What's the Best Anti-Malware?

Maxxwire said:

ICit2lol said:

- in all frankness is there a suite that is totally safe??

The key to being totally safe is in totally effective computer Virtualization. My nephew is currently serving in the US Military and was attached to a communications outfit in Iraq for 3 consecutive tours and when we were discussing computer security he told me that they operate their computers exclusively under Oracle software Virtualization with not so much as one mention of any civilian internet security program of course in his line of work they are doing more than just trying to avoid malicious code there are lives at stake.

~Maxx~
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Im not trying to start something, but our military complex, D.O.D. contractors get hacked more than you will want to hear about.

Maxxwire said:

I be he said:

I would advise re-formatting your O.S. before trying Comodo, this is highly recommended to get the best results, and to make sure the hipps wont see any malware and think its part of your system.

Where did you get this notion from? I've been using scores of different versions of Comodo over the last 2 years and not have I ever had Defense+ mistake a system program for malware. I've also been frequenting the Comodo forum during that time and I have ever on any occasion heard the recommendation to reformat before installing Comodo, that's just a nonsensical suggestion.

~Maxx~

Didnt sound nonsensical to me, but you may be right. Dont remember where the suggestion came from, its been awhile since i read it.

Do you think its possible for Comodo D+ to be downloaded onto an infected
computer and viewing the malware as part of the system? or is that most likely only going to happen with a behavior blocker?

If, and only if, the user answers the pop-ups correctly, especially when the inevitable life changing pop-up rares its ugly head. Answer it correctly, advance to Go and collect $200, answer it wrong, and go directly to jail.

Maxxwire said:

I be he- I think that you are somewhat confused about what the Comodo Defense+ Host Intrusion Prevention System actually does. HIPS is not a simple blacklist Antivirus that has a long list of known Malware that it uses to recognize Malware. In order to use HIPS software successfully the operator must have a basic knowledge of the computer's software because HIPS does not differentiate between system programs and suspect Malware it simply allerts the operator that a software which is not already on the approved run list is trying to gain an elevated privilege.

So in answer to your question HIPS is not an Antivirus therefore it does not know Malware from system software its only job is to notify the operator if unapproved software is trying to run on the computer so if Defense+ HIPS was downloaded to an infected computer without having been set up to recognize which programs were part of the system then it would give an alert for each and every program on the computer that tried to run whether it was Malware or not.

The proper way to run HIPS software is to first sanitize the computer of Malware
or better yet re-image the windows partition with a known clean copy of Windows or System Image and then run all of the programs that are used on the computer while Comodo Defense+ HIPS is in Training Mode and then when returned to Safe Mode Defense+ HIPS will provide a level of protection far more effective than UAC.

~Maxx~

This is what i was trying to say a couple of posts ago. Im not sure where the misunderstanding is, but thank you for takeing the time and responding.