Comodo SafeSurf Toolbar Beta 0.9.0.1 Available here

Shane · July 3, 2008, 2:52pm

Hi Everyone,

I’d like to announce the first beta of Comodo’s new SafeSurf Toolbar Beta. The toolbar is only the first incarnation of what is going to be a very powerful and feature rich security enhancement to anyone’s browser.

The current bar has the following features:

Fast and easy searching with the search facility.
Constant browser protection powered by Comodo’s Memory Firewall.
Quick links to our online AV scanner to check your PC is free from threats.
Helpful search highlight system to show quickly and easily where in the page your search term is.
Quick and easy access to your favourite Comodo Homepage
Quick and easy access to the Comodo Forums for help and advice.
Internet Explorer support, FireFox to follow shortly.
Windows XP/Vista support.
And many more security enhancements and new features to follow in the very near future…

The toolbar setup is attached to this post.

Regards,

Shane.

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MuziekMeester · July 3, 2008, 3:00pm

Is there an opera-version in the pipeline, too? (looks like a nice addition, after all…)

Shane · July 3, 2008, 3:05pm

Hi MuziekMeester,

I’m pleased to say that yes we are also planning an Opera version. :SMLR

Regards,

Shane.

MuziekMeester · July 3, 2008, 3:15pm

Nice. :-TU

Do I still need to run CMF if I have safe surf installed? Or…other way round…do I need safe surf, if I have CMF up and running?

Graham1 · July 3, 2008, 4:14pm

Hi

Is this different from SafeSurf 1.0.0.6 which came with CFP3? If not, which version should I choose? (as the one I’ve got is already newer).

Melih · July 3, 2008, 4:17pm

this beta, when released, will replace the version that comes with CFP.

So, soon CFP will ship with this toolbar (when goes into release of course) we have here as a beta.

thanks
Melih

Graham1 · July 3, 2008, 4:22pm

So this version (product) will replace both the existing SafeSurf and Memory Firewall?

Edit: Just a quick question… Does Safesurf 1.0.0.6 and Safesurf Toolbar 0.9.0.1 only protect your browsers for BO’s?

gibran · July 3, 2008, 4:41pm

This is a great news

But please don’t make it as a widget

lironjan · July 3, 2008, 7:37pm

This is a great news.
But I have a question about the tool bars: SafeSurf 1.0.0.6 passed all the security checks of BO tester, so why do you say that the protection of 1.0.0.6 is not matched to CMF?
I hope the next version will support Firefox.

Thanks, Liron Jan.

Star_Shadow · July 3, 2008, 10:04pm

Just out of curiosity, what are technical differences between this version and the one that comes with the latest CFP?

system · July 4, 2008, 8:17am

Yes, It would be interesting to know the technical differences between this one & the old.

Josh

panic · July 4, 2008, 9:02am

They are both using the Ask engine, but the latest Comodo toolbar has several additional buttons turn on/off etc.

Graham1 · July 4, 2008, 11:11am

Does Safesurf 1.0.0.6 and Safesurf Toolbar 0.9.0.1 only protect browsers against BO’s?

system · July 15, 2008, 8:17am

I am not sure.

But I am going to PM Tyler (CMF developer) to explain differences between the toolbar & CMF.

MuziekMeester · July 30, 2008, 6:13pm

BUMP!

Any news about this one?

lironjan · July 30, 2008, 7:52pm

Yeah Josh, I need this info too.

Thanks.

gibran · July 30, 2008, 8:04pm

Comodo Safesurf toobar is only an alternate name for Comodo Search toolbar.
Comodo Safesurf is a bundle of Comodo Safesurf tecnology + Comodo search toolbar.

Comodo Search toolbar can be used to access Comodo Safesurf Configuration (hence the name Comodo Safesurf Toolbar)
Comodo Safesurf Configuration can also be accessed from the tray area.

Comodo Safesurf Technology protect all applications by default.

You can download a test to check how BO protection technology works in Buffer Overflow Testing Application topic (the first two tests may be trapped by MS DEP).

Even if there are not many details available I guess that CMF and Safesurf are based on the same BO prevention technology.

lironjan · July 30, 2008, 8:10pm

Yes, I did this test and it’s said I’m protected, but so many people said that it isn’t an exchange for CMF and if CMF not causing me problems, it’s better to use it. So, that’s way I asked if CSS gives the same protection as CMF.

Thanks gibran for reply.

gibran · July 30, 2008, 8:17pm

There may be differences so my reply cannot replace one written by a Comodo Developer.
CMF provide many more options but the BO tests prove that Safesurf protection can be compared to CMF.

In my experience Safesurf posed less issues to me although this may be only a coincidence caused by my setup changes.
Anyway Safesurf was released after CMF so I guess its engine could have been updated.

lironjan · July 30, 2008, 8:24pm

OK, thank you.