Comodo Sells Out To HopSurf, Loses Sight Of Priorities

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[b]Comodo STILL supporting the criminal fraternity (the bad guys)[/b]

From the desk of when will they learn, comes yet more evidence from Mike Burgess, of Comodo’s involvement, and willing involvement given their lack of action to prevent such, in the support of the criminal networks of the interwebs.

http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/07/comodo-still-supporting-criminal.html

[b]Comodo continues to damage it's reputation[/b]

Here again we find another bogus Antispyware program that does nothing but take your money … with a little help from Comodo

http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/archive/2009/07/10/1699205.aspx
[b]Comodo Sells Out To HopSurf, Loses Sight Of Priorities[/b] Submitted by Jeff Weisbein on July 4, 2009 – 2:37 PM

Comodo, the security software company known for their array of products including the very popular Comodo Personal Firewall has recently made a deal with HopSurf to install their toolbar with every installation of Comodo Personal Firewall

http://www.besttechie.net/2009/07/04/comodo-sells-out-to-hopsurf-loses-sight-of-priorities

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It is true that everybody need to eat but I would prefer Comodo charge consumer their product rather than issuing free products but doing such thingy. :frowning:

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I think I better change my firewall cause I can smell a nasty trap coming to Comodo soon :cry:

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These are but some of the reasons I switched from Comodo to Outpost.

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[b]Comodo Sells Out To HopSurf, Loses Sight Of Priorities[/b] Submitted by Jeff Weisbein on July 4, 2009 – 2:37 PM

Comodo, the security software company known for their array of products including the very popular Comodo Personal Firewall has recently made a deal with HopSurf to install their toolbar with every installation of Comodo Personal Firewall


Uhh… more misinformation, I see. HopSurf is a Comodo product. EULA

http://www.hopsurf.com/

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HopSurf is a Comodo product.

Ask.com and DNS Advantage are not.

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Thanks YoKenny found it very interesting.

Found this:http://msmvps.com/blogs/donna/archive/2009/07/03/comodo-removed-ask-iac-safesurf-toolbar-by-replacing-it-with-hopsurf-iac-ask-toolbar.aspx

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I knew there was a reason for not installing the Comodo Dragon on my system. ;D ;D

I never had any luck with Comodo so it’s never found a permanebt home on any of my computers.

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Well, I like and respect their firewall. I think in time there AV will be very good too.It will be interesting to see some results,such as AV comparatives.As for the toolbar, is it not optional ? As in a lot of other products ( Ccleaner,Foxit etc )
I think some people have it in for Comodo,full stop.
If you don’t like it , don’t install it. Simple

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As in a lot of other products ( Ccleaner,Foxit etc )

CCleaner make the light version available which doesn’t include the toolbar…

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When I said " If you don’t like it , don’t install it. Simple " I was not referring to you Bob :slight_smile:

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Well, seems that the days we suggest (and trust) Comodo are going to end…

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Foxit have some such toolbar ? in all past installations i not noticed such bloat infestation …

about comodo … i gave up on them last year since i realized they handling out certificates to spyware, malware and scam even after being informed about …

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For a second lets leave Ask! and Comodo out of the picture.
Ccleaner on its normal install,updated through the program,
from Filehippo,does install the Yahoo toolbar,default checked.
Now,suppose people began to complain about this,and the CEO of
Piriform,rides in on a pale horse,and proclaims:
“We have heard your cries! No longer will we even offer the Yahoo
toolbar! Rather,we have designed,in-house, a wonderful little utility
that will check for old drivers,system wide,and alert you!
It will also be default install,and will come with a search function!!
Yahoo,only of course!”
Isn’t that the real purpose of toolbars? To promote use of their search engine?

Comodo has chosen to stay in bed with Ask!,and
the disingenuous way they maintained their affiliation, is an insult to
the intelligence of those who had a problem with it from the start.
Hell,they could have at least foisted something like the driver checker
utility I made up,that would have at least related to system maintenance,
if not to security.

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Your answer wouln’t make the Comodo fanboys happy. ;D :slight_smile: ;D

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The Comodo fanboys are not happy :wink:

Comodo: Watch your staff please (oh and a little correction)

Not content with Melih’s blaming MS MVP, Donna Buenaventura for a blog posting by someone else, one of Melih’s moderators have gone one step further and posted;

“We should hack her site and post the truth”

http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/07/comodo-watch-your-staff-please-oh-and.html

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Their whole thread referred to in your link can be found at:
https://forums.comodo.com/general_discussion_off_topic_anything_and_everything/here_we_go_again-t42573.0.html

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Wow, great fun!

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From Trust Toolbar to SafeSurf Toolbar to HopSurf Toolbar. What will it be called tomorrow? ::slight_smile:

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So, it seems Softpedia has been right after all… I don’t use any personal firewall except Windows Firewall and I’m not directly affected by the issue. However, this makes some impact on “free” security software marketing. :frowning: