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Re: Free security s/w products from Comodo Group:
de Craig 05/30/2006 07:08
hummingbird wrote:
> On 29 May 2006 18:27:08 -0700 'Comodo'
> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
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>>There is no Adaware or anything malicious in any of our products.
>>pls read our forums on this where we explain why people are misinformed
>>forums.comodo.com
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>>thanks
>>Melih
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> Thanks. According to the spywareguide.com link provided by 'chris'
> on this newsgroup, your free products do include a malicious toolbar.
> Another poster has also referenced earlier debate about this problem.
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=1775 is proof of
nothing. The /facts/ are:
- Spywareguide lists Comodo's toolbar as Adware.
- Spywareguide /never/ claims the toolbar to be "malicious."
- Spywareguide claims the toolbar is difficult to remove.
- Spywareguide lists 3 $$$ products to "remove" this toolbar.
- Spywareguide is operated by the publisher of *all* 3 proggies.
So, the referenced link does not claim the toolbar to be malicious. The
site refers to Comodo toolbar as "adware." They're up-front about
their definitions. It's a qualitative call and I'd agree with it. But,
be aware that this site has its own "issues."
Spywareguide does *not* disclose its conflict of interest: namely, it is
owned and operated by a company that is selling products that remove
so-called malware. It provides three separate urls to three separate
products which are touted to remove Comodo. All three lead to products
offered by Spywarguide's parent company. Spywareguide also
mis-characterizes Comodo's uninstall process. It is not difficult to
remove Comodo. Comodo is easy to remove.
People have issues with Comodo's product line. Fine. Personally, I am
happy to read about them. That's one reason I come to a.c.f. But the
current allegation is based on mis-applied information from a
compromised source.
We're fscking with a company's and its employees' reputations without
regard to the facts. That's not a good thing(tm) for the company, the
product and, more importantly, a.c.f.'s readers. If we're going to slam
a product, let's get the facts straight. Comodo's worst offense to date
is having offered an application that can be characterized as adware.
Fwiw, we ran Comodo's firewall app (v2.0) two times over a period of a
week each time on an XP Pro(SP2) and a Win2k(SP4 rollup) box. The
firewall was what I'd characterize as "robust." There is a minor
learning curve. The information provided is more comprehensive than
ZoneAlarm's product. The granularity of control is high. The firewall
passed all the on-line tests we put it through. It is a fine personal
firewall. From a usability standpoint, I do not like Comodo's toolbar.
It feels kludgy - but the adware aspect is minor-to-moderate in
comparison w/other adware products that are regularly touted here.
-Craig
n.b. I am not affiliated with Comodo nor Spywareguide nor do I use
either of their products.