Comodo Unveils Free Products and Strategies for Creating a Highly Secure PC
Released on = August 9, 2007, 9:48 am
Press Release Author = Comodo Group
Industry = Software
Press Release Summary = On BreakfastBytes, a Popular NPR Show, Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo, Describes How Consumers Can Keep their PCs Protected
Press Release Body = 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):
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...\"
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.\"
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