I did a search on the Forum on my topic and I did not get any hits … so here is my situation … FYI, on my laptop that has Vista Home Prem., SP1, 64-Bit (SP1 but have installed ALL the updates) … I am currently running Comodo Firewall with Avira as my active protections.
Here is what I stumbled upon by accident … I noticed that my Windows Defender was Turned-Off … while I tried to turn the Windows Defender on … I also noticed that Windows Firewall was ON in addition to my Comodo Firewall … So, now I have couple of questions …
Q1: With Comodo Firewall running … should I leave the Windows Firewall “ON” also??? Or would Windows Firewall conflict with Comodo???
Q2: With Avira running should I have Windows Defender “ON” also!?!? Would Defender conflict with Avira!?!?
You can safely turn the Windows Firewall OFF when CF is active. I don’t think that there are conflicts between if you have both running but it is not necessary.
As per keeping Windows Defender active, it all depends on Avira. Defender is not an anti-virus, it scans for malware / spyware. If Avira protects against these threats, then Defender can be turned off.
Or would Windows Firewall conflict with Comodo!?!?
-Yes, it's possible. Windows Firewall and CIS can try to do the same job at the same time.
That makes the problem.
Your internet connection can be disconnected, slow, unstable etc.
It depands on the system.
[b]Q2[/b]: With Avira running should I have Windows Defender "[b]ON[/b]" also!?!?
- No, turn it off.
Would Defender conflict with Avira!?!?
-Yes, it’s possible. Windows Defender and Avira can try to do the same job at the same time.
That makes the problem.
It depands on the system.
The conflict means not only the freezing but also the technical malfunction.
Some people believe in they have no problem with 2 firewalls and 2 antivirus on.
Because they don’t see any BSOD, freezing, slow.
But it just doesn’t show them what’s really going on.
Recommend:
1.turn Windows Firewall off
2.turn Windows Defender off
Do not use 2 Firewalls at the same time.
Do not use 2 Antivirus at the same time.
It is funny though I had these darn programs running by mistake the whole time … and like Creasy mentioned I have NOT noticed anything but I have been getting slow throughput with online stuff …
So, I will turn-off the Windows Defender and Windows Firewall and cross my fingers!
