Hello Nico,
I would like to understand why you ve been skeptic about Comodo . Today Comodo is one of the trusthworthy brands within the cyber security sector, a recent poll question
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...ite-seal-do-you-trust-the-most-300046458.html made us also understand that people trust Comodo ; here are the results of the survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/result...5sk1=6ec4e083729eb1209af69b49dac6d1d01b87dc4e. Comodo provides you the full protection you need and your personal data is safe.
I would like to answer your questions if you have any.
Kind Regards
Buket
Well Buket, since i made the comment earlier, i will reply to your question while it is rather offtopic ok?
First of all let me say that i personally have been a Comodo user in the early days, like some other well known names here on the forum.
We where part of the initial releases of the older versions of Comodo and to tell you the truth? I was not a hardcore fan, but i loved everything about their initial firewall concepts as they where good and as such i know what their firewall can do and how good it use to be.
Everyone knows that their other products always have been "so so" this includes their antivirus and some other questionable tools.
Technically they use to have a well rounded team and a good concept to work from, but that all has gone to "#####"
To much features, a total lack of finishing touch and more importantly a false sense of security brought by their products.
Look this is not my opinion but this is a internet wide known fact. Comodo lost a huge amount of technical members like myself who did spend hours and hours testing their products, before version 6 and 7 Comodo use to rock it really did. But man o man did they go downhill.
The latest versions are a mere shadow of their earlier releases.
In regards to your survey's they do not mean a single thing, it really does not (No disrespect intended) as 80+% of all the voters do not know a damn thing about the product. Now i said this before but marketing is a really powerful tool, it can build trust, it can generate members and it can artificially create a good product. Yet this does not mean it actually is.
For example SSL certificates, while its a nice feature that Comodo does offer a free one it is also known to be less secure and more importantly major payment systems do not support Comodo and why? Because Comodo allows ANYONE to get a SSL regardless what the SSL is going tobe used for this is public knowledge.
Try that with Verisign or some of the other (Way to expensive SSL brands) Yes most of those brands are WAY to expensive yet on the other hand they are supported, trusted and they actually do check their clients and keep checking them, and if found fraudulent or bad in some way they will revoke your SSL.
Anyway i am actually surprised that i am even taking the time to reply to your question as anything i said is public knowledge and a undisputed fact.
My general point here is Comodo is a kickass brand with a serious potential, but they use to be so much better, the past years they have gone downhill so badly that even mediocre brands are miles ahead of anything Comodo has to offer.
Another thing is the data collection done which actually does pay for their free products, and while their
privacy policy does state that they do not give out user info it does mention that they will get data if the user gives consent which ANY user will give by installing their products.
And this info is being shared with their (re-target) partners. Again this is not subject to debate its a fact. Their opt out is just a function that does not do anything afterall when you did install their product you already gave them the go ahead.
All in all this makes Comodo a so-so and a questionable product.
Anyway this is the short version of a long long LONG list of problems that Comodo has, and while i do not want to advocate other products i just have to state the fact that Comodo's competition just do not have such problems, and are completely open in regards to their partners and objectives. Yet they also do collect data everyone is doing it but its still very different from what Comodo does.
As a final note i will make a personal comment regarding this: Its not my intention to bash them and as ex supporter, user and tester i feel bad that a very promising product has gone down this way and ended up to a point where Comodo currently is. Their home software is a joke in many ways and their features LOOK and GIVE the user the feeling of being totally secure. Hell even some tests rate Comodo as good or excellent but in the real world its mostly a jungle of functions without providing actual protection that does meet or is on par with rival products. From a industry POV Comodo is one of those brands that if i would suggest them to one of my clients, or install it on their systems i would be out of a job on the spot: Now that does say something about their trustworthiness does it not?
It has nothing to do with the flavor of the day and neither does it have anything to do with costs or business ICT strategy because in the end from a clients POV, IF Comodo would be the best option for their security goals and objectives then Comodo will be used its simple as that.
Fact is that Comodo as a brand is not even mentioned during evaluations when some of my clients choose their product of choice.
And why? because their is literally nothing that Comodo offers that could be even remotely appealing to a company.
So what do you want me to say? I HATE Comodo with a passion, I question their products BUT i love their initial security concept..which died a long time ago.
Anyway this is as far as i go to reply to your question, if you want more info do some research talk to other more knowledgeable members here on the forum and each one will pretty much say the same thing as i told you. (I also suggest when you do to create a topic of your own as this discussion will put us so far offtopic ok?)
Kind Regards,
Nico
