AV/Firewall
Thip
renew. Is Comodo's basic suite free? Does anyone have recommendations?
Suggestions? Comments? Anything is appreciated.
Bear Bottoms
> My Internet suite ($ware) is due to expire next month and I'm not
> going to renew. Is Comodo's basic suite free? Does anyone have
> recommendations? Suggestions? Comments? Anything is appreciated.
>
For Freeware, you are best served with XP's Firewall and RISING antivirus.
That is assuming you are using XP. Indicating your system would help.
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Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearware.info
John Stubbings
> "Thip" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in news:6siaidF...@mid.individual.net:
>
>> My Internet suite ($ware) is due to expire next month and I'm not
>> going to renew. Is Comodo's basic suite free? Does anyone have
>> recommendations? Suggestions? Comments? Anything is appreciated.
>>
> For Freeware, you are best served with XP's Firewall and RISING antivirus.
> That is assuming you are using XP. Indicating your system would help.
Didn't you always recommend comode firewall?
Well you're half right anyway, we have made progress.
Cut the 'risible' and use AVG, AVAST, or ANTIVIR and load up Windows
Defender and Spywareblaster + use a bit of common sense and I'd feel OK,
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You gotta fight, for your right, to party...
The best of the best in Freeware
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There is no ACF FAQ.
Duddits
I like/use Comodo's firewall and AntiVir PE for AV (both for machines I
build/sell and those I maintain) without problem. You'll hear stories and
problems with whatever you use be it $ware or freeware but in my experience
- and independent tests - this is the strongest freeware combo. As always
YMMV.
regards
Dud
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FredW
For anti-virus you could read this:
- AV-Comparatives 2008 Summary Report
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/summary2008.pdf
I am using NOD32, but I have Avira Antivir installed as a "second
opinion" on-demand scanner.
http://www.free-av.com/en/download/download_servers.php
Avira Antivir has a daily "commercial" to upgrade to a paid version.
How to avoid this commercial:
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
For a firewall you could read this:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php
I use OnlineArmor Free 3.0.0.190
http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.html
For anti-spy/adware I have installed:
- SuperAntiSpyware Free 4.24.1004
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
(the bottom choice)
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.32 (Free)
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
(use the small green button)
Also these are useful:
- (Comodo) BOClean 4.27
(install and forget)
- WinPatrol 15.9.5
(install and forget)
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Fred W. (NL)
pheeh...@gmail.com
Well...opinions or preferences are like a**holes...everyone has one
(and we have many HERE!)
Avast,KerioPF,SpywareTerminator,MalwareBytes, and Firefox.
s|b
> I use OnlineArmor Free 3.0.0.190
> http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.html
Is it phoning home to tallemu.com all the time? I thought autoupdate
wasn't enabled in the Free version, but someone (perhaps it was you :-)
told me it was. But even so, it doesn't have to be connected _all the
time_ just to check for new versions... So I ask myself, why is it
connected all the time?
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s|b
FredW
wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:58:36 +0100, FredW wrote:
>
>> I use OnlineArmor Free 3.0.0.190
>> http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.html
>
>Is it phoning home to tallemu.com all the time?
Is it? I never noticed.
> I thought autoupdate
>wasn't enabled in the Free version, but someone (perhaps it was you :-)
>told me it was.
- Options
- General
- Check for new version, you can select:
- manual only
- every hour
- every 2 hours
- every 6 hours
- every 12 hours
- every day
Of course I selected: "manual only"
> But even so, it doesn't have to be connected _all the
>time_ just to check for new versions... So I ask myself, why is it
>connected all the time?
How did you see that?
Because if it is so, I will look for an alternative!
And maybe it is calling to check a program against the OA Whitelist?
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Fred W. (NL)
s|b
> >Is it phoning home to tallemu.com all the time?
> Is it? I never noticed.
I installed it on my niece's PC and when I checked connections, I saw a
(constant) connection to tallemu.com. AFAIK I unchecked some setting
about sending anonymous statistics or something like that.
> - Options
> - General
> - Check for new version, you can select:
>
> - manual only
> - every hour
> - every 2 hours
> - every 6 hours
> - every 12 hours
> - every day
>
> Of course I selected: "manual only"
I'll send this to her, so she can check it out.
> How did you see that?
> Because if it is so, I will look for an alternative!
If I remember correctly, there are two icons in the systray, one for the
firewall/settings and one for connections. In connections I saw a
constant connection to tallemu.com. Next time I'm there I'll also check
with TCPView.
> And maybe it is calling to check a program against the OA Whitelist?
The what? :-) In any case, this connection wasn't on and off, it was
constant. It bothered me, but I was too lazy to search another firewall.
:-)
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s|b
FredW
wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:26:51 +0100, FredW wrote:
>
>> >Is it phoning home to tallemu.com all the time?
>
>> Is it? I never noticed.
>
>If I remember correctly, there are two icons in the systray, one for the
>firewall/settings and one for connections. In connections I saw a
>constant connection to tallemu.com. Next time I'm there I'll also check
>with TCPView.
I see, Options / Firewall / "Show firewall activity in tray".
Now activated, I will monitor for a while.
So far no activity.
Program "oaui.exe" is present, but looks sleeping.
>> And maybe it is calling to check a program against the OA Whitelist?
>
>The what? :-)
- Programs
- Options
- Use Online Armor Whitelist (default is on)
and
- Programs
- Programs
- Hide Trusted (bottom of the page) (default is on)
> In any case, this connection wasn't on and off, it was
>constant. It bothered me, but I was too lazy to search another firewall.
All things quiet here.
> :-)
;-)
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Fred W. (NL)
Cawshus
> My Internet suite ($ware) is due to expire next month and I'm not
> going to renew. Is Comodo's basic suite free? Does anyone have
> recommendations? Suggestions? Comments? Anything is appreciated.
>
>
I Recently replaced (paid) ZoneAlarm Pro with Comodo free. My decision
was guided by inclusion of HIPS in COMODO to replace the easily to learn
HIPS of the other Firewall. I am still trying to become competent with
COMODO HIPS. It seems to learn well and becomes less intrusive every day
as it learns. However, I still need to fully grasp changes to individual
program security policy and pre-defined security policy.
I read that COMODO AV is not recommended so decided to stick with AVAST
which was already installed.
Depending on how I go controlling COMODO security policy, Threatfire in
combination with Windows inbuilt firewall may become its replacement.
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Steve
Due to the volume of garbage I filter out googlegroups. So do many
others. Gmail posters are currently scored down pending troll filter
work.
Thip
"Thip" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:6siaidF...@mid.individual.net...
> My Internet suite ($ware) is due to expire next month and I'm not going to
> renew. Is Comodo's basic suite free? Does anyone have recommendations?
> Suggestions? Comments? Anything is appreciated.
Wonderful feedback. I'm looking at various combinations. Thanks to all of
you!
anon
I just discovered Comodo and it looks like it is the best firewall. I have
used it to block 4 ips that were bothering me because I didn't know what
program was accessing the ip addresses. I was able to determine who was doing
the accessing and allow the ips to continue to be accessed. Comodo has the
best rating of all free firewalls (and pay ones also, I think). It is easy to
format sophisticated operations if you know a bit about how the web works. It
starts up the first time in 'Safe Mode', but in my opinion it needs to be
immediately switched to 'CustomPolicy Mode' or higher (Summary button/Netword
Defense/The firewall security level is set to).
I had installed PCTools firewall just before Comodo. Upon running LeakTest, it
got through the wall. LeakTest cannot get turough Comodo. As someone else
mentioned, don't check to use the virus scanner durning installation.
Comodo: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
Ratings: http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php
LeakTest: http://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm
FredW
wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:26:51 +0100, FredW wrote:
>
>> >Is it phoning home to tallemu.com all the time?
>
>> Is it? I never noticed.
>
>I installed it on my niece's PC and when I checked connections, I saw a
>(constant) connection to tallemu.com. AFAIK I unchecked some setting
>about sending anonymous statistics or something like that.
>
>> How did you see that?
>> Because if it is so, I will look for an alternative!
>
>If I remember correctly, there are two icons in the systray, one for the
>firewall/settings and one for connections. In connections I saw a
>constant connection to tallemu.com. Next time I'm there I'll also check
>with TCPView.
Today I have monitored the connections of OnlineArmor all day.
(extra icon for firewall activity in tray.)
No activity of OnlineArmor could be found or was recorded.
So my copy is not phoning home at any time.
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Fred W. (NL)
s|b
> Today I have monitored the connections of OnlineArmor all day.
> (extra icon for firewall activity in tray.)
>
> No activity of OnlineArmor could be found or was recorded.
> So my copy is not phoning home at any time.
Ok, thanks. I'll go "on site" and compare the settings with the ones you
quoted here. Hopefully, that'll solve it.
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s|b