App Review Defender vs a Novel Stealer Variant

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Off topic, I really liked Comodo cloud AV. It had a great behavioral blocker which was in essence an anti-exec with a signature based whitelist (with an option to remove all the signatures I did not need to further increase the effectiveness of the signature whitelist).

I also liked Comodo's Time Machine, but that was sadly also dumped. Looking at the update interval and numbrr of open issues, CFW and CIS future seems unsure also.
 

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Which begs the question: "what is enough?"
what a person does is far more important to their safety than what softwares they combine and use, but a place like this is hyper focused on security software and the localhost
for the neophyte that downloads whatever they want microsoft defender can end up not being enough, for the advanced security minded user microsoft defender probably is enough because even if they get infected they will know how to handle it
since there are no infection statistics per specific security software (there is, but it is highly guarded internal software publisher statistics) that anyone can reference, the discussion is highly flawed and problematic, but pointing users to use a better bandaid is better than nothing
it should make you wonder why publishers do not openly share their infection rate statistics (even sanitized details that cannot be leveraged by bad actors)
however, senior microsoft personnel stated that their s mode was highly secure giving them the best security results they ever had, since this is based upon actual deployment at scale (across millions of devices), you can intelligently infer what digital security philosophy, strategy and methods are not perfect, but highly effective
 
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Off topic, I really liked Comodo cloud AV. It had a great behavioral blocker which was in essence an anti-exec with a signature based whitelist (with an option to remove all the signatures I did not need to further increase the effectiveness of the signature whitelist).

I also liked Comodo's Time Machine, but that was sadly also dumped. Looking at the update interval and numbrr of open issues, CFW and CIS future seems unsure also.
comodo has been put into maintenance only, no further development, and maintenance is very slow
looking at the releases it has been that way for years
 
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Off topic, I really liked Comodo cloud AV. It had a great behavioral blocker which was in essence an anti-exec with a signature based whitelist (with an option to remove all the signatures I did not need to further increase the effectiveness of the signature whitelist).

I also liked Comodo's Time Machine, but that was sadly also dumped. Looking at the update interval and numbrr of open issues, CFW and CIS future seems unsure also.
Appguard to replace behavioral blocker

Shadow Defender to replace Time Machine
 
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Not using pirated/cracked torrented software, keygens/activators, hacks/cheats, etc, + an adblocker like uBlock Origin, is enough.
Although you are totally correct, one should not blame a user for the inadequacies of a security product.

With a bad product a person can be as careful as possible and still get infected, while when using a superior one can be totally careless and still be protected.

And speaking of superior products:

comodo has been put into maintenance only, no further development
Not true. Although fixing minor bugs that some have are being ignored, the database is still updated, and until the strength of the product is shown to fail (breached) there is no need for a major build update. The transition into Corporate/Consumer product line (similar to Symantec/Norton) may be confusing, but currently no issues exist.
 

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Not true. Although fixing minor bugs that some have are being ignored, the database is still updated, and until the strength of the product is shown to fail (breached) there is no need for a major build update. The transition into Corporate/Consumer product line (similar to Symantec/Norton) may be confusing, but currently no issues exist.
even major bugs are ignored, there is an entire thread on the comodo forum discussing it, so there is some problems but it is up to the individual to decide if it is enough to deter them from using the product
melish posted somewhere long ago that consumer comodo will always be in maintenance due to almost zero revenue
 
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Oh yes, I agree. Being proactive is key. If you know it will be snow storming for the next coming 3 days, picking up an ample supply of beer and munchies beforehand will soothe your anxiety. (y)
 
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Not true.
Do you have links to proof your claim that it still developed? Any new features released lately?

Although fixing minor bugs that some have are being ignored, the database is still updated.
A mature product should only have minor bugs. For such a mature product, it is strange that minor bugs are ignored. This indicates that there is not enough manpower available. Not enough resources for a mature product usually indicates that it is at the end of its product life cycle. Could you post a link of the release history to see what bugs are fixed?
 
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I've spoken to Xcitium recently. New release coming on the 15 of December. Will contain new branding and fixes. You can quote me on that:)
 
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