Comodo DACS (Distributed and Collaborative Scanning)

When i tested the standalone pre-release version it did actually state which AV found the file malicious, Comodo didn`t claim it as their own.

Infact it wen`t something like

Avira.....Win32.x.b
Fsecure...No virus found
Nod.....Win32.Blah.Blah
KAV....No virus found
Asquared...Trojan xyz
etc,
etc.

It basically just passes on the output on the file scanned with the result from each scanner utilized!
It`s not like it said Comodo Anti-Virus has detected a malicious file on your computer (when it was actually company X), what would you like to do?
Infact if you look in Killswitch (after ticking Hide Safe Processes) under Properties/Verdict it was something like that.

DACS should also be available as a plug in so other companies can also benefit and help keep unwanted files off peoples computers. Is this not the main aim after all!
Off course it`s not a magic bullet, there will allways be a period when no AV company detects a malicious file, Norton, McAffee, Kaspersky et all will not go out of business as the corporate side will still be needed. Remember this is just AV output which is only one layer of a decent security solution.

p.s. I love Killswitch

 

KillSwitch is working again



cpf.exe = unknown is a bug xD

 

Either the reactionary and soon to be out of business traditionalists of Kapersky, Norton et cetera are setting up a conspiracy to ignore the glorious and beloved leader of the free security world Melih Abdulhayoglu

or

Some malicious stuxforge code has been planted in the source code of killswitch by an evil processhacker who rufuses to acknowledge that Melih Abdulhayoglu is the one and only glorious and beloved leader of the free security world

 

Are you calling me evil? And I thought we were friends...

 

Well,

I have read the blogs and seen the video posts in the Manifesto of the beloved leader of the Red Dragon empire. I even got Christmas wishes of Melih, Eggmen and Robin (see pic). So I am sort of brainwashed and temporally unresponsive to SourceForge ethics and lack a total sense of Intellectual Property rights


Regards Kees

 

I rofled pretty hard . Thanks!

(They told me they would be releasing source code sometime this week and I do believe them.)

 

It doesn't make sense (in any way).
It won't work.
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no way Jose*

 

Won't work? O ye of little faith.

It's working for me. I.E confirming again that CIS is a "top notch" source of FP detections.

 

Vladimyr,Could you please send me the link to the file?

 

I wonder why is so important post an FP for Comodo AV to say how bad it is instead enjoy the tool have you report it at least?
Almost everyday I upload files to virus total and I get FP's for many products.
The next time at least let us see which file it is, don't hide it.

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Prevx and emsisoft the "top notch" source of FP detections. xD /Ironic mode OFF

 

I don t know why but when i m seeing a Comodo security related thread i have the impression i m looking at a werbung/reklama channel.Those channels where you see knifes that cut tru metal or cleaning solution that clean a carpet to the bone in one second
Maybe this DACS is the joke of the year 2011 ,or maybe not ,who knows.
Funny name anyway.

 

You don't need to buy anything here, you can use it and if you dont like it, don't use it. There is no secret, is a tool that scans everything in memory against multiple AV scanner automatically and for free, and another tool that will do the same with your whole computer.
What I see is posts making vague statements criticizing the tool without any fundament.

 

Why so touchy? You ask "why is it so important"? It's not important. It was a light-hearted & ironic response to 'Jose_Lisbon'.

On the 2 machines on which I have run the CCE beta, this is the only "unknown" file detected as malware by any of the services listed, in this case CAMAS and CIS

As for hiding the file, sorry I missed it's name in the first shot. It's been reported to CIS by the PCs user more than once this year (though not by me personally) and still detected by CIS as a threat.

 

Sorry, no problem I just wanted to see the file.
I have reported it to the whitelist, so in less than a week will be included as a trusted vendor, no FP, no popups, I hope
http://forums.comodo.com/news-annou...listed-2011-t66773.0.html;msg472623#msg472623

 

I m not so sure it s free.I think the users of this DACS will "donate" their procesing power for this.At least this is what i think.

 

No, Comodo has a group of "collaborators", so when the tool will be available to the public (now is closed beta) you will be able to download it, and use it without scan/download anything from others in your computer, in fact you will not have the tools to help as a collaborator. I know that the first post can be a little confuse about this but at the beginning we didn't have a lot information.

Here you can see how the tool looks although DACS wasn't working at this time: http://www.youtube.com/user/languy99#p/u/0/EsqMbGnBvK8 Also he explains quite well all the info about DACS

 

Here is a review of DACS for those interested.

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsqMbGnBvK8-

Looking forward to it when it is out of BETA.

 

This product acts like a parasite. It's a good thing Comodo doesn't take credit for all of it. That being said, it'll be a great product when it comes to detecting malware. It's like an automated version of VT. Not sure how efficient it'll be preventing malware from entering. Detection is one thing... prevention an other.

 

This tool is for detection and cleaning not for prevention, so don't expect anything about it

 

You all are very strange in your comments.
You talk as if you are Kaspersky or Norton or ESET CEO's, afraid that someone shares the results of the scanning of your AV's
I am only a PC user and everything that comes to my aid in telling me if something is more or less safe is welcome

 

And what is the advantage from using processhacker and virustotal uploader? (with virustotal one has more information about the file than just the virus names)

For sure it does not scan multiple files/folders as you advertised it...
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1802547&postcount=51
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1802552&postcount=56

Panagiotis

 

lol ye i really see no advantage of DACS over virustotal, in fact id say virus total is more efficient since u dont have to have ur computer become part of a P2P network of others sucking ur bandwidth in order to scan their files that u have no interest in lol

 

All in bold is not true, in fact the entire post. You should spend a few minutes reading before criticize something without knowing what are you talking about
A couple post above: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1804786&postcount=142

 

Advantage?, is automatic (you don't need to upload 40-60 files manually), and recognize most of the safe files, but nobody is forcing you to use it, if you dont like it don't use it.
Of course if you are an experienced user you can say I can do the same without KillSwitch, me too but KillSwitch is faster.

This is CCE not KillSwitch
And soon DACS will be integrated in CIS, so every process in memory will be scanned by DACS