Popup says Critical Security Update needed, but program says up-to-date

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#1

I use Comodo Firewall. I just got a popup down by the taskbar saying that Comodo is in need of critical security updates and to install them immediately. I am asked to click the popup in order to install them.

Instead, I opened the Comodo interface and tried to update from there, but received a message that the product is already up-to-date.

The popup is now gone. Was this malware, or what is going on here?

Thanks for any help you can give.

#2

I also received the same popup message on my computer. Mine said something like Microsoft just issued critical security updates, update now or your computer might be at risk.

Ed

#3

It’s a legitimate Comodo Message Center popup.

#4

this is for your OS!

CMC is alerting you to latest vulnerabilities found in the OS that should be patched asap.

#5

Yes, but when I went to Microsoft Update, I was 100% up-to-date already. (I updated 2 days ago on release day.)

I guess CMC just gives this message to everyone, regardless of whether their OS has already been patched.

  1. That’s not ideal; my last antivirus had the thoughtfulness to only give me that warning when the OS hadn’t been patched yet, and

  2. Why wait 48-hours? That’s 48 hours of vulnerability, since the moment patches are issued they can be exploited.

#6

this was the first time we used CMC as messaging for critical vulnerability…next time it will be on time…
thank you for your thoughts.

#7

Thank you for the help.