Why Pick Other Firewalls Over Comodo Personal Firewall?

Well I got the first problem solved.
Some of the programs that CPF was not alerting me to are considered safe by Comodo.
A simple task of unchecking the box for "Do not show any alerts for the aplications certified by Comodo"
I think this is a bad idea, I don't know about anyone else but I would like to know what program wants an outbound connection regardless of what Comodo thinks.
While this may make things easier with less popups for some people, it can still be somewhat frustrating to others.

 

Perhaps this is a lesson for you, and all the others, that you should do a little research on the product you are installing before you install it? If you did a little research, which for a security product as important as a firewall is surely a must, then you'd have all the knowledge you needed before you started. All the information is available at Comodo's forums and anything you were unsure about would have been answered if you'd asked.
It amazes me the amount of people who stick software on their PC then try to find out what it does and what it doesn't do.
Forewarned is forearmed.

 

I already found out what the problem was without the need of the forum and I still think its a stupid idea.
I guess alot of people need to do the research then since this question has been brought up quite a few times.
Just because Comodo wants to do things differently doesnt mean I do not know what i'm doing with a firewall.
Any other firewall I've had on my PC alerted me to any outgoing connection regardless of what the program is
Since when did a firewall ever decide which program was certified to run on a PC without that persons decision?
So big deal I didnt see the part about unchecking the box, everyone makes mistakes regardless of how much RESEARCH they do.

Anyway how are you supposed to go to a forum if you're unsure about something and ask questions about their program unless you download it and run it on your PC first?
If I never downloaded CPF and went to their forums, some of the things I read that are posted over there wouldn't make any sense at all to me.

 

The objective of Comodo Team is to provide a firewall that the user just install it and forget it as much possible...

For a user without knowledge and only want to be protected, this is a very good solution because avoid a lot of annoying alerts...
But for users that what to know everything didn't like this feature...

You can change this feature while installing it...

 

Hands-on experience is the best way to find out what software does and what it doesn't do. More specifically, how it performs and how it doesn't perform as advertised. You can read through forums, books and manuals all you want, but it is necessary to actually use the product. The forums are a good place to get a general idea of how well a product is performing for people. If the general consensus is positive, then it is usually not a bad idea to take the plunge and trial the product if it interests you.

 

In Outpost, when a DLL change, you have to update it by click on OK due to CC.

Comodo has Component Control as well as Outpost, but it has also Aplication Behaviour Control, which cause many popups, because it provides a better control, but you can allways disable it.

I disabled it as well as Alerts & I have no popups. You can set up any soft the way you like it.

 

That is true to a point. How software reacts to individual set ups can vary, but what the guy was complaining about was a feature of Comodo, not some unknown quantity.

 

A quick search of this very forum would have given you the solution to your problem...

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=145704

 

I already found the solution to the problem without the need of a quick search, move on with the discussion.

 

Again, how are you supposed to know about features and how they act on your PC unless you are actually running the program?
Back to what I had posted earlier, some things you read about will not make sense unless you are using the program.
Reading about it, doing research about it is only half the battle.
Instead of this turning into a "research" thread lets move on, I've already went back to OutPost Pro anyway.

 

OK, have fun.

 

I have the last version 2.3.5.62 and it uses memory usage 10624K and virtual size 17144K. I have it set at medium level.

No problem to automatic install, old XPpro and Windows 2000 SP1 computer.

 

Exactly! I can't understand all these TCP, UDP etc. I just want a firewall, not to learn a whole chapter of IT.

I installed it automatically, put the level at medium, and run three firewalls tests on-line, it passed all three with excellence. It's good enough for me.

 

Is it still better to have the CPF Alert Frequency Level set on medium rather than low, even for the average user who surf's safely? Thanks.

 

I couldn't agree more. A good firewall (=with good protection) without being overly complicated, if you choose it to be. That's my kind of thing.

And the fact that it is completely free, unlike many competitors, makes it even better.

 

What do u mean by medium level? Do u mean to say custom?

 

See the screenshot.

 

Thanks, mine was at low and I adjusted it to medium now.

 

Read this topic and choose the best for you: Poll: Alert Frequency Level

 

Thanks for the link.
So it made me think going back to default( low) as I like few popups, however I will not prefer very low.
What u think?

 

If you want less alert messages and still informed, use the "Very Low" option and the "Do not show any alerts for the applications certified by COMODO", and if you still want even more less alerts, see this: Minimal recommended settings?

If you want to be informed about every program that listen or connects to internet, use at least the "Low" option and disable the "Do not show any alerts for the applications certified by COMODO".

Currently, I'm using the defaults, with the "Very Low" option, but in the future the database of application certified by Comodo will be very huge, and then I will change to "Low" again...

 

I thinK i will prefer low, with less pop ups and at the same time more control.
I like popups even for applications listed safe by comodo, so I changed that settings too already.

 

Hey everyone, speaking of alerts. In my Logs I get a medium severity alert by Application Monitor that is denied. It is for System 0.0.0.0 nbsess (139) Protocol is TCP In. I believe this is for netbios, and I was just wondering if I should make a rule for this(I think I know how, but would appreciate help) or disable netbios. I don't share files or printing with other PC's, but I'm still not sure if it should be disabled. Although everything seems to be running fine with it denied access by Application Monitoring. Thanks, and I hope it was all right to post this here. I can also go to Comodo Forum, but I see quite capable users here and thought this may just be something simple to nswer and fix.

 

This alert is for system to "listen" on port for inbound netBIOS connection. With the setup you mention, you can safely block this.