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Many moons ago installed comodo antivir on a win2k machine, about 1 month later uninstalled it (slowing too much). But it never really properly uninstalled, left crap everywhere (files, temp folder logs, registry, seven system folders that time). Couldn't even re-install it to re-try the official uninstaller, ever - uninstall helper utilities couldn't suck it out either.
Never trusted the dodo again.
This week (Wed), W7 box, client request 'take a look at comodo backup', OK, their choice (their box)
late afternoon, install - ok,
hey, it's almost 4:30pm, well past time to go home (reboot to be sure install complete ...)
next day (teamv) try it out, schedules etc, seemed - ok, but missing features wanted,
uninstall, binge watch some shows, quick teamv connect to check no errors, reboot, go to bed
Sat, bored, start download of another backup software, doing a little file housekeeping,
helloo, comodo log file in temp: kill ... "file in use," ... What!!
task manager - yup, comodo services running,
kill, kill, take ownership of Program Files directory (coz the scrambled the perms), delete,
registry - also full of comodo crap, virtual disk, file formats, services (again scrambled perms), delete
And now I know why so many people "like" comdodo's crap ware...
... it's because they don't have the skill set to remove it, and so being stuck in place they just pretend it's fine.
It's like removing blood from carpet. (Remember: lay plastic before taking the shot).
What a huge POS; never again! Even if asked by nice people giving me money I'll say no (in official speak "out of scope.").
Sin tack ear lol
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Did you try bleepingcomputer[^]?
This from the above link:
Quote: Start in Safe Mode
Rename the following files to something else. (eg change ext to .x)
system32\drivers\cmderd.sys
system32\drivers\cmdguard.sys
system32\drivers\cmdhlp.sys
system32\drivers\cmdide.sys
rename the following folder
c:\program files\comodo
restart in normal mode
Rename the files and folder to their original name
system32\drivers\cmderd.sys
system32\drivers\cmdguard.sys
system32\drivers\cmdhlp.sys
system32\drivers\cmdide.sys
rename the following folder
c:\program files\comodo
Run Uninstall all Comodo entries from Control panel Viola!
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Achieved same result (kill services rather then reboot twice - hammers vs screwdrivers),
Point was why the dodo uninstallers do such a piss poor job?
Yeah I know many uninstallers leave little bits of fluff here and there,
but dodo leaves huge steaming piles of ...
Sin tack ear lol
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I got rid of them very soon after they decided to install their "ultra-safe" browser on my machines without so much as a "by your leave" or "kiss my @rse".
Mind, I'll grant that it was ultra safe -- the few times I tried to start it (each time on a different machine), it froze immediately, then crashed. No way could any malicious web-page infect my boxes then, eh?
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Who is the member rse of whom you speak?
Cheers,
Peter
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He's still not very active.
I would have expected at least a little activity every day.
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I wouldn't cross the road to p**s on a McDonalds!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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And I wouldn't walk with you when you aren't crossing the road 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Every country has its challenges and d!$&heads. But, yep, can't compete with Trump in that stakes...
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I guess it's better than moving to another country to eat... umm, garbage. Sorry, there wasn't a way to put it nicely. 
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Fresh pasta, pesto, lasagna, cacciatore, pizza come vuoi, salsicci veri, diavolati, verdure fresche da moririe. ecc, ecc, ecc.
And you'd go for macdonalds!
What a world!
I want to go somewhere else, too.
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Pappardelle al cinghiale.
Worth a trip on its own.
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And costs about the same as a Big Cr@p Mac meal.
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Not the ones I've had.
Still worth the difference though.
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Well, I have had those things in Italy before. I have never had a Nutella burger.
Anyway, it was just a joke - trying to lighten my own dark mood after the horrifying election result.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: Well, I have had those things in Italy before. I have never had a Nutella burger.
Damn it!
I hate it when people use logic I can't argue with!
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So my computer crashed yesterday after a windows update installation. Now I blue screen at startup, right after the Windows logo is displayed (windows 7 here).
I could twice enter safe mode by hitting f8 at startup, but now the startup menu only displays two options : launch recovery (which fails, I have no recovery point) and start windows normally, which blue screens ? Do you know how to bring back the advanced startup menu with all options, including safe mode ? Please let someone tell me he knows...
I have been looking and googling and trying for more than 2 hours now...
Thanks,
RaGE
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Boot from your Windows 7 DVD/USB and select Repair Installation (or something along those lines).
Haven't had to do this for a few years with Windows 7 and am down the Barbers so can't text for you. But am sure Safe Mode or equivalent is available.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Still running WU in win 7?
You realize they are not adding anything new, barely fixing anything unless really broken (nothing significant in the last year plus), but reports say they are adding tracking (a la win 10 we own you), and rumored as possibly screwing up a few other things that could make life a little harder down the road.
Really, if you're on Win 7 and have important stuff on your machine and no intention to upgrade anytime soon, updates should be off ("inform but don't download" at the very most - but even that's a joke because they're saying less and less about what the updates are each itteration.)
As-is, Win-7 is super stable and secure (still far more s & s than win 10), unless a killer hole is found even installing benign updates is actually a far greater risk than not updating.
Sin tack ear lol
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Lopatir wrote: updates should be off
Thanks, that's good to know. Don't some countries have laws against that kind of intrusion?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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There certainly should be laws against automatic, enforced updates.
If the US is happy with one of their companies doing it to their people, fair enough, but the rest of the world should be kicking microsoft's @rse.
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I wonder if that's not going to happen sooner or later. I'm sure we do have laws against installing software for more or less shady purposes without the computer owner's permission. Personally I don't care from whom the spyware and malware comes. I also don't care about their intentions or wether or not it's bad. My computer is part of my home or my business. Nobody just walks in uninvited, feels right at home and starts telling me how we are going to do things.
If they at least came personally, I could handle this Texas style.
"Hello! We are from Mickeysoft and have come to take care of your computer!"
"Oh! Do you happen to know what 7.62×51[^] is?"
"389.13?"
"Wrong answer!"
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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