Comodo & Windows Firewall

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by SteveBlanchard, Jul 15, 2008.

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  1. SteveBlanchard

    SteveBlanchard Registered Member

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    Strange this.
    Was downloading local radio from the BBC on real player; Windows Firewall popped up to say it was blocking part of RealPlayer - strange thing is I am running Comodo Firewall Pro and not Windows Firewall!

    Obviously I have turned off Windows Firewall, but my question here is Why didn't Comodo Firewall turn it off?
     
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    I can't necessarily answer this, but a bit of clarification for those that might.
    Are you asking:
    - Why didn't the install of Comodo turn the Windows firewall off, or
    - Why didn't Comodo alert re the Real Player?

    Had you turned the Windows Firewall off when installing Comodo, or is that something you've just done following the alert?

    The first time I installed Comodo, it turned the Windows firewall off, subsequent times the Security centre reported otherwise, but resetting the repository fixed that, ie it was a reporting mistake; the Windows firewall was off, it was just reported as on.
     
  3. aigle

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    Hmmmm.... I always thought windows FW not being turned off is a Comodo bug on my system.
    How can I know this?

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  4. Tarq57

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    Control Panel>Windows Firewall...the interface should have the "off" thingy selected.
    On the other hand, if you open the Windows Security Centre, and it's showing that the Windows Firewall is on, you need to reset the repository.
    I believe the installation of Comodo should turn off the windows firewall, but sometimes the security centre gets itself all confused, the poor thing.
     

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    In my case it was probably ON whenever I installed CFP. I have to turn it off manually. But I will recheck.

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    Thank You.
     
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