Comodo Aquires BoClean!

is this for real and could I finally try BoClean without buying it? http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif

 

Not a big surprise, however considering who they sold out to............BOClean is off my pc for good. I hope Kevin and Nancy got a fair price and can now take a breather.

 

Like so many here i am bewildered,astounded and sad for these developments and i agree with Longboard: it is as if a certainty was abruptly taken away from me.
This is-if history will repeat itself-much worse than the feeling i had with the Sygate-Symantec affair.
I also sincerely agree with all those who thought Kevin deserved it-if it is a good deal for him- and i ,too,wish him and Nancy all the best, hoping
BC can still be my preferred program also for the near future.

 

I suppose time will tell if it was the right move. Right now I have mixed opinions about it.

 

I am not directly impacted by this personally (yet) but I'm wondering if this is going the way of Checkpoint buying out the ZoneAlarm brand. Hopefully not.

Is this the emergence of yet another suite?

What do all you Comodo and Boclean predict will happen here?

It sounds as if Boclean was a very small niche player with 2 very respected owner support people, maybe they got burned out and bought out? It happens.

I hope it works out for the users as well for once. A test for Comodo for sure.

 

So, maybe I can finally try it and see what all the hub bub was about.
I'm not too keen on buying something sight-unseen - so I never went for it.
Return policy my butt!
TRIALS sell products!

No trial for all this time = no sales from MANY people! ... like ME!

We shall see...

 

Agreed, Kevin and Nancy worked very hard and deserve a well-earned break.

Nearly every piece of malware I've submitted to BOClean has 99% of the time been released in the next update, usually in just a matter of hours, if Comodo treat this the same way they treat their antivirus then I predict an atrocious drop in the speed/processing of malware samples, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

Kevin and Nancy, enjoy your money and your lives. You created it and are entitled to enjoy what it brought you. Amen.

 

WOW!
This is unexpected!
I haven't read anything from the McAleavey's about this yet.
I'm not worried about it yet.As long as Kevin & Nancy are in charge of BOClean.

 

Hello everyone,

Thanks so much for your good wishes. It was a long and hard decision for us to make, for us and our customers. I feel that the best possible choice was made.

Support of existing users will continue. There is now an analysis group dedicated to supporting BOClean, so you can continue to expect the same level of update support as you've had in the past. Comodo shares the same commitment as PSC in fighting malware, regardless of consequences. I foresee nothing substationally changing for BOClean users.

Kevin will be able to, with all the resources now available to him at Comodo, to make BOClean everything we always wished we had the time and resources for.

 

Can this be used to replace Avast Home??

 

Sure, you can try all things, some of them only once

 

It,s not an AV. It,s an anti-trojan, antispyware type thingie.

 

I have sort of lost track of Comodo since trialling OA's Firewall on my system and thus removing Comodo from my system late last year.

But I am curious (and somewhat perplexed) as to what Comodo seem to have done which has caused the wrath of so many highly respected malware experts who have posted in this thread?.

Can someone possibly shed some light as to what exactly has occurred with Comodo?.

As when I used their Firewall it did have some slight problems with forgetting previously accepted and blocked outbound access settings. But other than that I found it to be an excellent and trustworthy product.

Has this now changed?.

Thanks
Anthony

 

Nice step from Comodo, to make a good improvement on their anti-malware program and acquire people with very good knowledge on this area...

 

Oh. I'll just stick with Avast then.

 

I am wondering this myself.

I received such value from a one-time purchase of BOClean in 2002, that I feel I've been using it on borrowed time. I'm not about to remove it from my machine anytime soon. Even if it is diminished a small bit by this change (remains to be seen), it is certainly still worth keeping. But I do think the support provided by Kevin and Nancy will be difficult to match.

 

I have seen many posts that recommended Comodo as an excellent firewall, and am surprised at the sudden difference in the attitude toward that company. What has happened?
If Comodo was a great free firewall, then why can BoClean not also be as good as always even though now a part of that company?

I would, at this time, accept Nancy's assessment of the future.

Best,
Jerry

 

Because making a Firewall is very different of making an AV...

 

Some want to pay regardless, others hate Comodo for some reason, that escapes me.

 

Yep...

 

I feel much better after reading Nancy's post and have no reason to doubt anything she says. At least they didn't follow the DCS pattern of closing and not allowing anyone else access to their software.
Long live Boclean.

 

Aigle: "So when can I download Comodo BoClean?"

Melih:"we are hoping for sometime next week."

 

Hi, folks: The acquisition of BoClean by Comodo may be,IMO, very different from Ewido by AVG or ZA by Checkpoints. Why? Because Comodo's CEO has stated very clearly(hope i am not sidetracked here) that BoClean will be free soon. If they purchase it not for future financial gain, they may have a very bold or innovative vision, that yet is to be unearthed. Very interesting indeed, we may very well drop our jaws when THE NEWS finally divulge. Just keep our eyes and ears open.

 

I think this is really cool.
Personally I have a good feeling about this. But Earth is trembling over at broadband report too. Some people moan like the two old men in the muppet show Anything new is bad.
What about trying not to jump on to conclusions until having some facts to work with?