January 23rd, 2012· NEW! Seamless Trustconnect integration: CIS now detects unsecured wireless connections and lets you use your trust connect account seamlessly
· NEW! Smart Scan: We have introduced one of the smartest quick scans in the world based on COMODO Autorun Analyzer Technology.
· IMPROVED! Malware deletion: Some files were not able to be deleted by CIS even after reboot
· IMPROVED! We have moved some of the settings in from More->Preferences to their releveant sections in Firewall Settings etc.
· IMPROVED! Dragon is included with CIS setup(Optional like GB)
· FIXED! CAV causes some applications e.g. Nero to load too late
October 21st, 2011· NEW! Simplified installation experience
· NEW! Seamless integration with COMODO ESM 2.0 Business Edition
· NEW! Enhanced protection mode: Defense+ is now stronger in 64 bit operating systems
· NEW! New options for popup alerts and antivirus alerts
· IMPROVED! Look and feel
· IMPROVED! Resource consumption and performance
· FIXED! Firewall does not work properly on Bluetooth PAN adapters
· FIXED! Antivirus crashes on files that reside on bad sectors
· FIXED! Various race conditions exploited by malware to evade Defense+
July 6th, 2011· IMPROVED! WEB installer now supports more reliable installation experience e.g. support for resuming broken downloads
· IMPROVED! Program updater now uses a new updating mechanism which reduces the update size significantly
· IMPROVED! Minor GUI fixes and corrections
· FIXED! Various incompatibilities between BO defense and various applications(e.g. games, windows applications etc.)
· FIXED! License manager does not work properly when system time is modified
· FIXED! Various crashes related to the antivirus engine
May 16th, 2011· IMPROVED! Installation experience on Windows 7 and later
· IMPROVED! Realtime performance impact to the daily PC operations should be lower in this version
· FIXED! HIPS doesn't block some actions that can be used by malware
· FIXED! HIPS doesn't block modifications to the protected files under certain conditions
· FIXED! Firewall sometimes blocks safe applications such as MSN messenger, Skype
· FIXED! Some installers crash when CIS is installed
· FIXED! Firewall does not detect MAC Spoofing although "Protect the ARP Cache" option is selected
· FIXED! Firewall causes high DPC latency under certain conditions
· FIXED! Antivirus crashes while scanning specially crafted .PST files
· FIXED! Antivirus crashes after or during virus database updates
May 5th, 2011· IMPROVED! Installation experience on Windows 7 and later
· IMPIOVED! Realtime performance impact to the daily PC operations should be lower in this version
· FIXED! HIPS doesn't block some actions that can be used by malware
· FIXED! HIPS doesn't block modifications to the protected files under certain conditions
· FIXED! Firewall sometimes blocks safe applications such as MSN messenger, Skype
· FIXED! Some installers crash when CIS is installed
· FIXED! Firewall does not detect MAC Spoofing although "Protect the ARP Cache" option is selected
· FIXED! Firewall cuases high DPC latency under certain conditions
· FIXED! Antivirus crashes while scanning specially crafted .PST files
· FIXED! Antivirus crashes after or during virus database updates
May 5th, 2011· IMPROVED! Default maximum file size to be scanned has been changed from 20 MB to 40 MB
May 5th, 2011· FIXED! CMC message is persistently shown although users close the dialog
December 30th, 2010· NEW! Full IPv6 Support in firewall
· NEW! Rootkit Scanner - Hidden registry keys, files and folders are detected
· NEW! 5 skins from COMODO, including a native windows skin
· IMPROVED! AV database updating - Virus DB size reduced significantly
· IMPROVED! AV engine - fixed some bugs and added new detection mechanisms
· IMPROVED! Cloud scanning is enabled by default in manual scanner now
· IMPROVED! Installer - It now enables/disables windows firewall/defender during the installation/uninstallation
· FIXED! CIS causes massive amount of entries in windows security audit logs
· FIXED! AV does not validate the revocation status of the certificates in signed binaries
· FIXED! BSOD in cmderd.sys
September 15th, 2010· THANKS! Comodo thanks its beta testers whose feedback made this release possible
· NEW! Spyware Scanner detects and cleans malware infections in PC registry and disks
· NEW! Cloud based Antivirus detects malicious file even if virus defintions not up-to-date
· NEW! Cloud based Behavior Analysis system can detect zero-day malware INSTANTLY
· NEW! Cloud based Whitelisting of trusted publisher easily identifies a safe file and vendor
· NEW! Game Mode to suppress alerts, updates and scans from interfering with gaming
· NEW! Heuristic detection identifies real file behind requests of “interpreter” applications
· NEW! Application Control for users to restrict execution to known good applications only
· IMPROVED! Windows Compatibility from new Sandbox default application isolation level
· IMPROVED! Application Compatibility with easily identified safe files and trusted vendors
· IMPROVED! User Interface with new status allows instant user action to reported events
September 10th, 2010· We have fixed an issue that prevents COMODO Dragon/Google Chrome to run properly in Sandbox fully virtualized as Partially Limited(Please note it wont work in sandbox in any other level)
September 3rd, 2010· IMPROVED! CIS status messages - CIS now reports if some of the subsystems are disabled or if its in game mode
· IMPROVED! CIS now scans running applications in the computer during the installation in the cloud before the reboot
· IMPROVED! More protected registry keys are added
· FIXED! CIS does not work properly with some windows 7 mobile broadband cards
· FIXED! CIS does not properly check unrecognized files/vendors in the cloud
· FIXED! CTM snapshotting does not work with CIS
· FIXED! Sandboxed applications are not shown properly in the active process list
· FIXED! Many crashes related to CIS UI
August 19th, 2010· FIXED! Antivirus scanning freezes in some computers during full scan
· FIXED! cmdagent.exe crashes in some systems
· FIXED! cmdagent.exe consumes too much CPU while application launching
· FIXED! Sandbox shows alerts for non-existing applications
· FIXED! D+ does not show execution alerts for commandline arguments
· FIXED! Some applications do NOT work even if they are added to Exclusions list of Shellcode Injections e.g. Daemon Tools or licensing software.
· FIXED! CIS consumes 100% CPU when the computer first starts and a new zone is detected
· FIXED! CIS Firewall alerts unnecessarily for manually sandboxed safe processes
· FIXED! IE8 can execute processes outside the sandbox when UAC is disabled
· FIXED! CIS causes Pinnacle Studio 14 to crash
· FIXED! CIS does not protect ProxyServer registry key
· FIXED! CIS crashes during drag&drop of firewall rules
· FIXED! CIS shows incorrect icons in firewall rules
August 17th, 2010· NEW! Heuristic command-line processing of certain applications: Non-PE executables e.g. Scripts,
· Java apps, MS installer files, are now handled by Defense+.
· NEW! Ability to add a file to trusted files from sandbox notification
· NEW! Ability to clear logs reintroduced
· FIXED! After initial install, windows hangs in welcome screen
· FIXED! Firewall does not filter windows broadband compatible modems
· FIXED! BSOD in windows 7 while uninstalling CIS
· FIXED! Sandbox alert shows XML code instead of proper dialog
· FIXED! AV crashes while doing spyware scanning
· FIXED! Isolated application does not appear in unrecongnized files list
· FIXED! cfp.exe crashes randomly
June 3rd, 2010· NEW! Sandbox button in elevated privilege alerts: Privilege elevation alerts now
· include a sandbox button to run installers in limited mode
· IMPROVED! Default security policy is modified so that outbound firewall connection
· alerts are shown for the unknown applications
· IMPROVED! Online Lookup: Defense+ now checks the applications online in real-time
· before automatically sandboxing them
· FIXED! The vulnerabilities related to certain hooks reported by
· Matousec.com(http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39924/
· FIXED! Incompatibility problems with many applications(e.g. HD Speed, Autocad etc)
· FIXED! Already submitted files can be submitted again under certain conditions
· FIXED! Defense+ does not show protected registry key modification alerts for sandbox
· applications in Windows XP 64
· FIXED! Windows System Restoration fails because of file sfi.dat
· FIXED! Cfp.exe freezes while showing real-time virus detection dialog
· FIXED! Antivirus crashes while scanning certain files
April 13th, 2010· NEW! Standalone installers in addition to the web based installer
· FIXED! ARP spoofing protection does not protect against certain attacks
· FIXED! Automatically sandboxed applications can modify existing protected files under certain conditions
· FIXED! Proxy authentication in updater settings does not work
· IMPROVED! CIS is now available in 16 languages
March 25th, 2010· FIXED! Defense+ registry protection misses some keys in Classes root hive
· FIXED! Cfp.exe crashes while showing realtime virus detection alerts under certain conditions
· FIXED! Cfp.exe sometimes shows wrong sandboxed process notifications
· FIXED! Sandboxed IE8 can not save bookmarks
· FIXED! Some virtualized programs do not read/write registry keys properly
· FIXED! Some sandboxed applications do not disappear in active process list
· FIXED! CIS4 does not handle RDP session switching properly
· FIXED! Firewall rules can not be deleted under certain conditions
March 4th, 2010NEW! Seamless livePCsupport Integration:
· This version has a built-in Live Support for getting instant help from the experts for any type of problems.
NEW! New User Interface Theme:
· A new user interface theme has been introduced with this version.
NEW! New Web Based Installer:
· Now, there is a single setup file which downloads and installs the required products according to operating system the computer has. The product installers are created with Microsoft Windows Installer for native installation/uninstallation support.
NEW! Integrated Sandbox:
· Proactive Defense i.e. Defense+ now includes a built-in sandbox which combines file system/registry virtualization and least-privileged user account principle in order to combat with unknown malware.
IMPROVED! Default Deny Protection:
· Defense+ now automatically sandboxes all unknown applications/executables until they are analyzed.
IMPROVED! Significantly fewer number of popup alerts:
· Defense+, with the help of new sandboxing technologies, has a more powerful default security policy while having significantly fewer number of alerts compared to previous versions.
· Also in this version, Defense+ and Firewall, by default, do not create automatic rules for already known safe applications.
IMPROVED! Popup alerts layout:
· The new popup alerts now include additional options which allow the users to take COMODO Time Machine snapshots or set Windows system restore points, submit suspicious files for immediate analysis.
IMPROVED! Antivirus Engine:
· Antivirus engine is improved for better detection and cleaning. The new engine now has disinfection support for the infected files.
· A new command line virus scanner (cavscan.exe) has been introduced in order to address the need for scanning the computers in windows safe mode or scanning files transferred from MSN etc.
February 2nd, 2010· FIXED! Defense+ File Protection can be bypassed under certain scenarios
· FIXED! Threatcast registration fails in some 64 bit operating systems
· FIXED! AV does not update the virus database properly under certain
· circumstances
January 7th, 2010· V581 fixes issue where users stuck on a base and were not able to update further. We resumed updates for few hours today and then paused. Hopefully from tomorrow we will be able to resume without pause.
November 25th, 2009· IMPROVED! AV engine now includes more advanced detection techniques
· IMPROVED! Windows XP 64 registry protection has been hardened
· FIXED! Defense+ does not handle object names properly while handling section names
· FIXED! Defense+ does not protect against registry key ACL modifications
· This release fixes a bug in build 572 that causes cmdagent.exe to crash under some circumstances.
· This release fixes another bug in build 573/572/560 that might cause BSOD in Windows 7 under certain circumstances
November 21st, 2009· IMPROVED! AV engine now includes more advanced detection techniques
· IMPROVED! Windows XP 64 registry protection has been hardened
· FIXED! Defense+ does not handle object names properly
· FIXED! Defense+ does not protect against registry key ACL modifications
November 17th, 2009· FIXED! Removed some of the reasons that make AV to report false positives
· FIXED! Addressed some bugs that cause intermittent crashes of the GUI and the helper service
· FIXED! CIS causes high DPC latency after prolonged time of heavy network traffic
October 12th, 2009· FIXED! Removed some of the reasons that make AV to report false positives
· FIXED! Addressed some bugs that cause intermittent crashes of the GUI and the helper service
· FIXED! CIS causes high DPC latency after prolonged time of network heavy traffic
October 12th, 2009· IMPROVED! Memory scanner now includes more advanced techniques to detect viruses in memory
· FIXED! AV consumes huge memory while scanning some compressed files
· FIXED! AV reports incorrect archive names under some circumstances
· FIXED! AV causes freezes in 64 bit operating systems under certain circumstances
· FIXED! AV crashes while scanning certain packed files
· FIXED! Sometimes windows updates can not be installed while CIS is installed
October 12th, 2009· NEW! COMODO Secure DNS is introduced as a new free service
· NEW! COMODO HopSurf Toolbar - COMODO SafeSurf Toolbar has been discontinued and superseded by COMODO HopSurf Toolbar
· NEW! CIS now allows the users to change the URL for the program and virus updates
· IMPROVED! CIS now has a better support for Windows Security Center integration in Windows Vista SP1 and later
· IMPROVED! AV engine now supports more archives and has better detection capabilities
· IMPROVED! Direct disk access false alerts have been reduced
· FIXED! Some applications do not run when CIS is installed in Vista 64 bit
· FIXED! Antivirus scans excluded folders
· FIXED! Firewall does not show some connections under high load
· FIXED! Firewall sometimes causes the PC to freeze in windows XP 32
· FIXED! cfp.exe crashes when HIPS alerts timeout
October 12th, 2009· NEW! Multilingual Support: CIS now supports other languages
· NEW! Stateful File Inspection for Realtime Virus Scanner
· NEW! Integrated In Memory Virus Scanner(i.e. Integrated BOClean)
· NEW! LivePCSupport is provided as a 30 Day Trial
· IMPROVED! Default popup layout changed to the basic layout in order to encourage the use of it
· IMPROVED! Stronger Defense+ protection: New types of defenses are added e.g. Clipboard logging, Keyboard input blocking etc.
· IMPROVED! Keyboard and Screen access alerts are improved and number of false positives are reduced
· IMPROVED! Stronger Defense+ protection while the Windows is Booting/Shutting down
· IMPROVED! Stronger Default Firewall policy in order to better hide from attackers(Thanks to feedback from our forum moderator Ronny)
· IMPROVED! Configuration Management window is changed
· IMPROVED! Submission functionality for the Quarantined items added
· FIXED! Avntivirus heuristics does not detect some files properly
· FIXED! Defense+ BO protection incompatible with Spy Swepper virus scanner.
· FIXED! CIS does not validate digital certificates properly
· FIXED! CIS blocks some application from being executed
· FIXED! BSOD while CIS is being uninstalled
· FIXED! CIS does not detect some types of shellcodes upon a BO attack
· FIXED! CIS erroneously reports buffer overflow attacks for some applications under certain circumstances
· FIXED! CIS does not scan spcially created RAR files properly (http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34737, first reported by Thierry Zoller)
· FIXED! CIS creates duplicate file name entries for some protected file access alerts
· FIXED! Right click scanner reports "Antivirus Engine is not initialized"
· FIXED! Threatcast registration does not work properly(This bug caused some users unable to see TC statistics)
· FIXED! CIS occasionally crashes while submitting the files
· FIXED! CIS firewall drivers sometimes cannot be restored by the diagnostics utility
· FIXED! CIS did not scan NTFS streams during manual scanning
· FIXED! Windows Logon Screen is shown when CIS is installed under certain circumstances(Windows created a password bug)
October 12th, 2009· FIXED! Applications do not run when CIS is installed in Vista 64
· FIXED! BSOD in Windows XP 64 when NWLink protocol is installed
· FIXED! Defense+ conflicts with certain security applications
· FIXED! Firewall does not filter traffic on some dialup/adsl adapters
· FIXED! AV crashes while scanning certain files
· FIXED! AV Exclusions do not work
October 12th, 2009· FIXED! AV engine crashes while scanning some files
· FIXED! Firewall blocks all the traffic in some vista PCs when checksum verification is enabled
· FIXED! Some applications consume 100% CPU while CIS is installed
October 12th, 2009· NEW! COMODO Threatcast - COMODO's community based alerts statistics
· NEW! Native Vista Firewall - Improved Firewall with Windows Vista enhancements
· NEW! Native Vista HIPS - Improved HIPS compatible with Windows Vista enhancements
· NEW! Buffer Overflow Prevention - Defense+ can now detect and prevent one of the most common attacks used by attackers: shellcode injection
· NEW! Antivirus Heuristics: The Antivirus engine now includes heuristics scanning capabilities
· NEW! Proxy server settings for AV and program updates
· IMPROVED! Trusted software vendor list is expanded, capable of detecting thousands of applications generically without any signatures
· IMPROVED! Revised AV engine - AV engine scanning and updating speed increased significantly
· IMPROVED! File submission engine has been redesigned
January 23rd, 2009· Fixed - System reboot takes too much time when CIS is installed
· Fixed - AV Heuristics produces false reports for certain files
· Fixed - Diagnostics utility produces wrong reports
· Fixed - Password protection does not work properly
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