Power failure last night. APC UPS software properly shut down computer.
Restarted machine earlier today, all appeared to be okay, except that Comodo started asking if programs that I use every day should be allowed to run. These were Firewall/Defense+ pop-ups that I’d not seen since updating Comodo to version 4.x some time ago.
Any plausible explanation as to why Comodo appeared to have a memory lapse?
Was the UPS software tested and allowed in defense+, including its shutdown privileges?
Sometimes when cpf.exe crashes it can forget its rules.
When I updated Comodo Firewall, I pulled the UPS plug; as I recall, there were at least three requests from either Firewall or Defense+ to allow APC software to run.
I just looked in the My Safe Files list for Defense+, and don’t see any entries for APC there.
On the other hand, as I wrote previously, when the power failed a few nights ago, the UPS properly shut down the computer. I say “properly,” as there were several programs running, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and WordPerfect when the UPS shut down the computer, and they were all fine when I started the machine the next morning.
Furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, when I restarted the computer, it went through a normal start-up, whereas if the shutdown had not been accomplished correctly, I would have expected to see the Windows “the machine did not shut down properly, please choose one of these options to restart” screen.
I think the program forgot its name, as it appears to me that it is really cfp.exe…
That silliness aside, what makes you think that there was a crash? I know full well that you do not actually know that that happened; rather, I am simply wondering about this, not being argumentative.
When I updated Comodo Firewall, I pulled the UPS plug; as I recall, there were at least three requests from either Firewall or Defense+ to allow APC software to run.
Of course, i do not exclude that Comodo might have been hit by some kind of Alzheimer disease.
I only wondered if a simulated UPS shutdown would have made some difference, as the logic behavior for defense+ would then have been to obtain shutdown privileges (and not only working rules for the UPS software).
I was just offering a possible scenario of what could have happened. I said “Sometimes when cpf.exe crashes it can forget its rules.” that indicates a possibility not a Final Truth with capital f and t.
There is no difference whatsoever between unplugging the UPS and a power failure; in both cases, the UPS starts running the computer on battery power, then announces that battery is getting low, the monitor is shut off, then the computer is shut down.
The UPS does not distinguish between being unplugged and having the line current fail; in fact, it has no way of doing that. In either case, the power is off, and APC suggests unplugging the unit for testing purposes.