Bittorrent - Avast vs Comodo Firewall

[justinlee]

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.

[Pondus]

     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   

[justinlee]

     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.

[Pondus]

   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

  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/

[justinlee]

   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

  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.

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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.