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Comodo Antivirus vs. Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Comodo Antivirus

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AComodo Antivirus is available in a free edition, or paid editions with more advanced features.N/A

    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AForefront is Microsoft's antivirus offering.N/A
    Pricing
    Comodo AntivirusMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Comodo AntivirusMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Comodo
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
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    Best Alternatives
    Comodo AntivirusMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
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    Norton 360
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Malwarebytes
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Malwarebytes
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AVG AntiVirus Business Edition
    Score8 out of 10
    AVG AntiVirus Business Edition
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Comodo AntivirusMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Comodo AntivirusMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Comodo
    Comodo [Antivirus] is able to use advanced technology against any kind of virus and malware which is very effective and authentic. It scans smoothly and is able to detect any kind of major or minor malware which is awesome. We highly recommend this tool for malware protection for almost all companies irrespective of their size and number of departments as it is ideal for all.
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    In large deployments, I have found Microsoft Forefront to be very effective at combating the majority of threats faced by our users. It provides the base platform for catching threats that would otherwise threaten our users and their data. If you have an environment that is under constant malware threat, then a secondary program may be needed as required.
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    Pros
    Comodo
    • It keeps on checking our important files.
    • It is effective against malware.
    • It keeps a record of the viruses that tried to invade and prevents them from further future invasion.
    • Its working speed is amazing.
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    • SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end.
    • Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting.
    • Setup and configuration is very easy.
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    Cons
    Comodo
    • [I feel] its customer service is not good.
    • [I feel] its installation is a very long and slow process.
    • [I feel] its interface is a little bit annoying
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    • Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally.
    • On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine.
    • The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Comodo
    We just renewed for our second year without even shopping around. We are very happy with it.
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    Support Rating
    Comodo
    I have interacted with them several times, and I'm not giving them a 10 because they never blew my mind how good they were, but they certainly met my high expectations and helped us resolve all issues we had. We paid for support to help us set it up, and I think that was a good choice. There's a very steep learning curve at first with the initial configuration. We feel confident in being able to change everything now that we have been using it, but initially it was all a very new thing to us since we never had used a centrally managed Antivirus and Firewall program before.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Comodo
    AVG antivirus was a bit expensive tool offering the same features as that in Comodo but unfortunately, the working speed of AVG Business edition was not as fast as of Comodo and the way Comodo is efficient against Malware is unmatchable and it automatically removes the threats so we don't have to put any effort into this.
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    Discontinued Products
    The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is: One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use. Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the others. Three: It is tied right into the Microsoft updating system, which provides central updating capabilities of av/mal/windows updates.
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    Return on Investment
    Comodo
    • An efficient way for the removal of malware completely with protection.
    • We are satisfied with the data protection it offers.
    • The ability to detect malware and remove it, is amazing.
    • It has proven itself as the best of all protection tools.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Less turnaround on virus based issues.
    • Helps reduce malware issues over time.
    • Can breed overconfidence in the system, so people don't always try a second tool.
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