Cannot pause the virusscanner when running a full system scan. When pausing it will continue scanning but the clock will stop until resuming.
I am on Vista 32 SP1
I have installed:
Spywareblaster
A squared Free ( a2service running)
Spybot Search and Destroy. (sdwinsec running)
Super Anti Spyware Free
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Free
Peer Guardian 2
Perfect Disk defragmenter.
Step by step description to reproduce the issue. Start the full system scan. Push Pause see it still scans and the clock stops. Push resume and the clock starts and of course it still scans.
Cannot resolve it
Edit; on further testing it looks like the thing I see is the scanner scanning files that are in the pipeline. When those are done it is paused.
Edit 2: When paused it will show activity of the residential scanner. So when I open a new page or go to another page in Opera I will see activity in Opera’s cache reported; also some system activity will show.
(Updated again 20 Oct, also previously 19 Oct at request of 3xist)
(Still present in RC2 - Severity = High, IMHO)
Java.exe when called by Open Office still causes cfp to consume all unused CPU cycles, unless guard32.dll prevented from loading. Requires hard reboot. (OO is java-based so frequent problems are caused). This happens if CMF is installed (even if CMF is not in memory) - it does not happen if you uninstall CMF. Listing ALL versions of Java.exe on your disk as exceptions in CMF also resolves the problem. (Basically OO looks for all Java versions on the disk, says hello in turn to each one and asking for a response from any version is enough to cause the problem).
Your Operating System: XP SP3 32 bit
Other Security and Utility Software Installed: Avira Basic, Spybot, CMF
Step by step description to reproduce the issue: In OO Draw navigate to tools/options/java
How you tried to resolve the problem: Kill all non-OS processes except Avira, disable Avira. No Joy.
Upload Memory Dumps on crash if you encounter any: none
Attach screenshots to your posts to clarify the issue further: not applicable
Please put any False Positive Reporting here: not applicable
New bug. Firewall does not save new pre-defined Defence plus security policy settings
Your Operating System: XP SP3 32 bit
Other Security and Utility Software Installed: Avira Basic, Spybot, CMF
Step by step description to reproduce the issue: Define a new security policy, create exception for ‘protection setting’ (interprocess access, active=No) by choosing a running process, save by pressing apply till you get back to main window, then check setting has been saved - see screenshot - it has not.
How you tried to resolve the problem: Tried various Defence plus security levels, and various different exception files - No joy!
Upload Memory Dumps on crash if you encounter any:None
Attach screenshots to your posts to clarify the issue further: see below
Please put any False Positive Reporting here: not applicable
Any other information you can think of: Not present in current public firewall release
Discussion: People are not going to want to do this very often, so maybe the firewall does not save this type of rule on purpose. If so the firewall should tell you it is not going to save it!
(Still occurs in RC2 - Severity difficult to ascertain)
Browse file dialogue still locks firewall interface - does not happen if defense+ slider set to disabled. Requires reboot to resolve.
Your Operating System: XP SP3 32 bit
Other Security and Utility Software Installed: Avira Basic, Spybot (happens even if disabled), CMF
Step by step description to reproduce the issue: Add files to safe files list using browse files.
How you tried to resolve the problem: Disable AV software, spybot - No joy. Disable Windows/WinEvent hooks - Works! Allow Sony Ericsson PC Suite & Idrive files to interprocess memory access to cmdagent.exe - Works most of time!
Upload Memory Dumps on crash if you encounter any: none
Attach screenshots to your posts to clarify the issue further: not applicable
Please put any False Positive Reporting here: not applicable
Discussion: Sony Ericsson Software and Idrive both a) hook into explorer, which is what CFP is doing when bug occurs b) access the memory of all other running programs, possibly to monitor file writes. Specific Sony Ericsson files are: Generic.exe (Telca signed), EPMWorker.exe (Sony signed), Capacitymanager.exe (TElca signed). Specific Idrive files are: IdriveETray.exe, IdriveEReg2ini.exe. (Idrive Signed)
Not easy to assess severity as do not know how many people likely to be affected. Possibly everyone using explorer plu-ins, possibly just users (few) of this software.
I can’t reproduce this java issue. But I’m not using CMF or Spybot’s TeaTimer. From other symptoms you described it seems that you’ve got some application in background which causes these CF GUI freezes. I had similar problem a while ago and I tracked it down to one application which I would never suspect of such thing - gamepad profiler :D.
Anyway, you don’t have to reboot when CF GUI froze, all you need to do is to log off and then log on.
You should clear Defense+ logs and cause the issue for testing purposes. When CF GUI freeze then log off and log on and then check Defense+ logs. If you find that some application is trying to access cfp.exe in memory then this application might be incompatibile with CF.
Cosmetic - All dialog boxes that are not resizable have missing right border (see screenshot)
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Everything else with the firewall seems to be working for me. Many thanks for fixing the bug where the wrong app rules where applied periodically. Great job guys!
Thanks. Your points addressed below. Issue remains, and needs addressing I think.
CMF/TEatimer/Avira - occurs when these not running - have rechecked
Java problem is 100% CPU consumption (as seen in sysinternals process explorer) not just GUI freezing
Therefore cannot log off - cannot do anything much , unless I reduce Java process priority before it gets to 100%
No Defense + event logged
Replication - did you replicate exactly as I described using OO draw - do you have same OO 2.4 & OS version as me? Is your OO using external Java and is it 1.607?
Replication - see link to another person with exactly the same problem in my post above
Replication - have tried with all non-OS services & progs removed from memory (except Avira - disabled). Problem remains. (Used end it all and process explorer to do this)
Yes, but this did not occur with 3.0.25 stable release and Josh referenced RAM not CPU usage. I experience this about 15 MB RAM usage cfp.exe in the previous RC also.
Windows XP Service Pack 2
CFP 3.5 Release Candidate 2 only
Start up computer/CFP. Check Task Manager.
Do not have to do anything. Issue self-resolves after about 5 minutes.
cfpsbmit.exe crashes. Previous RC version also experienced the same, but I did not try to repeatedly duplicate the problem until now.
Windows XP Service Pack 2
CFP 3.5 Release Candidate 2 only
Open then quickly close Files Submission screen by clicking either the ‘X’ or ‘Cancel’ button. Can reproduce about 20% of the time.
No crash dumps generated, therefore cannot upload.
Attached screenshot of crash error.
The Files Submission screen changes/forgets both its last position and dimensional size every time it opens. Not sure if it has anything to do with the crash.
Just like all betas and RCs, Comodo is still not working for me with the AuthenTec Fingerprint Software’s Windows Logon function enabled. The computer will simply hang on the logon screen and will never get to logon. Please fix!
Yes, I’ve got very similar setup to yours: Windows XP Pro 32-bit SP3, Avira Antivir 8.1 PE and CF RC2. I also use Spybot but without TeaTimer and have installed OOo 3.0 and Java 1.6 Update 10. I do not use CMF and I do not have this issue. CMF is known to have many issues with other applications. That’s why I stoped using it. Maybe it is causing the problem in your case. Are you sure that you stoped CMF’s background service? Searching this forum for a bit I found this topic about CMF + CF + Java issue. There seems to be a simple workaround. You could try this and then report back.
I still have only one problem with CIS - Virus Signatures are still not being update. Since I can’t see this bug in Known Issues for RC2, I am posting it again.
Windows XP SP3 ENG 32-Bit
Comodo BOClean
Open CIS, Antivirus tab, click Update Virus Database
Yes, by disabling firewall, did not help; by checking HOSTS file, no bad record there; by uninstalling and reinstalling CIS, did not help.
No crashes.
Attached.
No false positives
CIS application update works perfectly, yesterday it downloaded RC2 and upgraded my RC1. So CIS has no problem accessing the Internet. Just the virus signature update doesn’t work for some reason.
My OO version is 2.4 (latest public release) and Java 1.60_07 (latest public release of basic version). (OO is set, as default, to use external Java). Maybe this is why you cannot replicate?
Yes have previously seen this post and put in place the CMF exclusions recommended plus java.exe. No joy, and in anycase the trace is about problems with other files (CVtres and stclient_wrapper) not Java.exe, unless I am missing something .
Have removed every process from memory except OS processes and Avira (have disabled the latter). Still happens. Cannot find a CMF specific service - have checked msconfig, sysinternals process explorer and Wndows services list. Please could you give me its name?
Really think this does need addressing - OO is a big market!
(New bug in RC2 - Severity not sure, may be config specific)
Taskbar ICON (shield) not visible after installing RC2 over RC1 even though firewall (cfp.exe and cmdagent) loads.
Your Operating System: XP SP3 32 bit
Other Security and Utility Software Installed: Avira Basic, Spybot, CMF
Step by step description to reproduce the issue: Install RC2 over RC1, using miscellaneous/check for updates, follow installation defaults, reboot as requested.
How you tried to resolve the problem: Reboot many times (does not work); Log on as different user, then as main user (does work); load firewall again (does work)
Upload Memory Dumps on crash if you encounter any: none
Attach screenshots to your posts to clarify the issue further: not applicable
Please put any False Positive Reporting here: not applicable
Any other information you can think of: One of those bugs that is more of an embarrassment for Comodo than anything else as there are easy work-arounds. Probably relates to known XP fragility re loading task bar icons.
I’m not saying this doesn’t need addressing but it is rather CMF issue than CF and since there hasn’t been any update for months for CMF so I doubt that there will be any update soon. Unfortunately I cannot give you the service name because they must have changed it in some version and now there is no service running in background, at least I can’t notice any. The service mentioned before was injecting a dll file into every executable launched, and I believe this was giving you a buffer underrun protection, but many application do not like this and they refuse to work or work incorrectly. Anyway, I installed CMF on my system and did some tests. I was able to reproduce your issue by only instaling CMF, nothing else has been changed. Adding an exclusion for java.exe or closing CMF didn’t help either. Although I didn’t notice any service running in background the CMF acted exactly the same if there was one. And I suspect that when you close CMF.EXE you close just a GUI and the dll is still injected to every executable. This is just my assumption I do not know how actually CMF works at the kernel level or whatever it is called :D. Anyway the only workaround for me was to uninstall CMF. The problem has gone right away. I suggest you to do the same. I used CMF for a few months and I never had any alert from it. The only few times it gave me an alert was back then when I checked it with Comodo Buffer Underrun Tester(or similar name) application. If you really need buffer underrun protection then maybe you should try SafeSurt. It basically do the same thing but it only protects your web browser instead of the whole system.
maybe safe mode?