Comodo internet security 2011 pro free8/17/2023 ![]() said file path is not accessible or path does not exist said i do not have permission to shutdown the computer At times it simply decided on its own what i should do. Well, in some strange way it is better because it managed not to crash my computer completely so i don't have to reinstall everything. that was 6 months ago, i thought the final version would be better, how wrong was I!!! I tried the 3.0 beta program which caused my computer a total crash and had to reinstall the os. Otherwise it's simply a false sense of security. It can get the job done, but it needs constant, and I mean CONSTANT tinkering and TLC in order to get what you want out of it due to its poor design. Ive been using Comodo for a few years now, and I've had high respect for them up until release 3.0. ![]() That it would just allow some programs (quite a few seem to get this privelage with comodo) free, unrestricted access to the internet, without any confirmation whatsoever, is just completely asinine for a program which tries to "protect" you from malware by force feeding you a million confirmation pop-ups a minute over the most frivolous things. The firewall may be ok for preventing attacks, however, I cannot recommend this for someone wanting to protect from identity theft (keyloggers, etc.) or other unauthorized broadcasting by trojans which may have slipped past your Anti-virus. After having 1 million confirmation windows shoved in my face every minute by this firewall, I find this internet favoritism to be quite a irritating. Oh sure, a big program like Mozilla Thunderbird brings up the usual "connect to the internet" confirmations, but various programs I DL'd off of Bit Torrent, the cultivator of computer plagues, gets free access without so much as a blip on the radar. The WORST part about this firewall - is that some programs inexplicably get free unrestricted access to the internet without so much as a confirmation. I'll explain more on why this seemingly heightened security is bad in a sec. This in itself can become pretty tedious and annoying in a very short time. It gives a false sense of security - this firewall brings up a warning for just about every frivolous event that occurs on your computer. It gets high ratings in tests, but I wonder how much real-world protection people really get from this. The UI is a total mess compared to the previous version which I actually liked). You can only sort by path, and even that doesnt work right. The UI has become a cumbersome nightmare (for example, unable to sort program rulesets by program. ![]() Comodo Firewall has really turned to horse #*$% in this latest release (3.0). ![]()
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