CF 3.0.25.378: Defense+ is disabled, Firewall+ mode: Custom Policy Mode
OS: Windows XP SP2 + all hot fixes available via MS online update
CPU: 32 bit
Viruscanner: Avast 4.8.1201 Home Edition (only "Standard Protection" acitvated)
User: Administrator account
Problem:
Many times CF identify a application wrong.
Examples:
1. I start "C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" (with existing rules) and CF show me that the application "C:\Program Files\Connect.exe" (with no defined rules) would like to connect to the internet.
2. I start my Emailer at "C:\Programme\Email\emailer.exe" and CF show me that the application "C:\Program Files\Connect.exe" would like to connect to the internet.
3. I start firefox and get a message about a new update. I run the update and after automaticcaly restarting firefox CF ask me if "C:\Program Files\Connect.exe" could connect to the internet!
4. and so on...
my observations:
1. every time when CF identify a application wrong, CF tells me "C:\Program Files\Connect.exe" wants to connect to the internet. It doenst matter if i delete or move "C:\Program Files\Connect.exe"
2. at the "Active Connections" window and the traffic info frame CF shows the wrong application ("C:\Program Files\Connect.exe") too
3. the tool "C:\Program Files\Connect.exe" get started sometimes by an other application with defined rules
4. sometimes it helps to restart CF once or many times to get rid of this problem
Sorry, but i dont know how to reproduce this problem, because it happens to randomly but every day many times...
Pls also read the messages of other users with the same problem:
https://forums.comodo.com/help_for_v3/wrong_app_rule_used-t23793.0.htmlIMHO:
It looks like that CF have some problems with the Hash-Table that stores the unique values for every application CF knows.