Free Comodo AV is out!

How can they afford to maintain this software and have a support staff if they give it away for free. I just keep thinking if it sounds to good to be true.

 

well...a little test result from me
I"ve scan just a part of my collection...100 samples

Comodo detects 26 viruses, NOD32 96! Judge by yourself its unique detection rates.

 

I am trying to learn. I hope this doesn't sound stupid.

How do you get virus samples to test?
How do you keep them from infecting your computer?
What viruses did NOD32 not detect?

 

Most of such companies "feed" from corporate and enterprise integrations.
avast!, AVG and AntiVir are no exception either.

 

Detects rprot exe as a virus'

 

Uninstaller appears to be the same crap as Norton uninstaller...
What a pain in the ass to remove. I uninstalled by following reboot in the end and on next start it says Comodo AV is disabled, tries to run the installer, screws loads of files back. Tried cleaning it, every 5 damn seconds i got stupid installer popping up. I hope i eradicated it forever

Isn't it interesting how just installer can screw up entire view on product...

 

Comodo is another India-based security solutions company I believe. I remember seeing a picture of Cool Dad Inspector Clouseau enjoying some coffee () in a restaurant with a few members of the team....

 

U can find virus samples if u're searching for them, but I don't advise you start collecting.... my colllection of 5800 viri took some time to be build.
And you can get infected if u're not carefull.

Viruses are kept in archives usually and they are generally extensionless files.

 

Had no trouble at all when uninstalling!

 

Great, cleaned every inch of my PC and god damn Comodo installer is still flashing in the background every here and there
This damn thing is even harder to remove than toughest rootkit

 

I am sorry that happen to you. I suggest using Acronis True Image once you get everything working. This way you can restore everyting easily next time.

 

Seems very nice on its features and because it is free, but I will wait to see its efficiency in all the AV aspects...

 

I'm using Gigabyte cloning tool which works great. Thing is i just restored it yesterday. Twice!
Will try to install it again, this time with monitoring tool for reversal process. Wish me luck

 

They left out KAV and NOD in their comparision. Gee I wonder why. They claim to be free forever. How log do you thinki forever will be? Most companies offer something free but after a few it starts to charge for a version or something like that.

 

I use Rollback Rx for this reason. If something goes wrong, simply go back in seconds.

 

After a few years, they'll probably change the name of the product and start charging for it (and then the old Comodo is abandoned).

"After all, its Comodo thats 'forever free', not <insert product name here>!"

I say this because such things are very common in India, where companies try to take advantage of loopholes to gain more and more profits....

 

~For anybody interested~
Comodo AV support forum: http://forums.comodo.com/index.php?board=4.0

 

Firecat, not necessary. Remember what Vlk is always saying? They'll keep avast! free forever. AVG and AntiVir team said the same.
And from what i see Comodo is also financing from corporate/enterprise environments. Makes sense...

 

I will wait with this one until it's better than KAV, NOD32 and McAfee.

 

Thanks for the interest guys.
My name is Melih Abdulhayoglu, Founder/CEO of Comodo.

I would like to answer some of the question and issues you have raised.

1) Who is Comodo:
Headquarters in Jersey City, USA with global offices in UK, Ukraine, Japan, Italy and India. Exclusive provider of digital security services to top level domain name registrants More than 150,000 customers in more than 100 countries, securing 500,000+ businesses and individuals 4500 strong global partner network Operates one of the world's largest fastest growing Certification Authority infrastructures with the highest standards as evidenced by our KPMG annual audits World-renowned Digital Trust Lab Research and Development Center.
you can read more about Comodo here: http://www.comodogroup.com/corporate/
The engine for AV is written by our Ukrainian, Russian and Indian employees we have that are specialist in this area. Our project managers are based in the UK who manage these projects. Everybody in all our offices are full time Comodo employees.

2)Memory usage and detection rates: We have already started working on reducing the memory usage and next version will be much smallar footprint (of course we will continue to reduce it). Detection rate is improving on daily basis as we add more signatures (please send us virus samples ) and keep building more unpackers. You will see the detection ratio improve drastically in upcoming weeks ahead.

3)Free for how long? Forever! Why? Cos our business model is about gaining user's trust so that they will try our innovative products like verification engine www.vengine.com and other security/trust products we have that allows us to make money from businesses (even those innovative products are free for desktops). CPF/CAV etc is brand building exercise that will provide a distribution channel for Comodo for its innovative product range.

We have created forums.comodo.com so that we can discuss issues there, by all means you are welcome to come and participate in helping us build these products (literally).

thanks

Melih
Comodo

 

@Melih
Hello and wellcome to wilders. I want to ask a question out of topic. Where are you from? Your name and surname is Turkish.

 

I am Turkish/British
you can read more about me here... http://www.comodogroup.com/corporate/biogs.html

 

Hi then,
Merhaba

 

Hello Mr. Melih. Seeing your response here, I do believe my earlier posts were quite derogatory with regards to your company. I am truly sorry for this, but I always watch new and upcoming companies with raised eyebrows due to lots of scams going on in Asian countries. I hope you understand my concern. I meant no hard feelings.

As for Comodo, its firewall product is good, and the AV can be improved. It would, however, be very nice if Comodo AV was sent for testing to various reputed AV-test sites such as AV-comparatives and Virus Bulletin, so that we can see how good it is.

Product development is never easy, this I understand. I wish your company all the best for the near future.

 

I also would like to see this...