I initially only installed “Comodo Firewall” but for some reason they also installed a “Comodo Dragon Browser”, which I did not consent to. I always choose the “advanced” installation to uncheck bloatware, but in this case there was none and when you try to uninstall the browser, they force you to participate in their survey otherwise you won’t be able to uninstall the software…

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    1 year ago

    I remember Comodo as an antivirus, back when those things were kinda needed on windows XP. Ever since 7, those types of software ended up more as bloat than actual security. They never blocked Baidu

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      1 year ago

      They never blocked Baidu

      Internet domains/IPs on home users PCs or in some other way

      @ICastFist@lemmy.world, EDIT: add clarification

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        1 year ago

        Malware that usually came bundled with something else you’d download, like FormatFactory or even an antivirus. It was notoriously difficult to uninstall, as it would silently reinstall itself on system restart, and keep most important files hidden somewhere in %appdata% folder. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a version of Comodo itself that bundled that piece of shit