Hi Paul n others.
Here is the link to the Comodo forum discussion on the issue.
http://forums.comodo.com/feedbackcommentsannouncementsnews_cis/comodo_and_avast-t40406.0.htmlAnd here is what i posted there:Hi Speedy.
I am on XP 32 bit with Avast with Comodo 3.5
I too had noticed the same thing when i had installed Comodo, thought it happened to me alone because of my low-config setup. I have the Comodo 3.5 installer file still saved on my hard drive, and after reading your post, did a quick test.
You are right, just hovering the mouse over the file makes the system freeze for a few seconds. I then redid this after putting on Process Explorer, and its ashserv.exe (the Standard Shield module of Avast) that hogs the CPU and records furious I/O activity.
However, i would like to point out an interesting thing. I momentarily disabled the Standard shield. then right clicked the Comodo file and did a quick scan. ashquick.exe worked fine without any freezes. Scan report was:
"Number of scanned files:147
Total size of scanned files: 120MB"
Thats huge compression. May be causing the freeze. But strange why only Standard Shield freezes, not the Quick Scan.
-----------------------------------------
In my experience, it is only a temporary freeze for few seconds, thankfully the explorer does not crash.
IMHO, there are only about three
good popular free firewall programs - Comodo firewall, Online Armor free and to an extent Agnitum Outpost. Not counting Zone Alarm free as 'good' though its quite popular.
And compatibility issues between the best of the bunch need to be discussed. I really do not know whose bug it is, but seems more likely to be an issue with comodo's packer.