COMODO Antivirus

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Product

Free antivirus software for Windows PCs from Comodo, using signature scanning, heuristics and sandboxing to protect against viruses, spyware and other malware. Mac users should install an antivirus software that can keep them protected even if there is a vulnerability in their Mac’s built-in security software. Comodo Antivirus also uses heuristic detection and containment to ensure that even unknown malware cannot compromise our users’ computers. Comodo Antivirus’s containment technology keeps your laptop protected from all types of attacks by automatically isolating all unknown files in a secure virtual environment, where it cannot hard your computer. COMODO Antivirus covers Linux, macOS and Windows.

Current Version: 12.2.2.8012
Product Page: antivirus.comodo.com
Market: Consumer
Licence: Free tier available
Price: Free · paid from USD 29.99 / annual
Record Created: 2026-08-20
Last Updated: 2026-10-29

Vendor

Comodo Security Solutions sells endpoint and gateway security from Bloomfield, New Jersey. The wider Comodo business was founded in 1998 by Melih Abdulhayoğlu and was for years better known for something else entirely — issuing TLS certificates — a business sold in 2017 and now trading as Sectigo. What remained kept the Comodo name on the security products. Its distinguishing technique is containment rather than classification. Instead of deciding whether an unknown file is malicious, Comodo runs it in an isolated container where it cannot reach the real system, and lets it prove itself; the company brands this auto-containment and ZeroDwell Containment. It is a genuinely different answer to the unknown-file problem from the detection-and-score model most of this index is built on, and it is why Comodo's results in comparative tests can look unlike its neighbours'. Products include Comodo Internet Security and Comodo Antivirus for households, and Comodo Client Security, Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection, Comodo Secure Internet Gateway and Comodo Secure Email Gateway for organisations. The enterprise platform was rebranded Xcitium in 2022 and is listed separately in this index. Vendor page →

Website: comodo.com
Country: United States
Headquarters: Bloomfield, United States
Year Established: 1998
Customers: 200K organisations
Users: 80M deployments
Revenue: $126.0M (2026)

Platforms

Linux	native
macOS	native
Windows	native

Target Market

Consumer primary

Capabilities

Pricing

Plan	Licence	Priced per	Billed	Price
Summary	Free tier available	not stated	yearly	USD 29.99

Versions

12.2.2.8012Windows
1.1.268025.1Linux

The newest release each source names per platform, not every release the vendor has shipped. A release date is shown only where one is recorded.

Independent Tests

Not tested This product does not appear in any test run CSI holds. That is not a low score.

Certifications

OESIS Framework SupportSupported1 activeSupported

OPSWAT Certified Security ApplicationPlatinum1 activePlatinum

Change History

This record was created 2026-08-20. Everything below is what has changed since.

2026-10-29Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-28Product updatedVersion no longer recorded: 2.2evidence
2026-10-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-26Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-25Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-24Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-23Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-22Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-21Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-20Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-19Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-17Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-16Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-15Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-14Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-13Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-12Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-11Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-10Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-09Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-08Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-06Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-05Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-04Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-03Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-10-02Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-10-01Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-09-30Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-09-29Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-09-28New versionNew version: 1.1.268025.1 (Linux)evidence
2026-09-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-09-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-09-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-09-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-09-28Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-09-25Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-09-24Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-09-24Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
2026-09-24Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence

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Malware Detectionkey	native
Ransomware Protectionkey	Not known
Behavioral Detectionkey	native
Web Protectionkey	native
Email Protection	Not known
Host Firewall	native
Sandbox Analysis	native
Cloud-Assisted Scanning	native
Heuristic Detection	Not known
Device Control	Not known
Vulnerability Shielding	Not known
Central Management Console	Not known