Comodo Internet Security 2013?

Do we know if/when Comodo plans to push v6 through auto-update? Manually running the updater says v5 is "up to date".

 

yes they will push internal updates with the first bug fix release which should be this month sometime.

 

Haven't used CIS in a long time, i really loved their suite but back then it was not an option for me and now i have already settled with EAM.

 

Hey Noob
could you give me a screenshot of your Task Manager
so that i can see how much RAM and CPU Emsisoft IS use on average/idle?

 

There you go.
Keep in mind that i have it set to "On Access" scanning mode and also that it is no always as low as shown, when i open lots of things at once it goes up to like 85MB and then drops back after a while.

 

same here , well ill then wait for the autoupdater , since that should retain my settings and everything should work then , really wanna embrace the new version but having had my first bad experience with cis im gona wait and see

hope they get the high cpu usage fixed as well , dont know if its the behaviour blocker doing it or what but it does , running comodo fw and D+ i dont have that issue in combo with eset32 AV with everything enabled, my subscription for webroot expired after testing for a couple months recently, so i decided to go with eset32 AV , light , rock solid , dependable , what else you need , thou as said i dream of the day all we need will be in CIS for free so i can trash eset32 as well

and good to hear active connections view is in CIS 6, couldnt find it thou nor firewall events either, its like theyre trying to hide the most used features ,i really hope they dont go backwards instead of forwards with CIS 6

 

71 processes?!... oh, the horror!

 

No high cpu usage here.Ive never experienced any problems with comodo.Its also nice to have smooth browsing back as well.Comodo seems to be the only suite that has not slowed down my browser.

 

Thats because they don't scan the browser traffic. Almost everyone else do...

 

@ RejZoR

Hope to see you back on Comodo forum again.
Personally i found your bug reports very worhwhile

 

Is there any particular reason why they dont scan the web traffic.?
Maybe it is something they may consider in future releases.

 

No, COMODO considers web traffic scanning excessive.

 

Ok i can see their point of view there.Although it is the first point of malware attack within the browser.

 

Their point of view is perfectly reasonable, if you think that D+ is active. See this:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=720580&postcount=29

Then think about what D+ protects against. So why slow down browsing, when they have D+ waiting behind the antivirus to grab whatever passes, in the already unlikely event, that whatever passes is a browser exploit, that, doesn't trigger the file scanner of the AV .

 

Thank you for the link,it was very interesting reading.I have the hips disabled and BB on set to fully virtualise.Do you recommend turning on the hips or leave it as is as i followed chirons guide to setting up comodo.
Thanks.

 

Personally, I would not recommand to turn it on unless you want to reply to many alerts from it .. I have default settings and it works perfectly well since first beta came out.

 

I haven't used Comodo 6, but i 've read it has a fully virtualized sandbox. Well, Chiron knows his Comodo and i think the only possible danger, would be if there is a flaw on the sandbox that would allow for a malware to leak out of the sandbox. Otherwise, as long as the sandbox works flawlessly, there is no reason of concern.

 

Unless you have the TVL list modified or deleted or have the hips in paranoid mode, I would turn on the HIPS. You will get a few alerts but shouldn't get too many. D+ is a important and strong part of CIS.

 

As i said, i haven't used v6 (history has shown, that when Comodo puts new features, you 'd better wait for the bugs to be fixed before using it), but if there is still the option to have "Clean PC mode", that shouldn't cause too many popups and combined with the new sandbox, it will be ridiculously difficult to be able to infect yourself. Of course it's more of a paranoid setup, but if one is paranoid anyway and wants to use yet another security program, he may as well use D+ and leave the 3rd party program alone. Less compatibility issues.

Classical HIPS do have their charm, despite being annoying and they are more "concrete" in handling. I mean, when you use virtualization, you don't know what's happening. When you have a classical HIPS running, if something malicious happens while you surf for example, chances are you are going to see the "event" before your eyes, because of the popups.

 

Yes if your just looking for a unobtrusive and quite setup then you might not want to turn on the HIPS.
I would much rather use the HIPS in concern for non-browser malware. USB, email attachments, DVD's.
My feeling is that if you have such a powerful tool as D+, why not use it?
I've been using Comodo firewall for a while with D+ active. They only time I've had a problem is installing new software that wasn't white listed. Other than that D+ doesn't chime in unless there is a problem.

 

Yes, i don't know how v6 is structured, but yeah, non-browser items are an issue. Or do they get virtualized also? I don't know. Fact is, if one has a basic understanding of D+ and doesn't mind the pop ups, it's better have it than not. D+ is powerful and has the advantage of warning you more explicitly.

 

Exactly.

 

Thanks everyone for the useful advice.

 

Hahahahaha thats why i said . . . Messed up desktop!
I have lots of software installed that i dont even use but i need them in some rare cases and a handful of them start processes/services automatically. (Yes, i know i can disable them but my desktop isn't really my main "Secure" rig, it's just for my daily activities such as browsing, gaming, homework etc.)

 

Is D+ the same as HIPS?