switched off during installation, stay switched off!

I have been able to install version 4337 on a Windows 8.1, but am very reluctant to even attempt to install version 8 on our third Windows 7 PC.
It would be sad if I had to abandon CIS, but I simply have not got the time to do beta-testing on a supposedly official release.

I have posted some manual uninstall hints here: https://forums.comodo.com/install-setup-configuration-help-cis/those-having-installations-problems-with-80-4337-t108286.0.html;msg789731#msg789731

If you follow these and then try installing CIS 8, it may be successful.

[lyn]

Tray icon takes over a minute to load on boot. Am I protected until it loads not sure. I have left a program to run every time in auto sandbox. When I launch it before tray icon appears no green border is shown. Tray exe etc does show in task manager. win7 home 64bit

[megaherz33]

Blog about Comodo (in Russian)

http://www.comss.ru/list.php?c=comodoblog

[Citizen_K]

@lyn post:102

Tray icon takes over a minute to load on boot. Am I protected until it loads not sure. I have left a program to run every time in auto sandbox. When I launch it before tray icon appears no green border is shown. Tray exe etc does show in task manager. win7 home 64bit

You are safe. The protection is done by the underwater process cmdagent.exe which loads very early in the boot process.

[Citizen_K]

@de_MAX post:96

This doesn’t work.
The message was gone only when I enable auto-sandbox.
It’s not very convenient for me. With cis 7 I has disabled the auto-sandbox and Windows not annoyed me.

@numb3rs666 post:97

I confirm:
The message was gone only when I enable auto-sandbox.
It’s not very convenient for me. With cis 7 I has disabled the auto-sandbox and Windows not annoyed me.

From another topic the same observation by my colleague Dennis2:

@Dennis2 post:13

It appears they have changed the way Action Center is notified Defense+ is now linked to the Sandbox in CIS8.

As soon as you disable the Sandbox Action Center notifies that Defense+ is not active.

As I run Defense+ in Paranoid Mode I will now have to keep Sandbox active or disable setting in the Action Center.

Dennis

[Averell]

@mouse1 post:33

Could we know please whether the following is intentional?

Bugzilla bug 1367 CIS/CES 8 adds alternate data streams to files which remain present if files distributed, and which change the files’ date modified.

It would seem likely to cause problems with backups and some updaters.

Hi,

still no answer from the Comodo team about that ?

thanks.

[Henrique_RJ]

My CIS don’t update the base of signatures ( antivirus ).

It presents ERROR

Any bug in signatures base ?

Only the other modules update.

In log events:

“error don’t specified 0X80004005”

" old data base 20353 "

[numb3rs666]

@EricJH post:105

From another topic the same observation by my colleague Dennis2:
As I run Defense+ in Paranoid Mode I will now have to keep Sandbox active or disable setting in the Action Center.

Sorry probably I do not understand English but I have not setted Defense+ as Paranoid but as “Sicuro” I don’t know the corrispondence in English. At the end of story you can do what do you want but this is an issue, the windows message is a warning as if the protection do not work.

Thanks for your patience

[Henrique_RJ]

Possible solution:

https://forums.comodo.com/antivirus-help-cis-b134.0/-t65568.0.html

Folder “Temp” OK here.

[mouse1]

@Averell post:106

Hi,

still no answer from the Comodo team about that ?

thanks.

No sorry

Kind regards

Mouse

[HOODY]

how do you add or change one of the icons on the bottom bar? I can see how to remove one by right clicking, but see no way to “add” a different one, like killswitch. I did check the advanced settings too.

[Dennis2]

You need to click on Task top right hand corner under help button.

Once gui changes you right click on the item you wish to add.

[Citizen_K]

@Henrique - RJ post:109

Possible solution:

https://forums.comodo.com/antivirus-help-cis-b134.0/-t65568.0.html

Folder “Temp” OK here.

Is the problem fixed for you? Otherwise I will split it and move it to the AV board.

@numb3rs666 post:108

Sorry probably I do not understand English but I have not setted Defense+ as Paranoid but as “Sicuro” I don’t know the corrispondence in English. At the end of story you can do what do you want but this is an issue, the windows message is a warning as if the protection do not work.

Thanks for your patience

If I understand correctly you have Defense + enabled and sandbox disabled like Dennis2. That is what is causing the error. It does not matter if you run D+ in Safe Mode or Paranoid Mode.

[Henrique_RJ]

No, I’m a expected for the solution.

I think the problem is in the servers of Comodo.

[Citizen_K]

I have seen one or server two hiccups over the past days but they seemed to have solved themselves.

[mouse1]

@lyn post:102

Tray icon takes over a minute to load on boot. Am I protected until it loads not sure. I have left a program to run every time in auto sandbox. When I launch it before tray icon appears no green border is shown. Tray exe etc does show in task manager. win7 home 64bit

Just to add a little information. CIS provides protection against unknown programs defining autoruns, so you are protected against that. However if you open an unknown file manually as soon as the desktop appears on some machines in CIS 7.x it was not sandboxed. I have submitted a bug report which has not yet been marked fixed by QA, but I have not tried to replicate against 8.x

[HOODY]

@Dennis2 post:112

You need to click on Task top right hand corner under help button.

Once gui changes you right click on the item you wish to add.

OK thanks, seems this could be a bit easier, like right clicking the task bar.

[Dark_Magician]

High disk usage for no reason, Comodo process used for ten minutes 100% of my SSD, and there was no scanning, so i restarted it, and it stopped.
Is it a bug, or is he doing something in the background?

[Citizen_K]

@Dark Magician post:118

High disk usage for no reason, Comodo process used for ten minutes 100% of my SSD, and there was no scanning, so i restarted it, and it stopped.
Is it a bug, or is he doing something in the background?

Can you check the Tasks logs to see if it was may be running cache builder, cache cleaner or other task?

[USSS]

I can report a successful upgrade (via internal updater) of Comodo Firewall (only) to v8.0.0.4344 from v7.0.317799.4142. Unlike previous attempts to upgrade with a separate download, I did not receive “Error 1603” in which the installation stalled and aborted at 99%. All configuration settings from v7.0 were retained; there were 14 “Unrecognized Files,” which were reviewed and immediately moved to the “Trusted Files” folder. I am running this on a Win7 x64 Lenovo x230 Tablet in Safe Mode with HIPS and Auto-Sandbox disabled for the time being.

I must admit that I am very surprised at how smoothly the upgrade was achieved. Good work, guys!