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Comodo Firewall Pro Version 3.0 Available

Architecture touts a proactive approach to threat detection and prevention

November 27, 2007
URL:http://drdobbs.com/security/comodo-firewall-pro-version-30-available/204204011

Internet security company Comodo has released Comodo Firewall Pro Version 3.0. Comodo Firewall Pro protects millions of computers worldwide and this new release advances computer security from being a defensive, reactive system to a preventative and proactive solution based on a new A-VSMART technology architecture. A-VSMART is short for "Anti; Virus, Spyware, Malware, Rootkit and Trojan." While still free, Comodo's next-generation firewall helps more effectively prevent virtually all types of threats from penetrating a computer and incorporates the latest security prevention technologies available.

Comodo Firewall Pro (V3.0) operates from a prevention rather than a detection perspective, and incorporates a sophisticated, layered threat-management approach. Unlike detection/signature-based firewalls and antivirus solutions that allow all applications to gain access to system resources and then try to detect previously identified viruses by their signatures, Comodo Firewall Pro takes the opposite approach. Comodo A-VSMART architecture allows only those applications known to be safe to gain access to computer resources, greatly reducing the probability of damage occurring.

A-VSMART proactively monitors internal system applications and processes while also actively monitoring all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic. Specifically, this architecture proactively protects against potential security breaches by enabling tighter control of internet traffic, controlling which applications are allowed to gain access to a computer's CPU; and limiting critical system access to allow only trusted system modifications.