Hi folks,
Please bear with me, I’m new to trying to understand firewalls, usually I just let them do their thing.
I have some progs that for some reason will not work while Comodo FW is on. If I disconnect from the net and turn it off they work fine.
I also have some progs that seem to keep connecting to the net but don’t need to.
I assume there’s a block in comodo that stops some progs accessing certain files as well as accessing the net, which stops them working.
I’ve tried looking at trusted/blocked apps and rule sets but I get a bit confused.
Is is possible to simply set an app to have access to everything it might need but just block it from the net?
Where do I check this and set it?
Cheers
Quickest way to do what you want is to -
- Dis-connect from the network
- Change the Firewall and Defense+ (HIPS if you have the active) to Training Mode and check for each to “Create rules for safe applications”
- Run your programs and check that they operate properly
- Close your programs and then change the Firewall and Defense+ back to Safe Mode (also un-check the “Create rules for safe applications”)
- Rules for letting your programs work should now be listed in the Defense+ > HIPS > Ruleset and Firewall > Application Rules.
You can edit the Firewall Application Rules to block the internet access.
Great thanks. That helps.
I’ve learned a bit how it all works in the meantime too.
One more problem:
I have an app that works with Comodo’s Firewall disabled, but it doesn’t boot when I enable it in training mode as you suggest or safe mode.
I don’t entirely trust it so I put a Block and log all requests (IP any address). I thought all this would do is block it accessing the internet in any way.
Is it stopping it accessing it’s own files or something too? Is there a ‘milder’ setting I could try that would still stop it accessing the net?
Cheers