Good post steve. I installed Comodo 2.3.4.45 as a try yesterday to see what it is like.
I got error popups from avast like the pic below.
Was wondering what is wrong, I could not get even webshield working. The only way I could connect to internet was by "direct connection".
Never had such troubles with Sygate or kerio 2.1.5 or even Kerio 4.
But thanks to you steve, avast seems to work again.
Will see if I like this firewall or not.
Jarmo
PS
First impressions are not very promising.
Cannot understand why Firefox needs to 'act as a server' to have internet access ? And why Internet Explorer seems to need no rule to get to internet. So it seems leaky to say the least, unlike has been told how it is super leaktest passer?
But I go now and check the forums, maybe I can make my settings more secure than the default ones.
Well, that fix of stopping and starting avast providers worked a while. Then suddenly I was notified that my network card had a not working valid connection IP. Did a reboot and got a normal IP back, but webshield protection was gone.
Stopping and starting providers did not restore it. Only way was to use direct connection again. I have no idea if running PG free has anything to do, or the imcompatibility is between Avast and Comodo only.
But this is a gonner soon, especially when installing kerio 2.1.5 back takes only install, reboot and applying my ruleset file and then it is just the same with password, GUI and everything as before.
EDIT:
It is now gone and I am back to kerio 2.1.5. I have a phone program that replced my cord phone, using same phone number but no monthly fees. I allowed it everything in Comodo, but did not work, a total mystery. Skype worked though.
Every once in a while I also lost my internet connection. Tried to add some DHCP and DNS rules, but did not help, another mystery. But while doing that I noticed that the rules could not be named or ticked/unticked.
It might be a good firewall, no idea why I had all those problems, but I am kind of liking kerio 2.1.5.
Avast worked after uninstalling Comodo again just fine. No long term ill effects it seems.