Best free newb-friendly HIPS?

[Robot_Z]

Originally Posted by Noob

So which one you ended up using?

I started off with Comodo, but started reading more about Comodo (especially reviews) and it was just too convincing to ignore.

[Noob]

The only thing i didn't like about Comodo HIPS is that they started whitelisting every single app their forum members requested, not a good move security wise IMO.
When i stopped using Comodo like 2 years ago they already had around 10K publishers whitelisted . . . Not good. I wonder how much they have now.

[Chiron]

Originally Posted by Noob

The only thing i didn't like about Comodo HIPS is that they started whitelisting every single app their forum members requested, not a good move security wise IMO.
When i stopped using Comodo like 2 years ago they already had around 10K publishers whitelisted . . . Not good. I wonder how much they have now.

To be fair, they're not whitelisting every app requested. They are carefully analyzing them before adding them to the whitelist. In fact, I've seen quite a few apps rejected.

The larger the whitelist the easier the program is to use. In fact, it's largely because of this large whitelist that Comodo Firewall is relatively easy to use.

By the way, I recommend that you configure Comodo Firewall by following the advice I give in my article about How to Install Comodo Firewall.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks.

[Noob]

Originally Posted by Chiron

To be fair, they're not whitelisting every app requested. They are carefully analyzing them before adding them to the whitelist. In fact, I've seen quite a few apps rejected.

The larger the whitelist the easier the program is to use. In fact, it's largely because of this large whitelist that Comodo Firewall is relatively easy to use.

By the way, I recommend that you configure Comodo Firewall by following the advice I give in my article about How to Install Comodo Firewall.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks.

Hahahaha yeah, i know they look for companies info and all that but i saw too many random publishers that i never heard of, when i used it back then i used to delete the whitelist DB and just create my own whitelist based on apps installed in my PC.
A lot better.

[Ranget]

best noob friendly hips is comodo

comodo is very easy to use and effective

[Narxis]

best noob friendly hips is online armor

[Noob]

I guess it all depends on personal preferences but both Comodo and OA are quite when set to auto. (Which by default they're kinda auto)
Anyways, i'd go for OA since they have an awesome support.