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Arnold72

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avast and firewalls
« on: June 23, 2012, 05:42:55 PM »
hi
im a proud user of avast and love this program,
Any ideas for a good firewall to be running alongside avast.
I know comodo is out and im running online armor at the moment.is there a problem with avast and OA ?
Am i ok to keep using OA.?
Regards. 8)
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2012, 05:45:52 PM »
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2012, 05:46:53 PM »
how are you so sure.ive just heard privatefirewall has a problem with avast web shield.
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2012, 05:50:37 PM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on June 23, 2012, 05:46:53 PM
how are you so sure.ive just heard privatefirewall has a problem with avast web shield.

??? PF is not related to OA...!!
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2012, 05:55:46 PM »
that is irrelevant.
Has online armor a problem with web shield or not?
Any conclusive tests done. 8)
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2012, 05:59:39 PM »
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2012, 06:58:33 PM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on June 23, 2012, 05:46:53 PM
how are you so sure.ive just heard privatefirewall has a problem with avast web shield.
I use Private Firewall and have encountered no problems. Of course I made the proper rules/exclusions in both avast and PF.  :)
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2012, 07:38:08 PM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on June 23, 2012, 05:55:46 PM
that is irrelevant.
Has online armor a problem with web shield or not?
Any conclusive tests done. 8)
The testing is done by the numerus members of this forum and many others who actualy use OA and avast together with no problems.
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2012, 09:37:00 PM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on June 23, 2012, 05:42:55 PM
hi
im a proud user of avast and love this program,
Any ideas for a good firewall to be running alongside avast.
I know comodo is out and im running online armor at the moment.is there a problem with avast and OA ?
Am i ok to keep using OA.?
Regards. 8)

Sorry for resurrecting this old'ish thread but what is wrong with using Commodo?

I have used that firewall for ages with no problems (that I know of) and periodically test it via the grc site https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2.

As far as I'm aware it doesn't conflict with avast (may be wrong there). I have added avast as trusted path in commodo but not the other way round.

I'd like to hear some opinions
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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2012, 09:55:19 PM »
Much simplified answer.

Depends on what OS you are using, if win7, then the comodo firewall can't differentiate between what process is being redirected through the web shield proxy as it doesn't have support for the latest windows redirect API.

So if you have rules that try to block an application from connecting to the internet, if that connection is using http protocol it will be redirected through the web shield proxy (which is allowed in comodo) bypassing the rule to block it.
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« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2012, 10:08:49 PM »
Ah, that's interesting.

Must get my behind over to the Commodo forum to see if there are any rumours of fixing that  :(

May I ask what your recommendation for a firewall are?
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Re: avast and firewalls
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2012, 10:10:01 PM »
Just read your signature ... I assume its outpost

Thanks for the help
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« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2012, 10:37:03 PM »
By all accounts the comodo forum has had a deafening silence if they are going to fix it and if so when. I believe they would rather you used their suite.

Mine is the Pro version, not free, but I have been using Outpost Firewall in many versions from Outpost 1.0 free. I bought a lifetime license for Outpost Firewall Pro many years ago at version 3.0 (a bargain at the time for the cost of a single years license). I have since bought another lifetime license for my other system.

But there are many free firewalls, even a free 7.0 version of Outpost Suite, a custom install is required not to install the antivirus module.
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« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2012, 10:49:30 PM »
Noted, thanks and I'll look into this.

regards
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« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2012, 11:55:02 PM »
You're welcome.
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