BOClean has been discontinued

[Rednose!]

BOClean has NOT officialy been discontinued :

Well, it seems that the anouncement on Comodo forums :

BOClean Anti-Malware board has been closed, and the product has also been discontinued as a stand a lone product.

http://forums.comodo.com/comodo_bocl...-t38706.0.html

was premature :

Boclean will be discontinued but it is not clear when that will be at the moment. There is nothing official about it from Comodo. Until further notification assume updates will continued.
3xist who made the decision to close the board and move it to the archive boards might have been a bit premature.

From this topic :

http://forums.comodo.com/feedbackcom...-t38804.0.html

I am a little bit pissed now

Greetz, Red.

[Page42]

How much longer do you plan to run the program, given that it isn't being updated anymore? A user might benefit from the protection afforded by the existing database for quite some time... 6 months to a year, maybe? What do you think?

[hayc59]

It was good while it lasted...cya and thanks Kevin and Nancy!!

[munckman]

I never embraced BOClean but whenever a program ceases to exist; it is sad. Well, I'm sad.

But, "BOClean is now included in Comodo Internet Security Suite, With updated technologies (New Memory Scanner) and is built into the Antivirus. You can find the CIS board http://forums.comodo.com/comodo_bocl...-t38706.0.html"

So it lives on... just in a different form.

[Page42]

Originally Posted by munckman

I never embraced BOClean but whenever a program ceases to exist; it is sad. Well, I'm sad.

I still have my Digital River order confirmation from March of 2003. I'll hang onto it and maybe it'll be a collector's item in 25 years.

[Page42]

Originally Posted by Rednose!

BOClean has been discontinued

BOClean updated today...

FILE DATE: 2009-05-04 11:40:30 (UTC)

TWENTY EIGHT new nasties for a total of 72,909 **UNIQUE**
infectors (343,427 variants of these including
trojans,worms,bots,hijackers,downloaders,spam proxies, rootkits, adware,
spyware,keyloggers,"dialers" and other malware in total) covered in
today's update for BOClean 4.27.

[hayc59]

Originally Posted by Page42

BOClean updated today...

FILE DATE: 2009-05-04 11:40:30 (UTC)

TWENTY EIGHT new nasties for a total of 72,909 **UNIQUE**
infectors (343,427 variants of these including
trojans,worms,bots,hijackers,downloaders,spam proxies, rootkits, adware,
spyware,keyloggers,"dialers" and other malware in total) covered in
today's update for BOClean 4.27.

"Note: This product has Ask Toolbar, please uncheck. It's not needed."

[Page42]

Originally Posted by GiddyUp

"Note: This product has Ask Toolbar, please uncheck. It's not needed."

What does this mean?

[Rednose!]

He is talking about the Ask Toolbar you can install with CIS, but it was never in BOClean.

And yes, BOClean is still updating and still available from the Comodo website, but I don't know for how long

Greetz, Red.

[Page42]

I suppose it would be okay if they stopped supporting the product and releasing new builds, but continued to release updates.

[hayc59]

Originally Posted by Page42

What does this mean?

I should have been more clear..sorry
once BOClean is dis-continued....it will be bundled with
CIS and then you have the Toolbar option...

[Page42]

GiddyUp, do you have a replacement program in mind, for whenever BOC updates cease? I'm thinking maybe replace with nothing... I always viewed BOC as a layered component, and my protection could very well be adequate without it. Any thoughts?

[hayc59]

Originally Posted by Page42

GiddyUp, do you have a replacement program in mind, for whenever BOC updates cease? I'm thinking maybe replace with nothing... I always viewed BOC as a layered component, and my protection could very well be adequate without it. Any thoughts?

I am using Mamutu at the moment and works well
others reccomend ThreatFire, have not givin that a whirl yet

[Cloudcroft]

Originally Posted by Page42

GiddyUp, do you have a replacement program in mind, for whenever BOC updates cease? I'm thinking maybe replace with nothing... I always viewed BOC as a layered component, and my protection could very well be adequate without it. Any thoughts?

I uninstalled BOClean and don't feel the need to replace it with anything. I think I still have my receipt for BOClean laying around somewhere.

[dwax]

Originally Posted by Cloudcroft

I uninstalled BOClean and don't feel the need to replace it with anything. I think I still have my receipt for BOClean laying around somewhere.

Still have mine installed.Found my receipt, was in July 2002.BOClean was updated today, wonder how long that will happen.

[SystemJunkie]

I never embraced BOClean but whenever a program ceases to exist; it is sad.

Exactly. It was not very dynamic, it was a static thing, somehow superfluous.

[dwax]

From Email BOClean updates.

This is to inform you that BOClean will be discontinued from 26th May, 2009.
BOClean has been integrated with COMODO Internet Security, which can be downloaded using following
link: http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/d..._firewall.html.
----------------------------------------------------
COMODO BOClean - Anti-Malware
COMODO

[twl845]

I used it for a short time and all it did was update. Then when I installed OA it wasn't compatible with it and threw fits. Maybe it will be better suited to the Comodo suite.

[optigrab]

What a pity, but I guess all good things must come to an end. I've been very happy with BOClean since 2002, and I've never experienced a conflict with any software titles.

Although I think I will remain well protected with my current setup (see signature), I might add Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) and/or a-squared free version just for additional peace-of-mind.

[Triple Helix]

I just wanted to say Thanks to Kevin & Nancy for the great times and the great products that they produced all the best for the future!

Cheers,

TH

[NICK ADSL UK]

This is to inform you that BOClean will be discontinued after two days,Please visit http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/
to install COMODO Internet Security, which has BOClean Integrated.

[dwax]

Seems a little over board to install CIS just to get BOClean, I wont do it. I have Zone Alarm and Kaspersky AV. Will find something different for BOClean. Wonder if the last update will force you to uninstall BOClean.

[FanJ]

Originally Posted by NICK ADSL UK

This is to inform you that BOClean will be discontinued after two days,Please visit http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/
to install COMODO Internet Security, which has BOClean Integrated.

BOClean is telling you that; see screenshot:

[mercurie]

Never will I install CIS to get BoClean.

While I wish CIS well, it is not for me.