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Hi,
more than 6 months we haven't links to reported "red" sites like:
dailymp3software.com or fwnetwork.com.
Review or links again.
Thank you,
Peter
Submitted by freewarebox at 2007-04-16 16:58:48
User Reviews (3)
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Posted at 03/25/2007-06:43:33 AM by jjacko2007, Reviewer , View
profile [ Reputation score: 1 / 9 ]

Rating: Adware, spyware, or viruses

I'm not about to endorse ANYTHING provided by this company. Talk about
detrimental to the fight against net nuetrality! Let me explain why.
Progs like the comodo verification engine as first seem like a great
idea, made to ensure the validity of things like the verisign seals
you see on a lot of ecommerce websites. IT'S BUNK! Quote taken
directly from the faq on how it works :
"Today, larger sites and most banks are registered with us. Smaller
sites that don't display the green border could be legitimate - but be
sure to check out their other trust credentials like being hacker
proof. Then decide for yourself whether to
purchase from that merchant."
http://www.vengine.com/ products/vengine/faq.html
I can tell you how this service is going to be used to pressure
smaller companies, retailers and website owners who ARE completely
legit into paying the costs of being added to the comodo database, as
well as possibly being protected under their "hacker proof" protection
services (yeah, go ahead and call it extortion if ya want that's what
it is). When comodo gets a request from verificationengine users by
dropping an email care of newVEsite@comodo.com, comodo will turn right
around and take the businesses' name and domain and attack them by
approaching them with all kinds of pressure full of figures and
persuasions like the number of people that are either afraid to or
refuse to buy from them because they don't have a silly little green
glow around their seal when a comodo user does a mouseover on it. So
the little guys will be pressured into paying anywhere from 30 bucks a
month or more for services that really don't do squat for them. IT
DOESN"T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS. WE HAVE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO SPREAD
THE WORD ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS AND HELP PEOPLE TO LEARN THAT COMMON
SENSE CAN PREVAIL OVER FEAR AND PARANOIA. Because if we don't they're
gonna take this net nuetrality thing and companies like
Comodo IP Ltd
7 Campus Rd
Bradford, Yorkshire BD7 1HR,
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1274730505, Fax: +44 1274730909
domain-admin@comodogroup.com
who use people that don't know any better to drive the little guys out
of business, and before you know it the internet is gonna be nothing
more than a great big walmart. This thing sounds like it works similar
to web beacons coooperating with third party cookies (I don't know
about you but I don't like the idea of it making modifications to the
way my browser runs - with a little green border around it sounds like
a kiosk) on the user/client end - something I abhor and do not allow
(because that's how some companies like webloyalty.com and
reservationrewards.com are stealing cc info and using it across
multiple domains).
No way no how. I do not trust this company (notice it's British owned
too - yes, I know ewido is british owned but they're a good company
not like these dirtbags) AT ALL. I hope you all understand the gravity
of this and what it can and probably will mean if we do nothing.

Their DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY found at

http://www.venginecom/ corporate/contact.html

releases them from any liability in the event of user displeasure:

"The program is provided to you "as is" by Comodo and any use by you
of the program is at your own risk. Comodo does not wa rant that the
program will operate substantially in accordance with the
documentation accompanying the program. To the maximum extent
permitted by law, Comodo disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether
expressed or implied, in equity or at law, including, without
limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Comodo does not warrant that the functions contained in the program
will meet any Service offering extended to Include On-Demand
requIrements or needs you may have or that the program wIII operate
error free or In an uninterrupted fashion, or that any efects or
errors in the program will be corrected, or that the program is
compatible with any particular platform. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the waiver or exclusion of implied
warranties so they may not apply to you."

EVERYONE please see this for what it REALLY IS. A BIG LOAD, someones
idea on how to use ignorant computer users/consumers to extort (not
just)small websites and web companies. I'll be listening and looking
for ideas on how to send a message to comodo group in a big way that
their scheme has been exposed. Will probably begin by listing them in
other consumer watch places.

www.freewarebox.com/ free_900_verification-engine-download

Posted at 06/11/2006-01:38:06 AM by ghekko, Reviewer , View profile
[ Reputation score: 0 / 9 ]

Rating: Adware, spyware, or viruses

Wants to install some type of free revenue software prior to
installation of downloaded software

Posted at 02/17/2006-03:17:11 PM by Anonymous Preview User, Reviewer ,
View profile [ Reputation score: -2 / 9 ]

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