Comodo IceDragon was a web browser developed by Comodo Group, a company best known for its firewall and antivirus software. Unlike Comodo’s other browser (Chromium-based Dragon), IceDragon was built on Mozilla Firefox’s source code.
The primary selling point was combining Firefox’s flexibility (add-ons, rendering engine) with Comodo’s security expertise—specifically, a more aggressive privacy stance and integrated site scanning. comodo icedragon 42.0.0.25
Verdict: Outdated, insecure, and not recommended for any modern use. Comodo IceDragon was a web browser developed by
Comodo implemented a three-zone model:
This was more granular than Firefox’s permissions manager and persisted across sessions. This was more granular than Firefox’s permissions manager
This version was based on Firefox 42, which was a significant release in the Firefox timeline (it introduced tracking protection in Private Browsing mode). Here’s what users in 2015-2016 would have experienced:
Comodo claimed IceDragon was “faster” than Firefox due to “DNS optimization” and “better caching.” In reality, benchmarks from 2015 showed it was nearly identical in rendering speed to vanilla Firefox—sometimes slower due to additional security checks.