Comodo Hogging My P.C at startup!

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[EricJH]

Please try a clean install of 3.9 as not all updates from 3.8 were successful. Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.

It is also recommended not to import an old configuration from 3.8 or earlier as 3.9 brings a new rule storage format that makes the saving of rules after changing faster.

[JimmieD]

Doesn't sound like something I want to do! The reason I changed to Comodo in the first place is that other security programs I used started out fine, worked great, then eventually screwed me up on later 'updates', like Zone Alarm and CA! Those programs became unuseable and so did my computer. So, here we go again??

I'm not all that computer savvy so that's a major pain. There's a whole lot of extra hassles and hours of time setting up Comodo once it's installed. I was just getting the original to a point where it worked like I wanted it to, once I started to figure it out. Many hours spent getting it dialed in, now it's all for nothing?

Sorry to say it but it seems to me that somehow, some way, Comodo or any of the others ought to see this stuff coming. That is, design it right in the first place BEFORE OFFERING IT AS AN UPDATE!!!!

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that I assumed I could trust Comodo not to mess up my computer, so I'm not reall happy with this. At the very least I would expect a warning: 'This is a BETA program and we have no idea if it will work or not, use at your own risk'. So it seems that Comodo Free is the BETA platform and we users do the guinea pig testing, and if it works the updates then go to paid users too? No, not real happy about that at all.

[fig99]

I'm having a very similar problem as the original poster since installing CIS 3.9.95478.509.

Windows XP Home, SP3, 1 Gig ram, HP desktop

Removed previous version of Comodo Internet Security (CIS) 3.8.65951.477 (was not using antivirus, only firewall and Defense Plus). Removal of previous version consisted of Add/Remove Programs uninstall, manually searching/removing files/folders, multiple garbage removal programs, multiple registry cleaners.

Also removed previous antivirus, Avira, hoping to use CIS full package.

Installed fresh CIS 3.9.95478.509 (installed all...antivirus, firewall, Defense Plus).  After fresh install,  I noticed I couldn't do much of anything shortly after a restart or cold start.  Would clear up shortly afterwards.  This behavior had never happened before.

Problem - Restart, or cold start, the computer.  Wait until desktop shows up and Windows Task Manager shows all initializations are completed.  Once completed, System Idle goes to 97-99, all is well. Wait about 30 to 45 seconds (it varies) and 'cmdagent' process goes crazy for about 25 seconds.

Looking with Process Explorer during restarts, I noticed a scheduling string would go nuts at the same time also. This led me to the 'Task Scheduler' service.

Disabling the 'Task Scheduler' service makes the problem go away. 

I played around with various Auto and Disabled combinations of the services 'Task Scheduler' and 'Comodo Internet Security Helper Service'.  Results as follows...

a.  CIS and Scheduler service to Auto - Have problem.
b.  CIS disabled and Scheduler to Auto - no problem after startup.
c.  CIS disabled and Scheduler disabled - no problem after startup.
d.  CIS to Auto, Scheduler disabled - no problem after startup.

With CIS and Scheduler services back to 'Automatic' (creates the problem), I played with various settings inside CIS.  Everything that said 'automatic', I deselected or disabled.  I turned off Defense +, put antivirus slider to 'disabled', set firewall to 'disabled'.  Deselected various other settings. 

Nothing fixes it so far.   The 'cmdagent' still goes nuts for a little bit shortly after a restart with CIS and Scheduler services set to 'Auto', locking me out for a bit.

I'll try the uninstall method suggested in another post (talks about hunting down and removing legacy keys from the registry...I can't find it at the moment...) in a day or two, then re-install and post back the results.

Any ideas on why 'cmdagent' and the Windows scheduling service aren't playing well together?




 

[fig99]

I haven't uninstalled/reinstalled yet, but I was playing around and narrowed it down to the antivirus portion of CIS giving me the problem.

I used the 'Add/Remove' products portion in the Installation Wizard and selected loading either the antivirus or the firewall by themselves.  The firewall installed by itself doesn't cause a problem.  The antivirus installed by itself causes the cmdagent activity problem.

Anyway, just wanted to pass that along.

[fig99]

Ok, I uninstalled CIS 3.9 (Add/Remove Programs, various third-party garbage and registry cleaners, manual searches, and instructions in this forum about removing legacy and other registry entries) and installed CIS 3.10.

The cmdagent burst activity is still there, but only about half as long now.  Was about 25 seconds of interruption, now it's about 12.  I still don't understand why the antivirus portion of CIS and the task scheduler program interact so hard and negatively.  One of life's mysteries, I suppose.

Once the unwanted, one-time, startup burst is finished, CIS works just fine.  I like, and trust, Comodo.  Overall, it's still, in my opinion, a top-notch product.  I'll play around with this for a few more days, then will probably uninstall/reinstall CIS without the antivirus and substitute another one.

In all probability, the problem is probably with my machine and not CIS.  One indicator is that only a couple of people are reporting the problem, though I see quite a few (over 800) views of this topic.

Anyway, just wanted to update whoever is interested.

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