Comodo firewall now out for x64

[Chappy]

is this better than kaspersky 2009 internet security's firewall?
if so im getting this

Hi 999mizta999

Actually Kaspersky's KIS Firewall ranked Very Good in the latest Matousec testing, (<< click link for results) just below Comodo Firewall Pro. I'd say that since CFP is free and KIS isn't, as long as you have an active license for KIS I'd stick with that but as soon as your license runs out I would be tempted to say switch to CFP.
One thing of note, and Abiosis makes a good point about this...CFP can be somewhat overwhelming for a newer user who's not quite up to a considerable amount of interaction with their firewall at first.
CFP does help allot with your decision making when a connection popup arrives tho, you can click on the process/exe name and in the details it tells you who owns it and more about what it's for. For many newer users tho, it's simply too much to handle at first and they soon start turning off features or go to a lesser firewall with less user interaction required.

 

[Chappy]

before upgrade to x64,I'm using Zone Alarm SS with x86 Vista...
while they don't support x64 platform (I don't get it why they don't catch up with reality that x64's the way to go)

That's funny....I could've SWORN that ZA released a 64bit Firewall product a little while back...
Maybe they did but hadn't done enough proper testing & pulled it because of that, or maybe I'm just mistaken that CheckPoint released a 64bit ZA version. Either way, I looked for one over there and couldn't find one, so...
I know they're working on one, everyone is putting most of their future effort into supporting 64bit completely as they well should, because you're SO right that x64 is the future of OS's and they all know it.

 

[nikost]

i have one other question..i've almost a week since i installed CFP, and since then in the network defence it says "The firewall has blocked 0 intrusions so far"

the security level is in safe mode, and i don't know if the firewall is working correctly, since it hasn't blocked any intrusions..Is this normal?

 

[Brink]

Hi Nikost,

I would move it to Custom Policy Mode instead for the Firewall, then adjust the Firewall settings to what you like.

Shawn

 

[johngalt]

And if you have a good hardware firewall (aka Cable modem / DSL modem router, then that could very well be normal as well...

 

[nikost]

still nothing... i tried everything, i changed the firewall to custom policy but nothing changed..0 intrusions blocked..what am i doing wrong?

 

[Brink]

NiKost, are you using any other hardware firewall as John Galt posted? If so, then this would be normal.

 

[nikost]

no i don't have a router. i have a simple sagem modem, which doesn't have a built in hardware firewall.
what i am worried about is that in xp, i have zone alarm and the number of intrusions blocked are running like crazy

 

[Brink]

Nikost, I must admit that I'm not sure why is not blocking any intrusions for you if your not getting your network from another hardware firewall or relayed off another computer. It seems to blocking them fine for me though.

Shawn

 

[nikost]

if you go to security settings, does vista recognize comodo firewall like it does in xp?

in the firewall settings, i disabled the windows firewall, but it doesn't say anywhere that comodo is running. is this normal?

 

[Brink]

Nikost,

COMODO should be listed in the Security Center. If not, I would uninstall COMODO and then reinstall it without any other firewall program installed or turned on (Windows Firewall).

 

[nikost]

my mistake totally!
the settings are just like yours. but then again i have 0 blocked

anyway thanks a lot for your time and your replies

 

[Brink]

No problem Nikost. I would uninstall COMODO and resintall it with it's default settings to see how it acts afterwards on the intrusions blocked.

Shawn

 

[violation009]

i have a question, if i get the commodo firewall, do i also need a anti-virus?? if so can you recommend an anti-virus..

 

[Brink]

I Violation009, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Regardless of what Firewall program you use, you should always have only one Antivirus program installed on your computer.

I would recommend the free Avast Home Edition. You will need to register each year, but it is completely free.

FREE avast! antivirus 4.x Home Edition, anti-spyware & anti-rootkit for Windows

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[johngalt]

Correction. You should only have one *real time* AV scanner installed.

You can have as many as you want installed, but make sure only one is the active one. If you have more than one active, things get screwy.

I also recommend you get a good portable AV and install it on a USB Flash Device (commonly called thumb drives) because the UFD can be left in a safe place and be used only when you need to use it to confirm scan results.