End of Life date for Firewall V3.14 ??

piratetim · August 30, 2010, 4:13pm

What is the End of Life date for Firewall V3.14 ??

Cant get V4.1 to operate \ install properly on Win XP Pro SP3
despite trying all the fixes\uninstall\cleanup tips listed on this forum
(thanks to various posters) & so have reverted to V3.14.147648.588.

Have searched the forum & web and cant’ see a definite statement on this.
When will using V 3.14 become a security problem ??

piratetim · August 30, 2010, 4:36pm

Ok I see EricJH has posted this on another thread

https://forums.comodo.com/install-setup-configuration-help-cis/reasons-to-upgrade-from-3-to-4-t59129.0.html;msg425048#msg425048

so I suppose the Question is now - For how long am I secure using Firewall V 3.14 ??

brucine · August 30, 2010, 5:39pm

If using CAV, you won’t be able to update the virus base, as automatic update won’t work anymore, unless there’s some manual trick (i have no idea, i use an other AV).

If not, i don’t see what’s the problem, and i would even say there’s less issue with cis3 then with versions 4 and 5 at the time speaking, due to erratic behavior of the sandbox and trusted files/vendors.

rhgtyink · August 30, 2010, 5:47pm

Hi piratetim,

The only known issue with that version and Firewall is some ARP poisoning issue that got fixed in later version.
But if you only run Firewall there is nothing to be afraid of like brucine suggests.

The Firewall and D+ are even more stable and faster then in 3.x releases, but I do agree that sandboxing is still a young product, if you run an other AV next to FW there should be no issues of that kind.

Regarding EOL date normal software releases support N+1 so only version 4.x will be AV updated as 5.x is released, but normally Comodo handles the support only the latest version method. So only v5 will see fixes.

brucine · August 30, 2010, 6:14pm

Isn’t arp spoofing/poisoning only possible inside a local network, somewhat reducing this threat for cis home users (even if using a small lan)?

rhgtyink · August 30, 2010, 6:40pm

Yes correct ARP only lives on Layer2 that’s LAN indeed.

Chiron494 · August 30, 2010, 10:01pm

Will the whitelist continue to be updated for V3?

rhgtyink · August 31, 2010, 7:07am

Don’t think so, wasn’t dynamic there yet, would only be updated by new release…

piratetim · August 31, 2010, 12:20pm

Thanks for the responses, guys. :-TU

Am (home user) just using Firewall & D+.

So in a nutshell - F & D+ V3.14 are safe for the forseeable future in this scenario.

Chiron494 · August 31, 2010, 4:05pm

They don’t protect against script attacks and the whitelist won’t be expanded. I’d strongly recommend upgrading to the newest version and just disabling any options you don’t want.

Tech · August 31, 2010, 5:50pm

Move on… security software need to be updated all the time…
Go for CIS 5

piratetim · August 31, 2010, 7:04pm

:o

Citizen_K · September 2, 2010, 1:18am

If you don’t want extras like the sandbox you can simply disable them and get v3.14 behaviour back in only several clicks.

piratetim · September 4, 2010, 8:31am

No the problem I have (in common with many ? Win XP users) is getting V4.1 to install properly

despite trying all the cleanup/fixes listed in

https://forums.comodo.com/install-setup-configuration-help-cis/cleanup-tool-for-comodo-internet-security-t36499.0.html

and thus have had to revert to V3.14.

Dennis2 · September 4, 2010, 1:17pm

If you are having problems installing please follow the instructions here
https://forums.comodo.com/install-setup-configuration-help-cis/please-read-this-before-posting-an-installation-problem-t59681.0.html

Please also post the require logs in that topic.

Dennis