What is the key feature differences between Avast Home 4.7 and the free for life Comodo Antivirus? Which will protect my computer better in the long run?
I have to wonder if you are really expecting an unbiased response in this forum or just trying to get a knee-jerk reaction from avast users.
While I am very happy to be a supporter of avast … I clearly do not use the Comodo product at the same time as I use avast … to try to do so would be foolish. However, I am not about to slander a product I have never used. I am also not so shortsighted as to claim avast is the very best av product available … but that’s why so many of us are here in this forum … to help it on the way to attaining that position.
Your time might be better spent elsewhere.
Hi,
Comodo Antivirus and avast! Home are both free, I like avast! because of its flexability. Also if I were going to change to Comodo in the near future I would wait about a year for Comodo to get their detections. Also you should consider that the current Comodo Antivirus product is only a beta but not the full product so at this time I would definitely go with avast!
P.S. I personaly like avast! for antivirus but I really like Comodo Personal Firewall.
In other words … still no users of Comodo antivirus.
The problem with Comodo is that it’s still not ready for the primetime. In other words, it doesn’t detect much.
E.g. IBK (the owner of well-known testing site www.av-comparatives.org) recently conducted an unofficial test of Comodo AV, and here are the results:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=130055&page=3 (see his post #64).
The general consensus is that it would take years to get Comodo to a level where the mature AV products are (including avast).
Thanks
Vlk
Take a look again at your response to Mrcomputer and ask yourself how welcomed you would have felt if that were you.
Whether his question was innocent or intentionally “loaded,” that’s no way to treat people, including newcomers to this forum.
I consider this site very hospitable compared to others out there and I’d like it to stay that way.
Lighten up >:(
I have.
I am content with my post.
For any of you who have been here long enough … I now regret any posts I ever made in my early days that were critical of Eddy - a fine contributor to this forum.
For ardvark - I will bite my tongue - and hope that you stay here for a long time and be as welcoming as you are today.
This is one of the best forums around - long may it remain so.
Oh, do I remember Eddy. Miss him. 
Vlk,
I hate general consensus … in a previous life, because I did, I put my corporate money behind a startup called Trend Micro. Maybe not the best bet ever but not the worst.
I am a supporter of avast … I still want you guys to be the best … but I hope the Comodo folks will, much sooner than you think, have you looking over your shoulder.
BTW how many years did it take for avast to get to the place where mature AV products are?
As Vlk said, Comodo is still not exactly ready. Mainly because it seriously lacks unpacking capabilities and some sort of emulator (from what i managed to see it misses all more complex viruses and worms).
So i’d recommend avast! because it’s certanly far more advanced in these areas, plus it’s build on already proven and solid engine.
I cannot disagree with anything said about Comodo so far in this thread … but if I recall it was only less than year before I started to use avast that folks were saying much the same about it.
Let’s hear a lot more about why avast is so far ahead rather than why Comodo is so far behind. avast is a great product … knocking another startup is hardly the way to promote avast.
Let's hear a lot more about why avast is so far ahead rather than why Comodo is so far behind. avast is a great product ... knocking another startup is hardly the way to promote avast.
I’m not knocking anyone, I sort of liked Comodo (felt that it was no bad) BEFORE I saw IBK’s results. My post was all about IBK’s test, that’s it. Other than that, I don’t know anything about Comodo, really.
BTW how many years did it take for avast to get to the place where mature AV products are?
About 15?
But the truth is that about 10 years ago, avast had a much better reputation than it has now. It was truly one of the best AV’s in the world. But then came avast32 v2 and v3, and it all went bad… :-\
But again, looking at IBK’s numbers, I don’t think it’s POSSIBLE to get say above 85% (which is I think IBK’s requirement to appear in the regular tests) anytime sooner than in say 2 years…
Cheers
Vlk
Vlk, i know from talking with their CEO (at least he’s honest and i resect that ). They support only 2 unpackers so far (they are working on more as we speak). Mike was also explaining something about problems with polymorphic/metamorphic viruses which are quiet a problem for Comodo (and some other commercial AVs!). New Comodo update should be avaialble sometime soon if it wasn’t already. At least they were promising it.
We’ll see how Comodo works in later tests made by IBK…
I’ve reread both of our posts together and I think perhaps I’m the one to bite my tongue. I believe I’ve misunderstood your tone and context of your words.
By your comment “Your time might be better spent elsewhere,”
at the time I felt it was another way of saying “get lost.” I think what you really meant was, “I don’t think you will get an impartial answer here.”
Either way, I admit I reacted too quickly and didn’t bother to first verify what you meant with you before I let my temper do the talking. For that, I offer you my sincere apology
Best Regards…
I really cannot believe in these words… I’m surprised, very surprised…
You’ve grow up, have a lot of customers, a very large users database… The program needs improvements (as all others)… what’s wrong? Can’t you hire more people and make it better?
Or this was just a sad day for you Vlk… your words surprise me in a sad way… 
Are you giving up? :
I really cannot believe in these words... I'm surprised, very surprised... You've grow up, have a lot of customers, a very large users database... The program needs improvements (as all others)... what's wrong? Can't you hire more people and make it better? Or this was just a sad day for you Vlk... your words surprise me in a sad way...
No, that’s not what I meant…
I was just saying that around 1997, avast was probably #1 AV in the world, which is not the case now… Partly because avast went down with versions 2 and 3, and partly because other products got better!
But, it’s always nice to have some solid foundation. To know that if we could do it once, we can do it again.
I don't think it's POSSIBLE to get say above 85% (which is I think IBK's requirement to appear in the regular tests) anytime sooner than in say 2 years...Are you giving up?
I was talking about COMODO, of course… avast is well-above 85%… 
;D
My stupid question… what more can we do to achieve that? ;D
Better detection, virus submission, antispyware and trojan detection… rootkits?
Version 4 was, for sure, a deep improvement.
So, our turn 8)
More than 90% of Symantec people is not working on technical positions… but on merchandising, sells, etc.
You must know what you need to do to get better… for sure you’re trying to do so (last year, for instance, we could ‘follow’ a good tentative…).
Sorry, I’ve misunderstood you at the first time. Now I realise you’re talking about Comodo and not avast.
He was talking about Comodo in the second quote…
As for avast! going down… well maybe. But GUI is excellent (at least the On-Access panel). I also like warning messages and that red/yellow bar above taskbar on detections. These two things are designed the best among all AVs. However i can’t deny it’s engine is somehow showing the age.
Or at least update frequency if thats the matter. But you probably know the most what’s going in wrong direction in company where you work…
You/I have to wonder what Mrcomputers intentions/reasons are for the post, when they registers at 03:10 and makes is first post at 03:12 (my local time today) so they didn’t spend any time looking at the forums to see what information they could glean but jump in with what really shouldn’t be discussed in the avast 4 Home/Pro forum, perhaps General perhaps not.
It is always going to be difficult to get an unbiased answer (or one that to an outsider might appear to be so) to this type of comparison question from a forum providing support for one of the products being compared. A general security based forum where there is a broad spectrum of different AV users would be better.
From time to time we do get drive by posters on the forums (as you will see over time) as happens in other forums, they arrive register post and that is often the last you hear from them. First post 2 minutes after registering, first reply to his post after 20 minutes yet over 10.5 hours and 12 replies later no response from the originator. I know people have to sleep but the first response was very quick in just under 20 minutes.
Sorry but I think Alan asked a valid question and if the post was a genuine one, what would be the problem in responding to Alan’s question.
I have been using Avast! Home for the last month and has been pleased with how it has been doing. I have not been registered with the forums until now. But for the past three weeks I have been searching and silently looking at various topics on the forum. Happy to be using such a solid product such as Avast! home but was just keeping my antivirus options open.