That's just about the install process.Įven if you manage to only install the Firewall, it has still a lot of functionality that has nothing to do with a firewall but rather an anti-virus software. It also downloads all unwanted software first, even if you don't want it to be installed. Then, someday they got rid of the offline installer making it mandatory to use their web installer, which, before you install the comodo firewall, analyzes your PC and then already sends some of that information home to comodo. If it happens that you install this stuff you might end up with security flaws because comodo installs their own certificates to capture and analyze ssl traffic. You get the firewall bundled with other nonsense bloatware and it's very tricky to not install unwanted software. However, there are several reasons which makes the use of comodo firewall unbearable: I was very happy with the comodo firewall, it has still a lot more functionality than simplewall and due to it's kernel level it's working for all users on the system and it can be activated for specific network devices only. Again, completely optional.I've been using comodo firewall for many years before I got rid of it in favor of simplewall one or two years ago.

However, if you ever want to revoke or edit permissions for a program, you can open up Windows Firewall through the Control Panel and fiddle with it there.

There's no need to manually set up firewall settings, which makes it extremely convenient to operate. Windows Firewall remembers this and won't ask you again for that program. When a program launches and wants to receive incoming data from the network, the firewall detects it, blocks it, and prompts you to allow access if you want.

The great thing about Windows Firewall is that you rarely have to interact with it. You've probably seen the firewall popup from time to time, asking if you want to allow a particular program to run on public and/or private networks.īut is Windows Firewall good enough to suffice as a primary firewall? For most users, the answer is Yes.

Like Windows Defender, Windows Firewall is a built-in security component that Microsoft so generously included in all Windows versions starting with XP.

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