Comodo AntiVirus

If you want adequate antivirus protection for your computer, you have to spend a large sum of money. In certain cases, you must renew your license on a yearly basis, which costs more money. If you don't want to entrust your computer's safety and health to a simplified version of an expensive program, you can turn to Comodo AntiVirus. Its airtight protection features will meet all your expectations and the best part is that you don't have to pay for the software.

Installing Comodo AntiVirus may take several minutes, depending on your initial settings. When you run the 124 MB setup file, you can choose to install additional tools, like Comodo GeekBuddy or the Comodo Dragon web browser. You can also enable a few extra security measures, such as cloud based behavior analysis or added Internet security, which involves replacing your DNS settings with Comodo's SecureDNS server settings.

The software looks and feels like other Comodo developed security applications. The user interface displays color coded notifications, for issues that require your attention or need to be fixed right away. You can find the means to scan your computer, send files to a quarantine and more, on the same window. If the software tells you that you need to scan your files, perform an update or activate a certain feature, you can execute the necessary tasks manually, without any kind of difficulties. Alternatively, you can just hit the "Fix it" option, to solve the issue right away.

Besides full or quick scanning processes, you can also perform custom scans, by targeting specific files or folders. A faster way to scan individual files is to drag and drop them over a certain area of the interface. You can perform a similar action with a program's executable, if you wish to run it in sandbox mode. Programs that run in sandbox mode are isolated from the system, to prevent potential infections.

Running Comodo AntiVirus and letting it work in the background, without making any configuration, is sufficient to protect your system. The core security features are activated by default. Due to its cloud based scanning capabilities, the program will detect and prevent infections, even if you don't update its virus definitions. Furthermore, the Default Deny Protection feature will block any threats, before they have any chance of affecting your computer. The software relies on a list of over two million trusted applications. If it detects an application that is not on that list, it will block it immediately.