Comodo AV - a question of speed

I've been using Comodo AV my XP based notebook. Nibs suggested it to me as an alternative to Avast, as the free version does not protect you fully (when making transactions).

I like Comodo, but I have a question. When I installed it on my notebook, I configured the wireless connection to go through their more "secure" servers (changing some kind of wireless ID#). No problem with the security, but the download speed is much slower than before (almost 70%), and I believe it's their servers that's causing the issue.

Is it really worth the extra measure to use their servers? The reason that I ask is, I'm considering replacing MSE 2.0 with Comodo AV (w/o the firewall) on my evaluation version of Windows 7 first, if it goes well, then I'll install it on my main version of 7 Pro.

But not at this kind of loss of speed.

Cat

So far, so good. I like Comodo's approach to scanning, it totally scans the filesystem. For example, just the critical area scan took nearly 30 minutes.

Somethings I'll just have to get used to. All of those popups, asking you to run a program in the sandbox, whatever that is. I'll look it up and figure it out. But on my desktop, I chose not to use Comodo's servers, they're too slow for me.

I'll try it out for a while, mabye it will be a good option to include in the Free Software Database. However, I want to make sure it's doing it's job first. I have other scanners to check behind it with.

Cat

The sandbox is an area created to run the program but keeps it insulated from critical system files.
If you become infected in the sand box, your system stays safe.
Just close the program and the sandbox is erased.

(Or something like that.)

The sandbox is for apps you're not certain about so it segregates them.

Kinda like Yodap when he forgets to put a link to w8forums in his thread! LOL!

Anytime you choose those servers it will slow down the web connection.

Just don't use them.

Thanks yodap & Nibs for your input. On my desktop, I chose not to use Comodo's servers, but on my wireless notebook (which by chance was getting infected the most) I use them. Speed is not critical on it for me.

What I'm trying to get used to is the constant popups on my trusted apps. Otherwise, it seems to be going good.

Thanks Nibs, for recommending this AV to me. It has found a couple of things that MSE missed, and seems to scan more completely in less time.

There was a member on this forum, promoted to Moderator, who thought that MSE was the cure all for everything from BSOD's to an ingrown toe nail. While it's safer than some AV's, it's not a cure all solution for everyone's issues. The answer for everything was to update a driver and install MSE.

If MSE is actually that great, we'd all be using it, but that's far from the case.

Cat

Things just evolve all the time I think Cat. Av's I once used I don't use anymore.Some that still get good reviews did not work for me. So much changes both in the product and the system it runs in that every so often you need to make changes.
Be nice if one could just set and forget but it does not seem to be that way.

Cat - on those pop-ups that keep showing up for the same trusted apps, there's a box to check stating: Don't ask about this again. Check that box. I believe there is one that also states: Always trust this app.

Look at the box carefully before just clicking it and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Comodo has a rather robust and speedy scanning engine, that's why it's usually faster.

G DATA uses two scanning engines.

What what.

Next time I'll include detailed directions and maybe "twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one"
and you and I can get a cup of coffee at Alice's Restaurant you old fart.

We can have anything we want at Alice's Restaurant... excepting Alice!

I take biscuits and sausage gravy, two eggs over medium, two sausage patties, and hash browns with toast and marmalade, coffee and a big glass of V-8!

I'm beginning to get the hang of it now, after all of the red flags thrown. Depending on the app, I either run it in the sandbox, or select it as a trusted app. I have a few programs that doesn't have whatever digital signature that it wants (I use ImgBurn on a frequent basis), that is a trusted app.

Also, I've found that on my desktop, I don't need their servers, so there is no loss in speed. However on my notebook, I bit the bullet and use them, as it's the one that's always picking up viruses & trojans. Hopefully, it'll help.

I do like the way it scans, one minor issue that I have is with scheduled scans. When the "critical area" scan runs, my CPU usage shoots to between 90-100% almost instantly. This may have more to do with my low powered CPU than the program itself. When this scan runs, it takes a while, so I may change that from daily to twice a week. I always run a full scan weekly anyway, as well as with the ESET Online Scanner. So far, ESET hasn't found anything that Comodo has missed, so it must be doing it's job.

Thanks again Nibs, for suggesting Comodo to me.

Cat