If you notice your computer being often directed towards ocsp.comodoca.com you might be infected with an adware.
This url address (ocsp.comodoca.com) belongs to Comodo, and it’s usually used to verify certificates under the OCSP protocol. What might be happening here is that an unwanted program is blocking this protocol, therefore the validation system attempts to verify certificates through ocsp.comodoca.com.
We are more than certain that there’s an unwanted program behind this problem. Most likely we’re dealing here with an adware you downloaded and installed yourself, although not on purpose, while installing some free tool. In fact it’s quite common to find this kind of unwanted program attached to fake tools and updates (fake codecs, fake video players) often found in streaming websites. What they’re are trying to achieve is to be installed as quietly as possible so they can fill you with ads afterwards.
It’s not easy to remove this kind of unwanted programs, specially if you attempt to do it manually. To be successful in stopping all those sudden accesses to ocsp.comodoca.com you should use a free tool that will completely scan your system to find and remove all unwanted programs already running on it. You’ll find in our guide below the best free tools to achieve this goal.
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