I’ve just switched to Comodo from Sunbelt Software’s Keiro. That application included a ‘number-dialled’ monitor. I have broadband, but keep the dial-up modem connected for faxes, and I’m worried about ‘premium-rate’ diallers. Am I correct in saying that Comodo does not cover this problem?
G’day,
CFP does not monitor the modem as such, but there is an executable lurking behind all of these “premium rate” diallers. As such, you would be given the opportunity to ALLOW or DENY the executable before it attempted to dial out.
Having said that, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to add a component to CFP that monitored the hardware class that includes analogue modems. Why not add this to the firewall wishlist?
Cheers,
Ewen 
Sorry about not answering months sooner but frankly I forgot that I had posted in here.
Yes, it is as Soya Lv. ∞ had commented:
I know there are multitudes of filters (above and beyond the “stock” ones) for Proxomitron but I’m not that computer literate to understand how they all work. I found that with minimal changes in the default settings of Prox (plus a couple of fan mades) along side Adblock Plus, pretty much suits my tastes in striking a balance between good ad blocking and browser usability.
Im just wondering if Spyware Doctor has said Comodo has a Backdoor.Hackdoor trojon virus inside its directory and is this a Spyware Doctor problem or is there any other instances where someone has recieved this message? plz hlp
I had compromised computer issues and had installed comodo and uninstalled spyware doctor to see what happened in the past spyware doctor slowed computer down heaps and i did not trust so i uninstalled it and just recently re installed and its said Backdoor.Hackdoor trogen viris inside comodo directory with 75 other spyware files and (Keenvalue) is adware used by euniverse also detected? Im wondering what do do?
Can you please report this as a false positive to Spyware Doctor?
Thanks in advance.
Ewen
Hi folks,
Ive just been looking over my dads computer which has CA security suite on it(i tell him its not great but he paid for it so hes gonna ■■■■ well use it).Anyway while looking through the “application rules” section of the firewall i noticed 2 entries one for iexplore.exe and one for iexplore.exe_1 .Now this seems not right so ive tried a few things to find any problems.First off i downloaded CBOclean which pulled up 1 file but after checking this out it is the driver for the CA HIPS and it seems clean according to the online sites.Also scanned with the latest Avira(nothing) Searching his computer i can find no referance to this _1 file and in the application rules you cannot specify the full path.Google comes up with only 1 find for this,in Chinese, so im at a bit of a loss as to what to try next or where to look for it.Gonna do a Hijack this later today,if anyone has any ideas which might be helpful like a search tool,i`d be grateful.
Also the CA help forum was about as useful as binoculars to a blind man.
Regards, Matty
Hi Matty,
I can’t find any other reference to “iexplore.exe_1” anywhere. I’m just wondering if it’s their way of storing a second entry for “iexplore.exe”.
Do any other executables have more than one entry?
Ewen
Yeh, i was thinking it could be something along those lines,no others have multiple entries, theres only about 7 in total.I deleted it once but it just came back with no alert after hed been to a site where he needed to answer an alert about cookies.I dont think its infected because its behind a router with SPI and hes not into p2p or porn or the dark side of net,likes playing freecell though. Ill see what the CA forum comes back with but finding no referance for iexplore.exe_1 being malware reasures me a bit.
Regards, Matty
Hey Matty!
Got an Idea you might be able to try, Try creating another rule that you already have, for example, if you had “Internet Freecell?” that already had a rule that was allowed, what happens if you try to create another rule for the same program? it might result in a new suffix to differentiate the two.
Recently, I tried to download Microsoft Updates to my PC, and I received the following message, "error. Last updated : 05/27/2005 Print | Close
Problem description
This error usually happens because we are unable to locate the correct proxy to access the internet or there is an invalid character in the proxy override settings.
Applicable operating systems and products
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Resolutions
- A misconfigured Proxy/Firewall can cause this problem. Double-check the Proxy/Firewall settings. Add the following urls to the exception list within your Firewall/Proxy:
http://.update.microsoft.com
https://.update.microsoft.com
http://download.windowsupdate.com
For help configuring Proxy/Firewall refer to documentation or contact the manufacturer
"
Does anyone know how to configure Comodo Firewall to accept the downloads? I will await a reply. :SMLRThanks.
Hi William,
What version of CFP are you using, 3 or 2? We should move this to the appropriate product support board so it can get due attention. :P0l
I need 1 simple security system for my mom’s computer. Anybody got suggestions. Comodo firewall would have to many pop ups for her.
I think one program isn’t enough (unless suites are counted ;)). On my parents computer, which I’ve kept simple and secure for them, I’ve installed CFP 2.4 and Avira Antivir. Also, if she uses the IE browser, maybe you could make her switch to Firefox or Opera.
LA
My mom loves google. Tomorrow I am going to download F-force suite. The 30 day trial is free. I think I will buy the full version of superantispyware for her. She only looks at the news and does some research on the internet.
On my computer I have comodo firewall. It has a lot of pop ups, probably part of the learning process. Mom would hate that.
Anybody have problems with computer after downloading sp3 of microsoft update?
After downloading the sp3 of microsoft had problems on my mother’s computer. Got blank dos pop up for file cmd.exe. Have got this on my computer too. Thought my computer was acting up because I did a complete restore.
On my mom’s computer I removed the sp3 and add/remove program. Then got message that add ons need to brouse with e. Thus did a restore. Get to browser page was running slow thus had to restore to a few days back.
Probably you would be wanting a suite that doesn’t need to rely on your mum too much, right?
If that’s the case, I would recommend trying Eset Smart Security or Trend Micro internet security 2008. They are both pretty user friendly once you set it up… Try before you buy!
I was removing securty systems that were on this computer which were etrust, norton, and f-secure by instructions given by f-secure. Was told to make a backup before deleating files. I don’t know how to make a backup of the register files.
Does anyone know how to make a backup of the register? Please send instructions.
You’d better set up a system restore point which includes the registry.
Anyway to backup the registry only you could go to “start > run…”, enter “regedit”, select “file > export”, check “all” under “export range”, enter a filename and click on “save”.
Thanks. I will try Eset Smart Security. For read that Trend Micro was hacked into. Can’t find it anymore. Just rememeber that it said passwords were stolen causing devertion to other pages.