Comodo Unveils Free Products and Strategies for Creating a Highly Secure PC

On BreakfastBytes, a Popular NPR Show, Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo, Describes How Consumers Can Keep their PCs Protected
By: Comodo Group
 
Aug. 9, 2007 - PRLog -- Comodo Unveils Free Products and Strategies for Creating a Highly Secure PC
On BreakfastBytes, a Popular NPR Show, Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo, Describes How Consumers Can Keep their PCs Protected

Jersey City, NJ (August 9, 2007) - Comodo, as a group of Internet security companies, announced significant enhancements to their portfolio of free desktop security and trust assurance solutions. The Comodo companies are committed to transforming desktop security from a "detection-based" model to a "prevention-based" model and have developed new technologies to encourage this change.

In a recent interview with National Public Radio's (NPR) BreakfastBytes hosted by Felicia King and Ray Koukari that aired on WGTD in Wisconsin (8/04/07), Melih Abdulhayoglu CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo explained how recent innovations in Comodo's desktop security solutions are changing the face of desktop security. Unlike other security vendors, Comodo's approach uniquely identifies safe applications rather than simply detecting and blocking harmful applications. This approach employs a white list technology and only allows trusted applications access to the PC.

This approach will evolve desktop security form a "detection-based" approach to a "prevention-based" model. In describing Comodo's approach, Melih Abdulhayoglu explained, "The world of security has to change. It is no good to say - hey let everyone else around the world get infected and we will protect ourselves. We have to give security to everyone even people in countries where salaries are low [and they] cannot afford to buy security packages for $50. We need to secure these machines because each machine is a powerful tool with CPU and connectivity... that can be used against us as bots. That's why we are doing what we are doing."

During the interview, Comodo outlined its strategy for upcoming releases of its free desktop security software. Currently, over 350,000 new users are downloading Comodo Desktop Security solutions every month.
Comodo Free Desktop Security Product Overview

1) Comodo Firewall Pro

Comodo's advanced firewall has received major industry recognition and provides robust security within a "plug 'n protect" solution architecture. The firewall has received the following reviews (and often besting expensive paid versions):

Who: PC Magazine Online Edition

When: May 30, 2006

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1969485,00.asp

What they said: "kick ass firewall" ... "It keeps hackers out and tricky unauthorized programs off the Internet."

Who: PC Magazine Print Edition

When: August 2006

What they said: "Provides high level of security within an easy to use interface...it resists being terminated a key component of a good firewall..."

Who: Matousec.com

When: March 2007

http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewal...

What they said: "Rated as the clear winner of our tests ... Comodo Personal Firewall"

Who: TechTarget

When: December 22, 2006

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0, 289483,sid14_gci1236619,00.html

What they said: "Intelligent way to protect against attacks..."

Who: FirewallLeakTester.com

When: on-going in 2006

http://www.firewallleaktester.com/termination.php

What they said: "Top rating ... the firewall blocks successfully the termination method, and possibly warns the user about it. This is the safest and most secured result."

Who: Computerworld.com

When: July, 2007

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do? command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9026125

What they said: One of the top 15 free security programs, "Comodo offers true, two-way firewall protection, is highly configurable and, (unlike most other firewalls) provides a great view of your system and your Internet connection."

Who: Web User magazine (Print)

When: July, 2007

What they said: Web User 2007 Gold Award, "The latest version of Comodo is without a doubt the free firewall to look for. It'll work with XP and Vista and, in our tests, proved to be the most effective barrier."

2) Comodo BOClean

BOClean is designed to complement traditional anti-virus solutions by checking executable files just before they run. BOClean consults its database of 278,000 malware signatures (which equates to nearly 2 million malware variants) and instantly kills the process if malware is detected. In this way, BOClean delivers an extra layer of protection by catching any virus, Trojan, or malware that has already eluded the other active guards a user has installed on their system. Comodo BOClean can be used with almost every AV product on the market.

3) Comodo Anti Virus (BETA)

Comodo Anti-Virus both detects known threats and prevents day-zero attacks. Comodo Anti-Virus will not allow unknown applications to be installed or to run without the explicit permission of the user. This solution works in tandem with our anti-malware solution.

4) Comodo Backup

Comodo Backup allows users to quickly and easily create backup copies of critical files. It includes complete file and folder-duplication to local network drives and FTP servers, intelligent incremental backups, e-mail reporting, extensive report logs, real time back ups with "synchronization" mode, advanced rule-based filtering, flexible scheduling and space- saving archiving capabilities.

5) Comodo VerificationEngine

This patent-pending solution provides content verification of what users see online to authenticate verified sites. This is critical because unless a user can authenticate content, such as a company logo or a bank's login box, they cannot know whether they are on the correct site or a phishing site. VerificationEngine is a free download that allows users to see a green verification indicator confirming the site's authenticity. Users that install VerificationEngine can immediately authenticate the home page logos of over 200,000+ websites.

6) Comodo Memory Guardian (BETA)

This BETA solution protects against 90%+ of Buffer Overflow attacks. With this solution, users are protected from "drive by" download attacks whereby a website injects malware onto a user's PC. It is expected that this solution will be integrated into the firewall toward the end of the year. Today, this solution is available as stand-alone software to select testers.

7) Email certificates

Comodo was the first company to start offering trusted email certificates for free. It enables the encryption and signing of email within email clients that already have encryption capabilities built in. With Comodo email certificates, emails between individuals remain private and secure which might otherwise be intercepted.

To hear the interview in its entirety, please visit

Part 1: download.comodo.com/BBytes/BBPt1Aug4- 2007.mp3

Part 2: download.comodo.com/BBytes/BBPt2Aug4-2007.mp3

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About Comodo

The Comodo companies offer PKI SSL, Code Signing, Content Verification and E-Mail Certificates; award winning PC security software;  vulnerability scanning services for PCI Compliance; secure e-mail and fax services.  

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