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Everytime I opened up a new browser tab everything would freeze up for 5 or more seconds and TA reported OA using upwards for 30% of my CPU. I'm leaving the paranoid camp, for now...-Darwin (January 29, 2008, 12:03 PM)
That might be an unjustified fear -- in any case, I don't want to find out whether it's justified or not!!!There's only one process running and it consumes 2186kb of VM...-Darwin (January 29, 2008, 12:36 AM)
my only computer is a notebook and I am often on networks other than my own as I teach at two different college campuses and definitely feel that I need the extra protection afforded by a software firewall. Of course, at home I am behind a hardware firewall.-Darwin (January 28, 2008, 11:46 PM)
)Update - first two hours with OnlineArmor have been a bit rocky but it has settled down now. First reboot was a long, protracted, and frankly worrisome affair. I haven't repeated that part of the experiement yet but hope that now that OA has configured itself it won't be so bad. Will report back tomorrow - if present level of resource usage and "intrusiveness" is representative of how its going to behave, I can happily live with it.-Darwin (January 28, 2008, 06:11 PM)
Hmm... I've grabbed the last release of Sygate (5.6xxx) from the link provided and am debating what to doPC Tools is working "fine" and with the most minimal footprint I've yet "enjoyed" in a firewall - I guess it's time to investigate further the dll issue...
-Darwin (January 28, 2008, 08:24 AM)
I am using Online-Armor AV+ V2 and i am also lucky to be a beta tester. I have used Online-Armor for over a year. It s getting better all the time and development is quick. They really listen to their users, especially Mike Nash who is the front man. Online-Armor is one of the easiest firewalls i have ever used or tried. It is pretty much set it and forget it.-ciderman (January 28, 2008, 05:04 AM)
Hi all. Sorry for the lack of updates to this
@excogitation: Just like you I wanted a grid making tool and I still wouldn't mind one BUT it sounds like it's difficult to create. Also,I suspect that even if one was made it would be very difficult to create one that would have even half of the flexibility of a manually created file. Like Armando says: "try modifying an existing grid ..." If you need help figuring something out or want a better explanation just ask - that's what forums are for (and what I'm trying to help answer with this tutorial - your questions can help us make this better).-Tyinsar (January 27, 2008, 08:54 PM)
)Because I have written in the recent past with an initially positive reaction to Comodo 3’s “Basic Firewall” installation option, I am honor-bound to post this quick message.http://blog.scotsnew...do-3s-basic-firewall
I have learned directly from Comodo executives that the Basic Firewall installation option of Comodo 3 does not offer any outbound leak protection whatsoever. The company may add that protection in a future version of Comodo 3.x. The Basic Firewall option turns off Comodo 3’s Defense+ HIPS module (which constitutes the “Advanced” default installation mode). Defense+ provides the leak protection for Comodo 3.
The previous generation of the Comodo 2.4 provided anti-leak protection without the new HIPS module.
Not only does this mean that Comodo 3’s optional Basic Firewall mode is no longer a contender in this blog’s firewall evaluation, but if you’re relying on this version of Comodo 3 for your firewall protection, Windows XP users should switch to Online Armor FREE version 2.1.0.31 (or newer) and Vista users should uninstall Comodo 3 and reinstall it, choosing the “Advanced” installation option.
ok... ok...