COMODO firewall pro advice (Moved from Vista Forum)

[#ELMO#]

Has Does anyone here Use the free firewall software called COMODO Firewall pro?

Is it anygood, and how does it compare to Zonealarms free. i noticed it has a much better review than zonealarms free(vista version) on CNET.

Should i have the defence+ active on COMODO and what does the defence+ actually do?

I used to use zonealarms free but it wont install on my vista, i am downloading the vista version aswell

Also is there anyway for me to set prioroty of the programs that start up when vista does so i can make the COMODO Firewall and AVG AV start up before any of the other stuff. ATM there is a delay on them opening and they are the last to thing to startup

Thanks for any replys

[Jasiel]

Elmo,

I prefer Comodo to Zonealarm, as it seems to work a lot better and is more user friendly. I use the free version on my XP desktop and my wife's XP laptop. I also had it installed on my vista Toshiba laptop (keyword HAD).

Unfortunately, I was getting a bsod every time I pressed the Fn key on th Toshiba, and AnnMarie from this forum found that Comodo was the problem (Thank you AnnMarie!). So, I uninstalled comodo and installed Zonealarm, and it seems to work ok.

I don't really know if it is a vista-comodo problem, or a toshiba-vista-comodo problem, or a toshiba-comodo problem. You could try it and see what happens.

I also have windows defender running, and I have noticed the same thing with the program boot order with zonealarm and AVG. Sorry, I can't help with these two.

Jasiel.

[Jasiel]

Elmo,

An update on my previous post.

My laptop with ZA and Vista has been crashing, and I have now been told that it is caused by a conflict between ZA and Windows firewall. I haven't tried anything to fix the problem yet. Just thought you would like to know.

Jasiel.