Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
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Birmingham, AL | Nice!
WOW this Is great news  |
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amungus
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join:2004-11-26
America
clubs: | good deal.
Sounds like good news to me! Everyone loves free stuff! Especially when it kills nasties. |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
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Dix Hills,NY
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|  Always heard good things...
I constantly heard great things about this program, but never bothered to check it out - just didn't feel like paying a fee at the moment.
Now that it's free, it's within my budget. 
Good news! |
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t0xic
join:2001-10-26
Roselle, IL
| reply to Oleg
Re: Nice!
I hate to be the wet blanket, but public companies aren't in the habit of giving away profits unless they get something in return. Every business strategy has to end with ROI for its investors. Precisely what they have to gain from this isn't immediately apparent, but I can imagine the plan will present itself in due time. |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
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join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | They may make freeware and paid version. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Like I said...
... don't really get off on paying upfront sight-unseen for anything.
Don't care about a return policy... where has the trial been for this?
Trials sell products!
No Trial = no sale! From many people, like myself.
Now it will be free? I may take it for a spin and see if it actually does anything.
Currently without it, my weekly scans(with a "few" scanners) turns up nothing but cookies.
NOTE: I'm not worried about cookies!
YMMV.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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Avalon, NJ
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1 edit | reply to Jeffrey
Re: Always heard good things...
said by Jeffrey  :I constantly heard great things about this program, but never bothered to check it out - just didn't feel like paying a fee at the moment. Now that it's free, it's within my budget. Good news! I use Comodo firewall. When BOClean is free for download, I'll have to give it a try.
When you try to download BOClean, it directs you here:
»www.comodo.com/products/privsoft.html
Comodo has acquired Privacy Software Corporation. All existing Privacy Software Corporation customers will continue to be protected by Privacy Software Corporation products and will receive automatic software updates as usual. New Comodo and existing Privacy Software Corporation customers will be able to download products formerly licensed to Privacy Software Corporation from » www.comodo.com, » www.privsoft.com and » www.nsclean.com very shortly.
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webnetwiz
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
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Van Nuys, CA | I use Comodo firewall as well, great product, much better than competition, and free for personal use. |
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Gandalf1315
Freelance Philosopher
join:2001-05-23
Indianapolis, IN
·RoadRunner Cable
·Vonage
| reply to t0xic
Re: Nice!
said by t0xic :I hate to be the wet blanket, but public companies aren't in the habit of giving away profits unless they get something in return. Every business strategy has to end with ROI for its investors. Precisely what they have to gain from this isn't immediately apparent, but I can imagine the plan will present itself in due time. Comodos whole business plan is to get their products out there and talked about by being free for home users. Hoping that they get enough rave reviews that they can easily sell their products to small businesses and corporations. Which is where the real money is.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD |  What Has Geekdom Come To?
We need software to clean BO?
SHOWERS! People... SHOWERS... soap, scrubbing, deodorant... they do amazing things!
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
·Cox VOIP
·Skype
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 ·AT&T Southeast
·magicjack.com
| reply to t0xic
Re: Nice!
said by t0xic :I hate to be the wet blanket, but public companies aren't in the habit of giving away profits unless they get something in return. Every business strategy has to end with ROI for its investors. Precisely what they have to gain from this isn't immediately apparent, but I can imagine the plan will present itself in due time. Yeah, when the day comes that they give Norton away, let me know. I wonder what the catch is? Free Version is limited or something? |
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GlennAllen
join:2002-11-17
Richmond, VA | reply to pnh102
Re: What Has Geekdom Come To?
Ahhh, yes... back in school... all-night "programming parties"... Idunno--some of those other guys coulda used a good "BO cleanin'"... not me, of course.
No, no... stop it! Off topic! |
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2kmaro
Think
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join:2000-07-11
ColossalCave
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Re: Like I said...
It's a good product, I've had licensed version of it for a long time. It was one of my regular 'de-lousing' tools that I'd use mainly when someone asked me to help clean up a system that had become overly cluttered up with various malware critters.
It also serves as a pretty good intruder detector because besides looking for specific malware by signature, it watches behaviors closely and alerts on things that seem to be acting in a virus/worm-like manner when they shouldn't be.
They (NSClean) actually took the product a long way from its humble beginnings as just a Back Orifice finder/cleaner. Especially when you consider that the product maintenance, support, development, etc was a one-man operation.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Will it scan the entire drive for "bad guys"?
I currently don't have a Real Time malware scanner - just avast(avast is "turned up").
I scan weekly with a *few* scanners... but all I ever see is cookies. No biggie, ya know?
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manfmmd
Premium
join:2003-01-14
Earth
clubs: | reply to supergirl
Re: Nice!
There are a lot of people that wouldn't take Norton if it WAS free. |
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whocares
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join:2003-07-26
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Yeah, when the day comes that they give Norton away, let me know. I wonder what the catch is? Free Version is limited or something?
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some of us can remember when "NORTON was given free to home users & it was a good thing,(firewall,antivirus)and not that many yrs back.Then they decided to grow to fast,& cut their own throats.
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
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·magicjack.com
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Always heard good things...
From them:
"Comodo AntiVirus 1.1 beta, subsequent beta versions, and the final release version will each be available to businesses and home users at no charge. After installing the program, just register with us and you will be sent a free license. Once activated, this license will never expire."
The Catch: endless email about other products:
"When downloading a Comodo product, such as the Firewall, you will be required to submit personal information as specified on the download page. This information will be used by Comodo to contact the customer about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest, including product updates and associated promotional material. It also aids Comodo in providing improved global services by collating general demographic information. Please refer to the opt-out policy described later in this policy statement."
»www.comodo.com/repository/privac···ent.html
And another:
"When enrolling for a certificate, customers will be required to provide certain information as per the requirements for the certificate product type. The exact informational requirements are set out in the relevant Subscriber Agreement and associated schedules and listed in the Comodo CPS. Some of the submitted details will be displayed within the certificate and as a result will be publicly available. Details that will become public are clearly stated as 'public' in the enrolment process, Subscriber Agreement and associated schedules. "
They don't share with 3rd parties then say they do:
"Comodo will share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person."
Same link.
"Customers are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having information used for purposes not directly related to the Comodo service offering at the point where the information is requested. For example, all certificate enrolment and product downloads has an 'opt-out' mechanism so customers who buy a product from us, but would prefer not to receive any marketing material, can request to have their email address kept off of our lists."
Comodo Anti-Virus gets a 3 of 5 rating on Cnet Download.com
Someone who installed it:
"Needs A Lot Of Improvment
04-Feb-2007 10:20:02 PM
Reviewer: Reborn master
Pros: It's free.
Cons: Comodo failed at everything.Detection was not good, Avg was able to detect more virus than this.Realtime protection is poor.I got a email with a virus in it and comodo coudn't block the virus.After installing this my pc froze couple of times."
»www.download.com/Comodo-AntiViru···178.html
Like I thought, huge memory hog. A lot said it crashed their computers, froze them, etc. Install is going through constant sales pitches for 20 minutes. One user had to reinstall XP after use.
Before downloading free, read Download.com. People will tell you if it is junk or not. Junk software. |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
| reply to manfmmd
Re: Nice!
said by manfmmd :There are a lot of people that wouldn't take Norton if it WAS free. I agree I may Install it If someone paid me to beta test. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL | reply to whocares
You pay for what you get. No viruses, malware, etc. with Norton. |
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manfmmd
Premium
join:2003-01-14
Earth
clubs: | I can get all of that with free software with a much lower impact on system resources. |
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