![]() However, this program does have a very nice price of $40 per year for three devices. ConclusionĬomodo’s antivirus and malware detection is fine, but it has some of the lowest-scoring benchmark performance results we’ve seen so far. A-V Comparatives did not test Comodo’s performance-the organization only tests security suites that are submitted to it by the vendor-nor did SE Labs. Virus detection, meanwhile, was equally high at 99.9 percent. Ian Paul/IDGĬomodo Internet Security Pro 10’s Wi-Fi connection assistant.Īs for virus detection, A-V Test rated Comodo’s Internet Security Premium quite high, with 100 percent detection against real-world threats like malware attacks and web and email threats. That 34.4 percent increase in time is the worst Handbrake result of the antivirus suites we’ve tested thus far. With Comodo running, that same file conversion took one hour, forty-one minutes, and 31 seconds. ![]() However, when we moved on to our more strenuous Handbrake benchmark, Comodo caused a notable drop in performance. On our test PC, Handbrake v0.9.9 typically takes an hour, fifteen minutes, and thirty seconds to transcode a 3.8GB MKV file to MP4 using the Android Tablet preset. After starting an antivirus scan, the second score for PCM-ever so slightly within Comodo’s favor, though not significant because the number falls within normal margin of error. When we fired up PCMark 8’s Work Conventional benchmark, the synthetic simulation of word processing, spreadsheet editing, web browsing, and video chat churned out a score of 2507. That perception is less deserved these days, but we still found some truth to it.ĭuring our first performance test, which checks how an antivirus program affects system resources during lighter tasks, Comodo held its own against the competition. PerformanceĬomodo has a reputation for being something of a resource hog. It also has a nice drag-and-drop area to scan files for viruses. Personally, I prefer the advanced view since it behaves like a security dashboard for your system. It includes firewall details, a list of enabled services, blocked applications or network intrusions, and other information. If it’s too basic, however, there’s also an advanced view that provides a lot more at-a-glance data. Overall, the basic look of Comodo Internet Security Pro is clean and easy to understand. Ian Paul/IDGĬomodo Internet Security Pro 10’s advanced view. The idea is to create a secure space where you can do online shopping. Secure Shopping, meanwhile, is a virtualized, sandboxed desktop environment where you can only access Windows File Explorer and a select number of installed browsers that launch in incognito mode. Update lets you manually check for new virus definitions. Unblock Applications is where you can re-enable any desktop programs that Comodo may have prevented from running. Scan opens a second window where you can choose carry out a full scan, quick scan, a “rating scan” for commonly infected areas, or a customized scan. It has the same four main options: scan, unblock applications, update, and secure shopping. (Before running your first scan, it’s yellow.) Below that is a counter informing you of your current bandwidth usage for both up and down streams.Ĭomodo Internet Security Pro 10’s basic view after first launch.Ĭomodo’s main application is really just a bigger version of the widget. Ian Paul/IDGĬomodo Internet Security Pro’s desktop widget in Windows.Īt the very top there’s a status icon telling you the state of your PC. The widget, though, might be appreciated by some users as it has easy access to Comodo’s primary features. That’s a lot, but you can close the main window and get rid of the widget quite easily, leaving only the system tray icon. ![]() ![]() Comodo’s interface comes in three parts: the main application window, a widget that sits in the upper right corner of your desktop, and the system tray icon. There has to be a better way.Īs for the app itself, Comodo Internet Security Pro has some nice features. This approach is just not a good idea, even when acknowledging that companies are trying to make a buck. Plus, the attempt to switch your search engine and homepage makes all the other extra software look hostile. But here’s the thing: Most people will just click through the install screens without reading them, and software companies count on that.
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