"Windows Operating System is trying to connect to the internet"

[Jon79]

website filtering is totally useless, check here

@Jon79 post:2047

Reviews from PCMag

better to use a browser add-on.

furthermore, few years ago i found website filtering trying to connect to some yahoo ips…

@Jon79 post:2

In my opinion, better to use a dedicated browser extension to block both malicious websites and advertisements.
Some great examples are ublock origin, adguard, adblockplus.

Few months ago I noticed that CIS sent some requests to Yahoo servers when website filtering was enable https://forums.comodo.com/firewall-help-cis/firewall-blocking-icmpv4-connections-to-yahoo-from-cis-t109845.0.html;msg798141#msg798141.

Nobody gave me a clear answer about why that happened, the only statement was “there is no reason for us to phone yahoo” (check the following link, scroll down to the last comment from Melih himself) https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cis/comodo-internet-security-8204508-is-released-t110542.135.html.

Funny answer considering that, upon every installation or update, CIS asks you to change the browser homepage and search engine to Yahoo…