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Title: Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall
Post by: justinlee on March 08, 2015, 10:54:05 PM
For a couple of weeks i used Comodo Firewall. Now, I know Avast & Comodo Firewalls are very different, but when using Comodo with Bittorrent I had to configure a whole load of application rules. A lot of the time Comodo blocked connections Bittorrent tried to make.

With Avast I notice it is set by default to allow all connections (otherwise auto-decide)

Just wondering how safe that it? Should i configure Avast firewall to connect to Bittorrent connections in a 'safer' way? Or does Avast Firewall take good enough care of this by itself?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall
Post by: Pondus on March 09, 2015, 12:01:33 AM
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     when using Comodo with Bittorrent I had to configure a whole load of application rules. A lot of the time Comodo blocked connections Bittorrent tried to make.
you could ask yourselfe ..... why install programs that you dont trust with outbound connection    ::)


Title: Re: Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall
Post by: justinlee on March 09, 2015, 12:05:15 AM
Quote from: Pondus on March 09, 2015, 12:01:33 AM
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     when using Comodo with Bittorrent I had to configure a whole load of application rules. A lot of the time Comodo blocked connections Bittorrent tried to make.
you could ask yourselfe ..... why install programs that you dont trust with outbound connection    ::)

Mmmm I hear you, but on the other hand i've been using Bittorrent for a few years now and never had a problem. On top of that I get a lot of free stuff from it :)

It was more a question of what others did / thought of this than a worry.
Title: Re: Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall
Post by: Pondus on March 09, 2015, 12:20:03 AM
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   Mmmm I hear you, but on the other hand i've been using Bittorrent for a few years now and never had a problem.   
so then, if you trust it .... let it connect


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  It was more a question of what others did / thought of this than a worry.   
i dont use outbound firewall


And i dont trust Comodo   ;)
Worse than Superfish? Comodo-affiliated PrivDog compromises web security too
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887632/secure-advertising-tool-privdog-compromises-https-security.html
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/23/privdog-is-superfish-all-over-again/

Title: Re: Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall
Post by: justinlee on March 09, 2015, 12:52:57 AM
Quote from: Pondus on March 09, 2015, 12:20:03 AM
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   Mmmm I hear you, but on the other hand i've been using Bittorrent for a few years now and never had a problem.   
so then, if you trust it .... let it connect


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  It was more a question of what others did / thought of this than a worry.   
i dont use outbound firewall


And i dont trust Comodo   ;)
Worse than Superfish? Comodo-affiliated PrivDog compromises web security too
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887632/secure-advertising-tool-privdog-compromises-https-security.html
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/23/privdog-is-superfish-all-over-again/

Wow! Those links are interesting.
Title: Re: Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall
Post by: REDACTED on March 09, 2015, 01:44:45 AM
The good thing about the Avast Firewall is I don't have to configure it for every application like I did with Comodo. I think auto-decide should be fine if your torrenting  :) If your worried about connecting to bad peers when torrenting, you should use PeerBlock.