Comodo vs. Zone Alarm

Which of these 2 firewalls do you recommand ?

I need some better security for my comp, atm using windows firewall but want a better one.

Using Ad-aware SE Pro and kaspersky 6.0 antivirus as other protection tools, and cc cleaner to keep my registry cleen

 

I think Zone Alarm makes the best firewall software out there. You might want to look at Sygate Personal Firewall as well.

 

Last time i tryed Zone Alarm it was bugged by lots of adds and links trying to get you to upgrade to pro..

Now i just tryed that comodo and found that it aint that good together with kaspersky, they interfear with each others and activate kaspersky proactive defence to trigger at all activity with explore, service and svchost...

Anyone else got some point of view ?

 

Sygate is my favorite .. i hate zone alarm . the question is what is Comodo ?
didnt try it yet :> gonna do that soon

 

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You can read about Comodo here

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

It seems okay, tho it interfears with kaspersky proactive defence

 

Is there any other firewalls that one can recommand ??

It should just be compitible with kaspersky 6.0

 

Sygate (even though its bought out by Symantec) you will still find version 5.6 floating around has to be the best

 

Comodo has a better-looking GUI as well as all the features of a "pro" firewall that ZoneAlarm pesters you about. In all honesty, when I used ZoneAlarm, it was a bad experience. Comodo is free ( www.comodo-group.com) with a life-time license. I use it myself and I must say it is way better than Sygate (which is pretty good) or ZoneAlarm.

 

Thanks for the link... But if it interferes with my kaspersky I think ill pass on trying comodo

 

Well i had problems, you could give it a try and see if you can get it working, tho it seems of what i have read that ppl on kaspersky forum having troubles with comodo too...

Tbh, do one actually need a firewall or is it just some unreal safty ?

Cant really find out, as now ive read a lot around the net, and found that some claiming that the windows build in firewall is all you need if you configures it right ??

 

well i think if you use ur windows just for browsing gaming chatting other than mirc .. it should be fine !! unless you have lots of script kiddies around you .. it's better to use a better firewall that maybe stands ddos for a while . or better try installing linux on your gateway .. it should takecare of everything .

 

Well as my only firewall defence actually is the windows one and im daily using my comp on the university, im concerned that im kinda unsafe, so would like to get some security "freaks" to help me out

So far i have managed to keep everything out, of what i know, even have accessed some rather unsafe web sites. Kaspersky aint complaining and have a clean registry and process list, dosent seem to be anything there that shouldnt be there. Tho now when im on a network where there is some what like 1000 pcs on i would rather be safe than sorry and thats why im asking for help

 

i think you will be safe . never been on local area network with that much pcs . just stay away from suspicious websites . run anti virus and run anti spyware . shared folder make it private. i guess that it i might miss something but thats what i would do .

 

I read in two respectable sites a month ago that Microsoft is all you need and top rated. To configure: just turn it on and update.

 

Btw, what about kaspersky antihacker ? :S

 

I recommend Agnitum's Outpost firewall.

I used Zonealarm for years and watched it turn from a great firewall into a Resource hog that slows the system down. After trying several other firewalls for several months I tried Outpost. At first I was a little put off cause it at first didn't strike me as "user friendly" as Zonealarm, but as soon as I figured out how it worked (it just is set up slight different than zonealarm, it is still way user friendly) I have loved it ever since. Been 3 years now. I still like it best.

 

well i uninstalled my kaspersky AV and installed kaspersky internet security (aka KIS). to check the firewall and other anti spam etc .. i noticed it causes trouble to my IE7 .. uninstalled it n brought back the kaspersky AV from the players bench .

 

I use Netveda safety net, had conflict issues with zone alarm, which I had used on my desktop. Just did not work well with WiFi.

 

I have used Zone Alarm Pro for 3 years and have been happy with it. You can decide what level of security you want. There are window popups, but I like them, for I like to know when my computer is accessing the net. I am seriously thinking about buying Kasperskys AV since my Norton AV will expire in a month so. If you buy Zonealarm I would like to here how it plays with your Kasperskys AV. There is a Zonealarm Free Version but it is limited on what it can do.

 

why do u guys use firewalls ???

i only install a free antivirus like AVG and that is all

 

I have ZoneAlarm. I have it because I like to know when my computer is "Dialing out" or someone else wants to "Dial IN". It's an added layer of safety that can sometimes prevent attacks or malicious activity all together, that is quite different than the threat a virus or trojan would pose. It's basically about privacy too. I don't like that programs will dial home..so i deny them access to do so

 

Well i went out with KIS 6.0, it seems to work pretty well

I had only 1 problem, which has been solved with a tiny update, so now everything is running straight forward

 

I've been using the free version of Zone Alarm for years. I like the fact that it's very easy to use and provides the ability to notify/block inbound and outbound connections on a per-program basis. For basic web surfing and file downloading, I've never felt the need for any more features than what is provided by the free Zone Alarm. I tried Comodo, since many people say it is better, but it just seemed more complicated for little added value. The memory usage was similar on my machine. Also while this may seem trivial, I really missed the activity indications that Zone Alarm provides with the tray icon. Ultimately I ended going back to Zone Alarm.

I have noticed that Zone Alarm has gotten much fatter over the years. I don't really understand why, since the core functions of a firewall are still the same, and the feature set hasn't changed a lot either. For example, the installer for ver 3.7 was in the 3MB range, whereas the current version is about 13MB. Has anyone tried sticking with an older version of ZA such as 3.7? Would that leave the machine more vulnerable?

 

i've read somewhere that zonealarm logs pile up and eats up a chunk of your memory. you can make a batch file or there are ready downloadable batch files out there to get rid of the unnecessary logs. CCleaner also does the trick. Visit this link for more info. -> http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/archives/004818.html

 

I use Zone Alarm and it has only discrete ads trying to get you to upgrade. Nothing that is intrusive or pops up.

 

I still use kerio 2.1.5, which was one of the best lightweight firewalls ever...I will concede that Comodo is very nice, though--

My needs for a firewall are pretty basic, and Kerio suits my purposes for the most part, but if I were a person prone to getting in trouble, I would use Comodo over Zone Alarm in a heartbeat.

Zone Alarm has become more problematic with each version and I can no longer recommend it. When it works, it works fine, and it works most of the time, but I occassionally find it just goes nuts. It's not common, but I have seen it enough times to make me shy away

 

Comodo > zonealarm anyday.

 

I've used old Keiro(TinyPersonalFirewall), new Keiro, ZA, Sygate and finally Comodo.

Old Keiro(TPF) 2.1.5 was the best firewall I've used for the longest time, the rules worked like a charm, it was fast, it worked like a driver consuming next to no RAM. No amount of connections slowed it down. However I had to switch when they stopped supporting it making it unable to keep up with technology, it started with XP it broke hibernate, but a workaround was quickly found. Later an exploit where a trojan or evil program from websites could just overload the buffer and crash the driver breaking the firewall was discovered. For those still using it this is a major exploit and is enough to make this firewall useless.

The new firewall by Kiero is wayyyy bloated and includes a lot of crap I don't need and annoying ads after 30 days.

ZA was the first firewall I used since dialing up since 1999. Sad thing is ZA really sucks now and didn't really improve since 1999. In 1999 it worked at keeping stuff out however it would crash once and a while freezing up the computer. I kept going back to try it but once a problem was fixed another one came up. Instead of mastering a good firewall they bloated it by adding a really crappy antivirus which they later removed. It was just really buggy and they never concentrated on the main part of the product which is the firewall.

Sygate while close to being really good to the old Keiro was like swiss cheese it allowed some programs to access the net completely unchecked and for the longest time had problems blocking off certain ports. I remember when it started it couldn't block ports in the higher range just the more commonly used ports. Each version brought it closer to being a really good firewall then Symantec bought them out.

Comodo is a really good firewall. Out of the box it functions really well in protecting the system. The UI for the advanced options still needs work and a help file that's more comprehensive. It's the only firewall that's free and does the good at what it's suppose to be good at. It doesn't try to catch spyware or viruses or anything, all it does it control an application's access to the internet. It does bring some good features like warning you if a program is going to piggy back another one to access the net. I get warnings about WMP piggy backing Firefox. Best part is it's free for life and uses a decent amount of resources.

 

A firewall is the first line of defense. See this post.

 

I totally recommend Zonealarm. Their basic firewall is actually better than what windows provided.

 

Whoa, are you referring to the fragmented packet issue or did I miss a memo?

You can harden your ip stack from accepting fragmented packets, which means Kerio is still fine, unless there was something else.

Now, that does not mean that the old Kerio is a perfect solution--it is not quite advanced enough to catch programs masquerading as other programs --Comodo does a remarkably good job at this, from my playing around with it--but it is still a pretty competent, low resource use firewall.

 

I really like the Zone Alarm Security Suite on XP, but found the initial release for Vista to be lacking some function in comparison. Hopefully, this deficiency will be corrected soon.

 

Seems to be a newer exploit. There was a work around for the fragmented packet and I applied it, at least I think I did. I couldn't figure what was causing it. I was looking for a no-cd crack and BAM suddenly there was this message from Keiro saying it the buffer had overflowed and the driver for the firewall just crashed. Good thing my antivirus caught the virus but the firewall had gone down. I searched for a fix on the Keiro forum but there was nothing.

Actually if someone could fix all of keiro's little "exploitables" it's still a great firewall. MD5 will tell you when an application changes. Not as nicely as Comodo but it'll tell you when it changes, it won't really catch the piggy backing.