COMODO Question

Just installed the latest COMODO Firewall.

Am I OK with these settings?

1. Firewall Security Level = Safe Mode.

2. Defense + Security Level = Safe Mode.

3. Sandbox Security Level = Disabled.

I cannot have Sandbox Enabled because for some reason when it's enabled it runs Battlefield 2142 as Sandbox and crashes the game!

Are those settings enough to keep me secure?

 

Yes this is recommended level. If you want to be tortured with more pop-ups select paranoid mode for defence plus .
Comodo Sandbox is rubbish, use Sandboxie or go to sandbox settings and add Battlefield 2142 to exclusion.

 

Thunderbird loaded normal.. but now COMODO asking me AGAIN to allow it.

Why does COMODO seem to "forget" certain programs?

Also I found it interesting that COMODO didn't turn off Vista Firewall during installation. I just realised and noticed that I had 2 Firewalls turned on... Vista + COMODO. Why is that?

 

possibly because Comodo is of the opinion that the 2 do not conflict (and they don't as far as I'm concerned)

 

You might want to remove the global firewall rule 'allow all outbound' connections also.
Version 4.1 is due at the end of this week which should address many of the sandbox issues.

 

For then disable the Sandbox, and please turn off Windows Firewall.

 

Sorry, but I disagree . To be " paranoid " is the only mode to keep the own system safe today. ( And the " only one " mode to use an HIPS ).

 

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Can't say why the Windows Firewall is not automatically turned off when installing Comodo FW, but go ahead and turn it off yourself.

Microsoft says:

"two or more firewalls running at the same time can conflict with each other".

 

CIS's inability to disable windows firewall is just a bug. The CIS's devs may be good at leaks but very weak at other OS stuff. The one is they just can't make it work it for a long time. The other is an awkward GUI and so on

 

I only use one Thunderbird. But everytime I load windows, COMODO keeps asking me permission to allow Thunderbird. Why? It doesn't remember I have ALLOWED it before. It's been about 5 times now it keeps asking me to ALLOW Thunderbird.. bug?

ALSO same thing with a couple of services... I have told COMODO to ALLOW them. But everytime I reboot Vista, COMODO asks me if I want to allow them.

It seems COMODO "forgets" that I have allowed it before!! What is solution as this is annoying?

UPDATE: I AM REMOVING COMODO!!! This morning its asking me to allow another 3 programs that I have ALREADY ALLOWED!!

I think I know why.... COMODO is confused..... I run programs from a TrueCrypt partition and it seems COMODO for some reason has a bug rememering programs running from a truecrypt travellers partition.

Goodbye COMODO...too buggy for me

What's the next best firewall alternative please?

 

You could try Online Armor free or ZoneAlarm free here.

 

It's probably because you have CIS sets up in Proactive mode.


Thanks.

 

Cheers big ears

Zone Alarm free seems good.

How's that compare with others in tests?

Is there a reliable website that shows firewall comparisons to help me decide which firewall I want to use?

Too bad COMODO gets confused with TrueCrypt partitions. When I load Vista and the Vista Dekstop finishes loading, COMOD must obviously believe that's the end of the story and updates itself. But then when I mount my TrueCrypt partition, COMODO thinks I am running all new programs and keeps asking for permissions to allow them or not!

As you can imagine...gets very tedious and annoying having to allow heaps of the same programs every single time I load Vista

 

No it wasn't.

 

You were checking the "Remember my Answer" checkbox, right?

Did you try Learning Mode?