i used but now i use avast
do i need any companion av ?
i have now avast and voodoo shield
Thanks for helping
COMODO signature detection is weaker against installers, than it is against downloaded malicious payloads.
I'd say detection rate for installers is about 85 % whereas with malicious downloads it somewhere in the 90s.
So, for example, you download and install a PUP. COMODO doesn't detect it. However, PUP attempts to download a malicious payload. COMODO more often than not detects the malicious download - and dependent upon your COMODO settings - will detect it then block, quarantine or auto-sandbox the download.
Any how,
It wouldn't hurt to use a companion scanner, but I think it is not an absolute necessity. You could use a portable companion scanner and put it on a USB flash drive for occasional on-demand scanning.
All of this depends upon how much downloading, installing\uninstalling softs, your inspection of file habits, etc, etc.
Did you know you can configure COMODO to be an anti-executable ?
- Set auto-sandbox rule for Unrecognized files to "Block."
- Disable Cloud Lookup under File Rating Settings (want to turn on when you perform Windows and other safe soft updates).
NOTE: The above
might cause a few minor issues - nothing an intermediate user cannot immediately solve.
VoodooShield is not fully fixed yet. While I like VS, I recommend NoVirusThanks ExeRadarPro because you need the ability to white-list command lines + ability to use wildcards (*, ?) in command lines if you have external hardware. VS has problems in this area. I have reported it to VS developer. I think they are refining this functionality in VS.
On one test system I have combined and used COMODO Internet Security and NVT ERP for a very long time. They work really well together on that system.
COMODO is definitely best suited to the dedicated, patient, persistent and question-asking user...