Comodo Personal Firewall December 20, 2006
Posted by Fadil in : Technology , trackbackFor some time now, I have been looking for all kinds of freeware and opensource software running on the Windows platform as alternatives to widely used commercial programs. In this quest, I recently stumbled upon Comodo Firewall, a FREE firewall program intended for personal use.
I have been using it for a couple of weeks only, but I have to say that it is up to the task. Prior to this, I was a fervent admirer of ZoneAlarm Pro (no, I didn’t buy it). Being one of the most acclaimed security programs available, it was hard to think that a relatively unknown application would stack up against ZoneAlarm. But it does, brilliantly.
Comodo Personal Firewall gives you all the inbound and outbound protection you need. It allows a very detailed configuration of the protection rules and program access rights for the experts, while providing novices with a wizard for a simple setup. After an initial learning mode when you are bombarded with pop-up warnings about programs trying to access the internet, Comodo runs quietly and consumes a fairly low amount of resources.
Until now, the only downsides of the program I have found out about are its lack of privacy protection (pop-up ads, cookies, cache, etc.) and the fact that defining rules for applications and networks is not that intuitive.
The bottom line is Comodo Personal Firewall is as good as any firewall can be. Plus, it doesn’t cost a dime! You get all the features you would expect from such a piece of security software FREE OF CHARGE. Get it now, and (maybe) take one step away from software piracy.
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“Comodo runs quietly and consumes a fairly low amount of resources”.seems interesting
.. i think i’ll give it a try
i’ve been using ZoneAlarm too ( and same as you didn’t buy it )
thanks for sharing
Comodo…strange name,
but “what’s in a name” [by william shakespear]
it may seem a bit stupid but i dont use any firewall lol, not even that [free] windows XP Firewall
i simply do not have any valuable information that may lead me to
- bankruptcy(i dont have any money)
- spreading of personal info ( everything on my blog, even the time i was born)
- hmm, no secrets hidden to anyone, at least not to you, my friends!
hmm, is there any reason for me to use a firewall?
vicks, Comodo consumes roughly half the amount of memory that ZoneAlarm Pro used to on my machine. MyT’s Livebox has a very powerful firewall built in, which is great for inbound protection. I’ve installed Comodo mainly to control programs requesting internet access.
Yashvin, even without all these, a firewall is important. It prevents intruders from gaining access to your system and malware from using your computer as a host. You may not have any sensitive information to protect, but your machine’s resources are valuable enough to trigger intrusions. Shield yourself!