Hi. I’m currently running 3.13.121240.574 and I’ve downloaded the complete installer for 4.0.141842.828. Can I do an in-place installation of 4.x, just running the installer and letting it write over what I have now? Or do I need to uninstall 3.13…574 first?
I want to do it this way so I don’t have to be online to perform the update. Plus, I already have it local so I’d rather just do that instead of letting an updater do it.
If I’m reading other forum posts correctly, I can answer my own questions:
1 - No, you can’t do an in-place pave-over install. You have to uninstall first, make sure it’s completely uninstalled, and do the 4.x install from scratch.
2 - No, you can’t do an in-place update with the Comodo updater and the offered update. As above, you need to completely uninstall first and reinstall with the installer.
3 - To make sure completely uninstalled, you should run the special uninstaller and registry cleaner listed in the clean-up tool thread link below.
4 - Yes, you can do it all with the downloaded installer, without being online during the installation.
5 - No, you can’t keep your settings, rules and policies. You need to recreate them from scratch after installing 4.x.
References:
I finished the reinstall, it seems to have gone well. (I’m liking the new UI, although I see some people hating on it.)
A follow-up question: I ran GRC’s ShieldsUp portscan. With Comodo 3.14 I was stealthed on all ports, but now with Comodo 4.x GRC is reporting port 0 and port 1 “Closed” instead of stealthed. Is there some way to stelath those too?
After I used the Comodo UNINSTALLER I ran Alan’s ZapBeta.bat. I said ‘Yes’ to the RUN_ONCE at the end, which gave me an error message, as you can see below. I said ‘no’ to delete and rebuild. Did I break anything? The error message is kinda scary.
Like I said, I finished up with the reinstall after that and it seems to be working. I’m just wondering what that error message is telling me.
ABSENT:- “HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1417001333-329068152-839522115-1003\Software\CFP”
ABSENT:- “HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1960408961-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\AppDa
taLow\AskBarDis”
ABSENT:- “HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1960408961-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Micro
soft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes{CF739809-1C6C-47C0-85B9-569DBB141420}”
PATHS :- VALID = 6; FROZEN = 0; ABSENT = 4
FILES :- FOUND = 2; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 0; ABSENT = 11
REG_Keys :- FOUND = 7; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 0; ABSENT = 137
NEED FIX :- FOUND = 9; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 0;
9 Off Permissions/Residuals to correct. 6:14:49.74
---- KILL Comodo Files and REG_Keys ; 6:14:49.75 ----
KILL ? Y(es) / N(o) :- Y
ABSENT "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\comodo"
VALID "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “COMODO Firewall Pro” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT "C:\Users\username\Application Data\Comodo"
ABSENT "C:\Users\username\L*\Application Data\Comodo"
VALID "C:\Program Files\Comodo"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “Firewall” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “Comodo Internet Security” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “SafeSurf” [RD /S /Q]
VALID "C:\Windows\system32"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “guard32.dll*” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT “cssdll32.dll” [DEL /F /A]
VALID "C:\Windows\system32\drivers"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “cmdGuard.sys” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT “cmdhlp.sys” [DEL /F /A]
KILLED “inspect.sys” [DEL /F /A]
KILLED “SFI.DAT” [DEL /F /A]
VALID "C:\Program Files"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “AskSBar” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “AskSearch” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components”
VALID “C:\Users\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Extensions”
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “{E9A1DEE0-C623-4439-8932-001E7D17607D}” [DEL /F /A]
SEEKING REGISTRY KEYS
KILLED:- “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ComodoGroup\COMODO Internet Security”
KILLED:- “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{710DF252-2566-41d3-BAF9-CEF
A5840BFD2}”
KILLED:- “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{B004FD67-F058-49e6-96DA-992
37A82133C}”
KILLED:- “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{D6267144-4B06-402a-808D-52D
498387079}”
PATHS :- VALID = 6; FROZEN = 0; ABSENT = 4
FILES :- FOUND = 0; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 2; ABSENT = 11
REG_Keys :- FOUND = 0; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 4; ABSENT = 140
NEED FIX :- FOUND = 0; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 6;
---- SHOW Comodo Files and REG_Keys ; 6:15:13.35 ----
SHOW ? Y(es) / N(o) :- Y
ABSENT "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\comodo"
VALID "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “COMODO Firewall Pro” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT "C:\Users\username\Application Data\Comodo"
ABSENT "C:\Users\username\L*\Application Data\Comodo"
VALID "C:\Program Files\Comodo"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “Firewall” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “Comodo Internet Security” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “SafeSurf” [RD /S /Q]
VALID "C:\Windows\system32"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “guard32.dll*” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT “cssdll32.dll” [DEL /F /A]
VALID "C:\Windows\system32\drivers"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “cmdGuard.sys” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT “cmdhlp.sys” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT “inspect.sys” [DEL /F /A]
ABSENT “SFI.DAT” [DEL /F /A]
VALID "C:\Program Files"
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “AskSBar” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “AskSearch” [RD /S /Q]
ABSENT “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components”
VALID “C:\Users\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Extensions”
SEEKING FILES …
ABSENT “{E9A1DEE0-C623-4439-8932-001E7D17607D}” [DEL /F /A]
SEEKING REGISTRY KEYS
PATHS :- VALID = 6; FROZEN = 0; ABSENT = 4
FILES :- FOUND = 0; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 0; ABSENT = 13
REG_Keys :- FOUND = 0; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 0; ABSENT = 144
NEED FIX :- FOUND = 0; FROZEN = 0; KILLED = 0;
0 Off Permissions/Residuals to correct. 6:15:26.15
Use RUN_ONCE ? Y(es) / N(o) :- Y
[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
Some of the above takes effect AFTER a Reboot
I saw ACCESS DENIED errors from the first cleanup script I downloaded.
I ran it many times to identify and fix various permission issues.
After I was satisfied I rebooted and the Event Log held 4 off errors.
There were no further warnings upon subsequent reboots, BUT …
I then observed more than 50 new PERMANENT errors in the REPOSITORY,
with significant “implications” for many things, including .NET FRAMEWORK.
I strongly suspect the following “Delete and Rebuild Repository” caused grief.
The following deletes the Repository, and Windows should EVENTUALLY rebuild it.
Rebuilding may need several reboots and or perhaps a few hours.
Repeated deletion of the repository during rebuild may cause extreme corruption.
After all else is fixed use “Delete & Rebuild Repository” ONCE ONLY (IF AT ALL)
DESTROY & Rebuild Repository ? Y(es) / N(o) :- N
Does the following mean I broke something?
==================
Use RUN_ONCE ? Y(es) / N(o) :- Y
[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
Some of the above takes effect AFTER a Reboot
I saw ACCESS DENIED errors from the first cleanup script I downloaded.
I ran it many times to identify and fix various permission issues.
After I was satisfied I rebooted and the Event Log held 4 off errors.
There were no further warnings upon subsequent reboots, BUT …
I then observed more than 50 new PERMANENT errors in the REPOSITORY,
with significant “implications” for many things, including .NET FRAMEWORK.
I strongly suspect the following “Delete and Rebuild Repository” caused grief.
The following deletes the Repository, and Windows should EVENTUALLY rebuild it.
Rebuilding may need several reboots and or perhaps a few hours.
Repeated deletion of the repository during rebuild may cause extreme corruption.
After all else is fixed use “Delete & Rebuild Repository” ONCE ONLY (IF AT ALL)