Thanks for the replies!
I did the uninstall/reinstall for Avast but that unfortunately did not resolve the issue. I'm still getting the same DCOM Exploit warnings from Avast (port 135) as I did before. The Comodo firewall continues to perform as intended and is stopping inbound violations including some at port 135. For some reason Avast is getting to just a select few before the firewall. I did a retest for firewall leaking and it checks out fine. It's bewildering why Comodo stops the vast majority of inbound violations except for a few where Avast seems to beat it to the punch.
Is there anyway to know if those select few DCOM warnings from Avast have leaked past Comodo?
I've been trying to think of what has changed on my system that corresponded to timing of these Avast warnings for DCOM exploits that I've never had in the past. Only thing I can think of is that I did an upgrade to SP3. Could that have messed up the ordering of AV and Firewall?
The silver lining is that nothing is penetrating as far as I know but it's bewildering that Avast would stop some port 135 intrusions before the firewall.
As to the recommendation for installing a router, wouldn't that be overkill? I have one computer with a direct link to DSL and don't need wireless. Wouldn't the firewall in a wired router be superfluous to the Comodo firewall? I'm not up to speed on what a router firewall would do that Comodo's firewall wouldn't? Any suggestions in that regard? I've also heard that routers can slow down connection speeds.
I suppose the next step is to upgrade to Comodo's version 3 to see if that will fix this issue but I really dread doing that.
Again, thanks for the assistance. It's much appreciated.
