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Android Comodo Mobile Security and Antivirus app available

As most of the Android faithful would admit, the Android platform is susceptible to malware and viruses and there are several antivirus, anti-malware and other anti bad gear apps available on the Android Market, but now you can download the Comodo Mobile Security Free AV app to protect your Android device from all that nastiness.

According to the guys over at Android Police, the Comodo Mobile Security Free AV app for android first and foremost as one would expect the Comodo Android app is an antivirus/anti-malware; however the application does offer a subset of useful tools.

This subset of tools included privacy protection that enables the user to keep certain information like SMS and a specific contacts list confidential, a process/task manager, and an SMS/call blocking tool, which can be used to filter out unwanted texts and calls by way of a simple black and white list.

With the Comodo Mobile Security Free AV app virus protection is ‘always on’ and there is also an ‘on demand’ scanner so you can scan and keep your smartphone or tablet free from unsafe applications and viruses.

On a personal note I use Comodo Internet Security on my PC and have no problem with it, so perhaps the Comodo Mobile Security Free AV app offers the same for your mobile device. So if you wish to take advantage of Comodo for Android you can download the app for free from the Android Market.

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Comodo Antivirus 2012

Going online without an antivirus utility to guard your back is just foolish. Even the safest, biggest site can be hacked so that just visiting it earns you an unwanted malware attack. Cost is no excuse, not when there are free choices like Comodo Antivirus 2012. But be warned: Comodo’s behavior-based Defense+ module will enlist you as an essential member of the malware-fighting team.

Installation
Comodo Antivirus installed without difficulty on all but one of my 12 malware-infested test systems. The installation process felt rather long, with a required reboot followed by a lengthy antivirus signature update. Immediately on finishing the update, Comodo launched a full scan. That makes sense—the first thing most users want to do is make sure there are no lurking threats.

On the one problem system, Comodo’s installation failed with an error message every time due to interference by malware. Installing in Safe Mode didn’t work, so I cleaned up the system using Comodo Cleaning Essentials (free, 4.5 stars). After that, the antivirus installed without trouble.

Average Cleanup

At the end of each malware cleanup session, Comodo reported that it had found malware and offered to have a GeekBuddy expert handle the cleanup process. I found this a little misleading, since GeekBuddy service is not free. In each case, I clicked away the offer.

Comodo lists all the malware threats it found, along with the associated file and Registry traces. It assigns each found item a risk level, but marks threats of all levels for removal. In a few cases, it needed a reboot to complete the cleanup.

Comodo detected 85 percent of the threats, just a hair below average. Poor removal of the traces it did find earned it a mediocre malware removal score, 5.4 of 10 possible points. It left behind executable traces for close to half the detected threats, and for nearly half of those at least one process was still running after supposed removal. Comodo left behind all the non-executable traces for many of the rest. AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 (free, 4 stars), our Editors’ Choice for free antivirus, scored 6.5 in this test.

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How to: Install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011

I missed this back in October, but the Tinkertry site has an excellent walkthrough on installing Microsoft’s free Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011. As you’ll know, Microsoft currently blocks the installation of their Security Essentials application on WHS, so Forefront Client Security is the next best thing.

You’ll need an MSDN or Technet subscription to get hold of the software, but from there, you can follow the instructions and you’re good to go.

Microsoft Forefront Client Security runs on Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, and Windows Home Server v1, no MOM required!

If you already have a Microsoft MSDN or TechNet (paid) subscription, you can try Microsoft Forefront Client Security on your Windows Home Server, and it seems to work well. What’s the catch? There are several, but none are really show-stoppers:

1) as always, you are responsible for following the EULA in your Microsoft TechNet or MSDN subscription.

2) Microsoft does not list these Home Server variants in the Client Computer section of Microsoft Forefront Client Security.
Microsoft doesn’t list Home Servers among the supported OSs here, so it seems likely that you are totally unsupported.

3) Microsoft does not list these Home Server variants in the Client Computer section of Microsoft Forefront Client Security 2010.

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Raz-Lee Gives Away IBM i Antivirus Software

You can’t beat free. Earlier this month, Raz-Lee Security announced that it’s giving away copies of its IBM i antivirus software, which is based on the open source ClamAV engine. The free version doesn’t include some of the more advanced features that are available in the enterprise version of the software, but it will help IBM i shops detect and eliminate Windows malware that can infect and be distributed via the Integrated File System (IFS).

The IBM i OS is rightfully hailed as one of the most secure, commercially available operating systems ever created. Properly configured, the OS will thwart most hackers’ attempts to gain unauthorized access, while its object-based security system practically eliminates the possibility of unauthorized malware executing programs without the owner’s consent.

But there is one major catch to IBM i security when it comes to viruses. While there has never been a documented case of an IBM i (or OS/400 or i5/OS) virus infecting a system, the IBM i platform is susceptible to Windows viruses. When a file infected with a Windows virus (or other type of malware) is stored in the IFS, that virus or malware can easily spread to other Windows PCs connected to the IFS. A malware-infected PC with a high level of IBM i authorization also poses a risk to the IBM i server itself, and could conceivably lead to deleted data, crashed applications, and failed IBM i services. This phenomenon has been well documented over the last decade, and should not come as a surprise to any IBM i administrator worth his salt.

Raz-Lee addressed this architectural vulnerability in IBM i in 2005, when it launched iSecurity Anti-Virus version 1. The Raz-Lee software uses the ClamAV engine and virus signatures to scan for viruses as files sit on the IFS, as emails are sent from the IBM i server, and anytime a file is being written to memory. The software features scheduling capabilities, and GUI and green-screen interfaces.

This month, Raz-Lee announced that it’s making a version of its iSecurity AV software free. Users can download the latest release of the software (iSecurity AV version 6.3, which is based on ClamAV 0.97.3 and released October) and get a permanent authorization code that unlocks the software. That’s right: it’s not only free, but free forever.

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