COMODO 6.3.302093.2976

[BoraMurdar]

What's new in this 6.3 build?
FIXED: Installer crashes during updates
FIXED! "Agree and Install" button is disabled when no options are selected during the update

Download Locations:


COMODO Internet Security

http://download.comodo.com/cis/download/installs/2000/standalone/cispremium_installer.exe

Size: 202M ( 211388240 )
MD5: fca43f488afa6ee28b7380024f005bcf
SHA1: 9d9090da557b5f5bccacb8cbcb540a9944a3b32d


COMODO Firewall

http://download.comodo.com/cis/download/installs/2000/standalone/cfw_installer.exe

Size: 202M ( 211388240 )
MD5: a0163415ae817de66abccaefd56f672d
SHA1: 39ba4b87ce13ca66b6e00fc0b911d1896e36cee2

COMODO Antivirus

http://download.comodo.com/cis/download/installs/2000/standalone/cav_installer.exe

Size: 202M ( 211388240 )
MD5: bf7998a03cb51186d30a2a901fb766b4
SHA1: 97bb1788818ccbb3f3a447245510d221b7b96d0d


Updates & Upgrades

6.x users can quickly update to the latest version by simply running their automatic updates.
5.x users can download the upgrade package and run it to upgrade to 6.3: http://downloads.comodo.com/cis/download/installs/www/cis5upgrade/index.html

 

[Ink]

I assume this fixes the forced install of either Yahoo or PrivDog?

Also another thing, I hear that the Suite, Firewall and Antivirus can be downloaded separately, but why are all the installers the same size?

 

[BoraMurdar]

I assume this fixes the forced install of either Yahoo or PrivDog?

Also another thing, I hear that the Suite, Firewall and Antivirus can be downloaded separately, but why are all the installers the same size?

For Yahoo and PrivDog I don't know, but I think that installers are the same size 'cuz user can? decide if he/she want more than a firewall or antivirus installed from downloaded installers. Comodo is offering to "upgrade" Antivirus or Firewall to Internet Security direct from installers if I can recall correctly...

 

[aztony]

I assume this fixes the forced install of either Yahoo or PrivDog?

Also another thing, I hear that the Suite, Firewall and Antivirus can be downloaded separately, but why are all the installers the same size?

For Yahoo and PrivDog I don't know, but I think that installers are the same size 'cuz user can? decide if he/she want more than a firewall or antivirus installed from downloaded installers. Comodo is offering to "upgrade" Antivirus or Firewall to Internet Security direct from installers if I can recall correctly...

The components are offered separately, but the user is compelled to download the CIS installer and then select Custom Install to choose what components they want. If, like I did, you install the firewall only, but later decide that you want to add the AV, you can then go to add/remove programs and chose the option to add the AV to complete the suite.

 

[Ink]

So really they are identical except for the preset defaults are selected differently. Yeah, nice move Comodo. And sure it may be convenient for those "planning" to switch to the full suite. So yes, kudos to Comodo for smart thinking.
No, not really.

 

[Amiga500]

I wish they would offer the pure firewall on its own without ANY extras and that includes the hips and sandbox modules.

It seems to me that pure firewalls are quite rare nowadays.
I have decided to use kaspersky internet security as ive realised comodo simply has features i will never use like kiosk etc.

 

[Ink]

You know that won't happen, next year they'll include their Programs Manager or PC Tuneup.

 

[Jaspion]

Sheesh, I just did a search on PC Tuneup in the Comodo forum, as I hadn't heard of it... boy oh boy. They were advertising this as free, to scan your PC then tell you you gotta pay 20 bucks a year to have the PC trouble-free, only it won't be trouble free and you won't find help from GeekBuddy or in the forum.

Comodo have always trusted that their fanbase will deliver where they can't, that's what I can surmise. Since no user can help with this program in particular, you won't find help from staff in the forum. By the way, there's not even a forum section dedicated to PC Tuneup.

If you look in the forum, you'll see that Melih actually called for the end of bloat in browsers – in reference to IE's SmartScreen Filter which is cloud-based and doesn't add bloat at all – while in a discussion on the semi-forced installation of PrivDog, a program that keeps running in the background at all times, not just when your browser is up. Oh but the browser bloat must end, of course. I mean, how can you download a 30MB (non-zipped) firewall in a 100MB+ (zipped) package from a bloated browser?

 

[Gnosis]

Well, they gotta make some cash somehow, I guess.
Give me the AV, HIPS, BB, and Firewall, and scrap the rest of the bloat. If they would clean it up that way, Comodo would be more popular among the intermediate to expert user groups.

 

[Amiga500]

okay im back with CIS as kaspersky is too heavy.

Im a comodo fanboy at heart.

 

[aztony]

Sheesh, I just did a search on PC Tuneup in the Comodo forum, as I hadn't heard of it... boy oh boy. They were advertising this as free, to scan your PC then tell you you gotta pay 20 bucks a year to have the PC trouble-free, only it won't be trouble free and you won't find help from GeekBuddy or in the forum.

Comodo have always trusted that their fanbase will deliver where they can't, that's what I can surmise. Since no user can help with this program in particular, you won't find help from staff in the forum. By the way, there's not even a forum section dedicated to PC Tuneup.

If you look in the forum, you'll see that Melih actually called for the end of bloat in browsers – in reference to IE's SmartScreen Filter which is cloud-based and doesn't add bloat at all – while in a discussion on the semi-forced installation of PrivDog, a program that keeps running in the background at all times, not just when your browser is up. Oh but the browser bloat must end, of course. I mean, how can you download a 30MB (non-zipped) firewall in a 100MB+ (zipped) package from a bloated browser?

Well I asked this question in the Comodo forum when I was trying to download the firewall. Why must a user download a 200MB file (CIS) just to get the 40MB firewall installed? I received one reply by a Comodo Hero. That's just the way it is, basically.

 

[Amiga500]

I think in the long run it is in case a user of comodo firewall may decide they wish to use the full suite at some point in the future.

The size of the installer has benefits.
If you were to change to the full suite it is far easier to simply change the installation rather than uninstalling the firewall and then downloading the full suite again.

 

[Ink]

@aztony, got a link to that thread?

@Amiga, that is IF the user already PLANNED on upping to the Suite from AV or Firewall.

However, there are no benefits (unless above).

In my opinion, by right, they should offer the standalone installers AND ones without the extra software. No one likes being forced into using stuff they don't want to use, but this isn't anything new, they did that recently with a CIS upgrade + PrivDog.

Even software that include adware in their software, have alt versions without bloat (ie. CCleaner, CDBurnerXP).

 

[aztony]

@aztony, got a link to that thread?

http://forums.comodo.com/firewall-help-cis/standalone-firewall-t99469.0.html

 

[Gnosis]

I don't like "heavy" lol
Bullguard, ZoneAlarm, and Avast Free are good ones that are free
I prefer Sandboxie and solid BB

 

[Ink]

@aztony, Strange. I've been blocked. Last week (as a guest) I could view the boards.

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Thanks anyway.

 

[aztony]

@aztony, Strange. I've been blocked. Last week (as a guest) I could view the boards.

An Error Has Occurred!
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Spamming or Suspected Spamming...
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Thanks anyway.

Wow! guess they don't want you there. Are they screening IP addresses?

 

[Gnosis]

Comodo's motto ought to be: "NOT FOR NOVICES". LOL