Pls i cannot see the tread for the uninstaller
Thanks for the great script. I uninstalled 3.14 this afternoon using revouninstaller on moderate (win xp sp3). After the built-in uninstall, I skipped the reboot and let revo do its magic. Afterwards, I rebooted and ran the script. The script only found 5 keys remaining. It killed 3 of the keys, leaving 2 more to tackle. I then opened up regedit to kill the keys. I looked over the script and found each key and confirmed their absence or existence. In that process, I found a few keys not listed in the script (by searching “comodo”). I found one somewhere around:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\COMODO
This key and tree was easily deleted. The next several took some work. They were all listed in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Enum\Root
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\
The keys were:
legacy_cmdagent, legacy_cmdguard, legacy_cmdhlp, and legcay_inspect
To get rid of these, I had to right-click and change the permissions to allow everyone access. Once I did that, I was able to successfully delete the keys. After performing these operations, I rebooted once more and installed Comodo 4.1 without any problems. Note these keys were already mentioned in this thread, so no news there. So far it seems to be working great. But I’ll let you know if it starts to act sporadically. Thanks again.
While I personally don’t use any other products from Comodo than CIS, I believe other products might use this key, so that’s why I choose not to have it deleted.
I’ve found a way to change registry key permissions by using regini.exe, so it should now also delete the above keys.
The latest script repeats an error, and makes a new one
The new error for which I would like advice is
cd "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions"
What is the purpose of *
Is the intention to only remove the Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions from the very first profile in an alphabetical listing of the contents of "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings"
Which on my system is the Administrator Profile (and holds nothing related to Mozilla)
or is it intended to remove the Application Data\Mozilla\etc\etc for each and every profile which is accessible
(My daughter’s profile and her Application Data is not accessible to me).
I can easily fix the code if each and every profile must be purged of Comodo.
Please advise what is required
Incidentally I think Firefox should be omitted.
Extensions is a child of Mozilla, not a child of Mozilla\Firefox
My folders are :-
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Dad\Application Data\mozilla\firefox
28/06/2010 08:10 Crash Reports
19/08/2008 11:28 19,928 pluginreg.dat
22/10/2006 13:52 Profiles
22/10/2006 13:52 111 profiles.ini
2 File(s) 20,039 bytes
4 Dir(s) 8,151,613,440 bytes free
C:\Documents and Settings\Dad>dir “%appdata%\mozilla”
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Dad\Application Data\mozilla
19/08/2008 11:30 .
19/08/2008 11:30 …
04/04/2010 15:17 Extensions
19/08/2008 11:30 Firefox
22/10/2006 14:23 335 registry.dat
The old and current error, which I have resolved, is
cd "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings%username%\L*\Application Data\Comodo"
Firstly my username is Alan which is different from the profile name of Dad
cd "%Userprofile%\L*\Application Data\Comodo"
That also fails because, from when Windows was pre-installed, I have the folder launApp.log
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Dad 20/05/2003 18:31 2,682 launApp.log 02/12/2009 20:05 Local SettingsThe result is that CD tries to aim at and is doomed to failure at "%Userprofile%\LaunApp.log\Application Data\Comodo\ What actually works for me is cd "%Userprofile%\Lo*\Application Data\Comodo\"
All the above applies to Firefox 3.6.6 and XP Home edition with SP3
Your mileage my be different with alternative versions ! ! !
Regards
Alan
I notice the cleanup tool has been updated - it now aims at
cd "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions"
Is that correct ?
On XP Home edition with Firefox 3.6.6 after many insitu upgrades from 2.?.?, I find extensions are at
"%appdata%\Mozilla\extensions"
and not at
"%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions"
NEW QUESTION - WHAT IS THE COMODO EXTENSION THAT IS BEING REMOVED ?
I have just gone to Firefox Addons and searched for Comodo and got one result for something which included Comodo at the start of a long list of Certifying Authorities. There were two others that made no mention of Comodo so perhaps those add-ons have been certified by Comodo.
Conclusion - I cannot download a Comodo Extension - there seem to be none available, so what is this
“{E9A1DEE0-C623-4439-8932-001E7D17607D}” thing that may be lurking within extensions ?
Regards
Alan
Fixed now. I’m guessing that an older version of Firefox used that path. Thank you, Alan.
It’s for the toolbar.
I also updated my google docs link for the newest one.
Supplementary Question - is it overkill to remove things such as
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components{E9A1DEE0-C623-4439-8932-001E7D17607D}”
and
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AskToolBar.SettingsPlugin”
I consider it appropriate when un-installing an application to remove what it installed,
but I am wondering if {E9A1DEE0-C623-4439-8932-001E7D17607D} has been exclusively allocated to Comodo for installing a Firefox component, or whether it could be exclusively allocated to AskToolbar for use with its toolbar regardless of which company bundles the Ask product with their application.
Or am I wrong in hoping that E9A1DEE0-C623-4439-8932-001E7D17607D is not a random number that Comodo chose, and every-one just hopes no unrelated company will randomly generate the identical number for their product.
I see nothing about the registry key that would distinguish between the AskToolbar bundled with Comodo from the AskToolbar bundled with any other product.
If some-one had the asktoolbar installed long before he tried Comodo, he might be annoyed if removing Comodo also took out the AskToolbar he depended upon.
Regards
Alan
thanks
I had assumed some sort of interference between other Comodo products and/or lingering registry entries, so I uninstalled any software and then deleted any obvious Comodo registry keys. That didn’t work, but once I did the right search here, I found the batch file noted in this thread https://forums.comodo.com/install-setup-configuration-help-cis/cleanup-tool-for-comodo-internet-security-t36499.0.html. Worked like a charm. Of course, I had done some clean up beforehand, so your mileage may vary.
Win XP SP3 btw.
Thank You. That worked
Thank you,great job.
I’m now confused as to which batch (script) is the most recent, as of Sept. 2010. I downloaded two. One is 5k, the other is 4k. That 4k file was from this link:
The file name was CIS_Clean-up Tool.zip
The 5k file came from the group of 3 links found in this thread of this forum. I forgot which link, but it wasnt the rapidshare one, for sure.
I’ve not tried either batch file yet, I’m currently waiting for CIS 5.x (to aid me in curing the virus def update issue I have).
I use megaupload a lot. In the past few years, since around 2007 (with and without a subscription). But only recently, last month did I start using it again after a 1 year - no I net for me situation, just after that June 2010 injection of adds issue.
Right now, megauploads acts the same to me as it did in the past. No issues like you described. I see that kinda stuff on letitbit.
I do use firefox, now updated to 3.6.8 and only two plugins, one’s a script blocker called No Script and the others some anti ad blocker (its called Ad Block Plus). That No Script is nice…you have to tell it what to display on the page, much is blocked on web pages when using it.
But, with IE 6 (yup, 6) I did see lots of adds when at megaupload recently.
Ahhh…the batch file is for CIS 3, not 4. I’m at 4, waiting for 5.
I’d be nice if comodo software engineers actually uninstalled their reg entries properly…fully. After all, they put them there in the first place!
But, like I said before, whadda want for free…fries with that?
There’s such a “community” following of comodo apps. Comodo gets paid…how I wonder. Most choose to not install the ask toolbar (godda catch that box to check on install…and fast too). Most users are just that…users, leeching the free apps.
If the pro versions cost coin, and function the same as the free, as they say on the comodo web site (or are they?), then those actual paying customers would be taking up their technicians and engineers time…all too much, with the headaches (bugs) presented in their software.
The firewall’s nice though…wish I had fries with it.
I would like to point out this cleanup tool is useless as the registry keys are locked.
You need to go through and change permissions of the keys, but you can only search comodo etc and some may be called something totally unrelated.
So can I PLEASE get a list in this thread of ALL Comodo registry entries from the software engineers please?
So I can go through and try to delete them.
Because I have tried everything in this thread and with this one pc and it will not install it gets the 1603 fatal instillation every time.
Also how do I somehow attach some kind of log to the install file to try to see exactly what goes wrong?
Im thinking its trying to put a file on the hard drive and its already there left over from 3, and it trys to overwrite but the file permissions wont let it?.
Thanks
Have you read this post?
https://forums.comodo.com/install-setup-configuration-help-cis/please-read-this-before-posting-an-installation-problem-t59681.0.html
I have run this old tool but after running it there are dozens of mentions in the registry from CIS. Is there a new tool that removes all from version 4 and 5?
Please don’t cross post. If your problem does not get a reply simply bump it to keep it visible and viable.
I also couldn’t get the V5 update to initialize. I uninstalled and reinstalled it, and had the same problem. I would wait a long time, get an error message asking me to click to run a diagnostic. It would find problems with the installation and fix them, saying i might need to reboot. I couldn’t tell if it was working or not, so I rebooted and was back at square one with the failure to initialize and problems with the installation.
I use another program for antivirus and only want the firewall. Right now I have switched to a different firewall because I can see that it is working.
Please start a topic in the Install / Setup / Configuration Help - CIS board.