Cannot Remove Network Rules

Comodo Internet Security - CIS Resolved/Outdated Issues - CIS
1

When attempting to remove an application rule I get the warning: “You need to use “Predefined Firewall Policies” to delete this item.”

Now, this would make sense if the rule I was trying to delete was part of a predefined firewall policy. It’s not, so it doesn’t make sense. The rules are not grayed out, and the corresponding application is being treated as “custom.” And no, I made no predefined policy called “custom.”

If I double click on the rule, I can edit the rule. If I double click on the corresponding application, I can remove rules from within the “Application Network Access Control” child-window. But I cannot remove them from within the Network Security Policy window (as per the incorrect warning).

2

Were you trying to delete the All Applications rules?

3

I’ve attached a picture as I’m not sure what you mean. In this example I’m attempting to remove a network rule from azureus.

[attachment deleted by admin]

4

I tried to reproduce the behaviour but I can’t. Does it happen for every individual rule of an application you want to change?

5

The exact same thing happened to me. you can delete the entire rule for an app but not the sub rules under it.

6

if you’re using v4 see here:

Re: COMODO Internet Security 4.0.135239.742 Released

No idea if this is a bug or by design, I hope it’s a bug

7

I am using the latest version COMODO Internet Security 4.0.135239.742, and have the same error.

Here is my workaround:

  • Create a dummy application rule, i.e for a Notepad.exe
  • Drag the to be deleted rule to this application rule
  • Delete the this application node, it will delete the rule(s) within this subtree

For EricJH, you can simulate it by creating a rule in the section All Applications for instance.

I noticed that deleting a Network Zone will delete all the rules assigned to this zone.

Suggestion for the development team: Would it make sense to have the name or ID of which rule that each line of the Firewall event refers to? The same thing for the log viewer. I have difficulty to figure out which rule had blocked or allowed the event, especially when we have many rules set. Maybe I should create a new thread, but a bit lazy to :smiley:

8

If you click edit with the application highlighted, it’ll bring up a new window and you should be able to remove rules there.