What's new in Comodo Internet Security Pro 12.0.0.6810
Mar 26, 2019
- New for CIS 2019:
- Full Microsoft Redstone 5 Support.
- Long path and case sensitive filenames support.
- ELAM protection.
- Extended Containment Rule "Created By" criteria with "Rating" attribute.
- Extended sanbox rules with a vendor as a criteria.
- Extended Vendor List with User rating.
- "Heuristic Command-Line Analysis" and "Embedded Code Detection" for scanning and monitoring of auto-run entries.
- Powershell_ise analysis support.
- Option to automatically scan plugged-in devices.
- Simplified installation.
- First network zone detection is performed in background.
- Widget is hidden by default but can be changed with an install setting available through the Options button.
- Updated AV engine.
- Overall performance and stability improvements.
- WDSC integration performance and stability improvements.
- Fixes:
- Fixed extended OS boot time in some cases.
- Fixed defect where full scan fails in some rare cases.
- Unrecognized file does not launch in Sandbox second time after first viruscope detection.
- Defect where 'Cmdagent.exe' consumes 40-50 % CPU constantly in some cases.
- Rules for Website Filtering can't be added if all rules was deleted.
- Uninstall of CIS Premium is periodically failed.
- cmdagent.exe unexpectedly terminates in some rare cases.
- Defect where cmdagent.exe unexpectedly terminates after install CIS with Secure Shopping on XP.
- Sandboxed .bat scripts are displayed as cmd in active processes list.
- Containment resetting process takes a long time in some cases.
- Not able to play videos in Facebook inside sandboxed Opera.
- BSOD when playing Freeridesgames games
- This release has be rolled out for new users. We shall be rolling out updates for existing users over the next few weeks.
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 8.2.0.4591 (Mar 8, 2019)
- New:
- Installation-end Welcome Page
- After CIS installations you will be directed to a landing page where you will find the details of the product and the benefits of the features.
- Improved:
- Live Support
- In case you need you will be able to open Geekbuddy chat window directly on malware found notification window.
- Fixed:
- We have addressed many issues reported by our users in this release. Here are a selected few:
- CIS Firewall doesn't recognize safe applications with short-format path (e.g. progra~1)
- Diagnostics failed after update windows from Win 8.1 to Win 10
- Chromodo UAC and update offer appear during CIS installation
- Malicious and unrecognized file does not run in Sandbox from VTRoot folder
- Sandbox does not block malicious launched from 'Quarantine'
- CIS/CES COM components keys should be removed from registry after installation
- Incorrect displaying name in 'FW Application Rules' after removing application via "IOBit Uninstaller"
- ASE is freezes after launch 'Purge' with empty rule
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 8.2.0.4508 (Mar 8, 2019)
- New:
- New File Rating list
- Possibility to define custom file rating in parallel with Comodo rating
- File Details dialog with Comodo information
- New File Group:
- Management and Productivity Applications
- Sandbox:
- File Age filter in Auto-Sandbox rules
- "Ignore any Metro app" rule in Auto-Sandbox
- Option to switch off “Created By” and “Origin” sources tracking (ADS creation omitted)
- New Alert Sound:
- New Audio for alerts
- Managing Viruscope state from main UI and Widget
- Active Processes List task in Tasks pane
- Upgrade:
- New upgrade button option on UI
- Multi-Language support:
- Vietnamese language support
- Romanian language support
- Supported OS:
- Windows10 Tech Preview Support
- Improved:
- Antivirus Engine
- RAR 5 archives support
- Unicode support to RAR5 module added.
- Make CIS AV update process lighter on system resources & optimization merging of AV-bases
- Support new 7-zip version
- Fixed:
- We have addressed many issues reported by our users in this release. Here are a selected few:
- Wrong AV alert appears for sandboxed malware on Modern Theme
- During first update of AV database in Quick Scan, 'COMODO Internet Security has stopped working' message appears.
- File is launched out of Sandbox after copy from 'temp' folder to the Desktop
- LNK-file can execute any program with trusted installer's privileges
- Interpreters are not recognized by path
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 8.1.0.4426 (Mar 8, 2019)
- New:
- Chromodo Browser
- Replacement of Comodo Dragon with Chromodo browser
- Improved:
- Sandbox:
- Addition of PDF readers to Sandbox rules via File Group
- Default Settings:
- Detect Potentially Unwanted Applications is enabled on default settings
- Fixed:
- Several critical bugs fixes. Here are a selected few:
- CMC server issues
- Sandbox cannot detect files from restrcited sites
- Some https links via chromium are blocked even they are not in block rule
- Enabling Enhanced Protection Mode resets Microsoft Office to Classic theme
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 8.0.0.4344 (Mar 8, 2019)
- New:
- New file group "File Archivers"
- Accessible in ASE -> File Rating -> File Groups
- Updated Auto-Sandbox rule to sandbox
- "Run Virtual" files extracted from archives downloaded from Internet
- Fixed:
- Several critical bugs fixes. Here are a selected few:
- New Dragon 36.1.1.21 crashes if CIS installed
- Accidental crash of cmdAgent service
- Trusted executable file can be replaced with Unknown executable file
- VT_ROOT is not deleted during Sandbox Reset after launch some malware
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 8.0.0.4337 (Mar 8, 2019)
- New:
- Policy based automatic-sandboxing:
- Ability to create automatic sandboxing rule based on various parameters such as file reputation, file origin, file source etc.
- New default auto-sandboxing policy which is fine-tuned to isolate risky unknown applications
- Hardware virtualization support:
- When Intel VT-x or AMD SVM Virtualization extensions are available, Enhanced Protection Mode makes use of these technologies and CIS operates at hypervisor level
- Extended Logging
- CIS can now send security and configuration events to Windows Event Logs
- New UI theme
- "Flat Tile" theme with updated icons and colors for better look and feel
- Viruscope Recognizer grid in ASE
- List of registered recognizers
- Possibility to manage each recognizer state, turn it ON and OFF
- Improved:
- Viruscope
- Viruscope is now enabled by default, monitors more activities and works on sandboxed applications as well as not sandboxed ones.
- Viruscope performance is improved
- User Interface
- The advanced settings window has been redesigned to provide a better layout
- Fixed:
- We have addressed many issues reported by our users in this release. Here are a selected few:
- Enabling Viruscope causes file sharing violations
- Killing certain malware can cause BSOD
- Certain keyloggers can sniff keyboard while sandboxed as partially limited
- Office 2013 documents downloaded from the Internet sometimes cannot be opened inside sandbox
- Microsoft Outlook cannot receive email inside sandbox
- Multiple issues exploited by malware to bypass certain protections
- Firewall blocks fragmented UDP traffic even if this option is disabled
- Incompatibility between Cisco Anyconnect Mobile VPN and COMODO Firewall
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 5.5.195786.1383 (Jul 6, 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
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 5.4.189822.1355 (May 30, 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
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 5.3.181415.1237 (May 30, 2011)
- IMPROVED! Default maximum file size to be scanned has been changed from 20 MB to 40 MB
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 5.3.176757.1236 (May 30, 2011)
- FIXED! CMC message is persistently shown although users close the dialog
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 5.3.175888.1227 (May 30, 2011)
- 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 unnecessary DNS queries and update checks
- FIXED! AV does not properly validate the revocation status of the SOME certificates
- FIXED! AV scanning freezes if rootkit scanning is enabled
- FIXED! FW shows too many listening connections
- FIXED! AV scanning crashes on some compressed files
- 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
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 5.3.174622.1216 (May 30, 2011)
- 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
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 4.1.150349.920 (May 30, 2011)
- 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! 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
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 4.0.141842.828 (May 30, 2011)
- 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
New in Comodo Internet Security Pro 4.0.138377.779 (May 30, 2011)
- 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