Meltdown and COMODO Free Firewall 7

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Is it safe to install the January 2018 KB4056894 rollup (i.e. Meltdown fixes) in Windows Update with an old old version of COMODO Free Firewall?

I’m using the following software on Windows 7 SP1 32-bit.

  • Avast Free Antivirus 17.9.2322 (new version)
  • Comodo Free Firewall 7.0.317799 (old old version)
  • Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 3.3.1.2183 (new version)

I’m running the AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition processor and that processor is in the list below.

I apologize for not having the time to read the posts in the Meltdown threads.

Windows security updates and antivirus software

Complete Meltdown Spectre CPU List
http://www.techarp.com/guides/complete-meltdown-spectre-cpu-list/

P.S.

The reason I stopped updating is the ADS issue. It caused me a huge amount of trouble.

COMODO changes date of EXE/BAT/CMD etc. on copy
https://forums.comodo.com/-t109389.0.html

CIS/CES 8 adds ADS to files which remain present if files (login to view)
https://forums.comodo.com/-t108102.0.html

Does COMODO Firewall Free 10 have the same issue? I don’t want to bork my HDD because I forgot to change a default setting.

Edit:

I skipped the January 2018 KB4056894 rollup in Windows Update.

The February 2018 KB4074598 rollup works fine with COMODO Free Firewall 7.

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Hi APPLE123,
That’s really very old version, suggest you should try latest Firewall v10. You should not see ADS issue.

Thanks
-umesh