Author: Melih Abdulhayoglu

Comodo agrees to pay AV-Comparatives.org $50,000 for 3rd party auditors to validate AV-Comparatives.org tests. None of the AV-Comparatives.org tests are validated by a credible, independent 3rd party. It is in the end user interest to have the tests validated. There are many respectable independent and qualified organisations who can audit and validate AV-Comparatives testing methodologies and financial […]

Here is an excerpt from the agreement that AV-Comparatives gets AntiVirus companies to sign: Look at the wording where they force AntiVirus vendors to even deny  “The existence of this SOW”. So although this was a confidential agreement, AV-Comparatives was unethical enough to threaten Comodo by saying : “we may post our reply on Monday in […]

I never liked bullies, I never liked censorship, I never liked blackmail and I still don’t! Its 24th November early in the morning, its Thanksgiving day in the US and looking forward to celebrating it with my family and friends. I checked my emails and I see the below email that has been sent to […]

Last two weeks has been challenging to say the least. We faced a new threat vector. It was stressful, it was not pleasant but it was a learning experience for me, for my company and for the security industry in general. Everyone in Comodo got together and did an amazing job of supporting Comodo and its customers! Our […]

You will have heard of many attacks (TOR attack , RSA attack  , Tunisian government injecting into login pages) being reported in the media last few days. What is it? Its an attack on the “Authentication” layer of the Internet. Why is it being attacked? Internet has become a critical medium for information exchange. This information […]

Protection vs Cleaning….two very different things! Should we have both in a single product? Whats the point? If a product has failed in protecting you from the infection in the first place, how can you expect it to clean it? And if the product can protect you in the first place, why do you need the […]

Imagine this….. An evil person..planing on creating a virus to turn human race into zombies and enslave them…He is planning…He is executing…..The plan is coming to fruition…The virus created is starting to spread globally, there is no cure…! A man notices his wife acting strange…takes her to his local doctor…explains the problem…says he likes it […]

Why should we expect malware to disappear if there is no business model supporting that? You buy an amazingly cool camera for $349 …you take it home…all excited….open up the box…charge it…start using it…take few nice shots….wow…really cool camera ….look at the colours….very vivid….but wait…the button stopped working…oh noo…is it the battery? let me check….nope…it just […]

I challenged Symantec because of their scaremongering and misinformation about Free Anti Virus products. They said Free did not protect! Just as a refresher, here is some of what they said: in USA Today, (2010-09-22) “Freeware vendors have created a false perception that free, basic security is enough to protect you from today’s online threats,” says […]

The misinformation continues.. Here is what Symantec said in USA Today, (2010-09-22) (thats, today) “Freeware vendors have created a false perception that free, basic security is enough to protect you from today’s online threats,” says Janice Chaffin, president of Symantec’s consumer business unit. “The reality is, free is not enough. It’s like wearing a light […]