Comments on: Comodo Firewall 3 Alpha Compatible with Vista http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98428 Ryan Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:37:58 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98428 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98387">The Slasher wrote:</a><blockquote>They're taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll:</blockquote></div> Yeah, they were supposed to be at this stage back in April, so they are definitely trailing a little behind. As long as they make some nice steps forward I'm okay with delays.<div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98388">bloodsugarwilksm wrote:</a><blockquote>I'm so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff.Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone's progress. </blockquote></div> CoryC just emailed me a tip pointing to news of ZoneAlarm's Vista compatible software: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/06/zonealarm_for_windows_vista_re.htmlI'll be writing about that tomorrow.<div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98390">blaszta wrote:</a><blockquote>Hi Ryan,I use Comodo in my old XP system but I'm currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version?Thx!</blockquote></div> Seeing that this is the very first release I would recommend holding off. It is still in the Alpha stages and I wouldn't use it on a production machine until at least Beta. From what I could tell it seemed pretty solid, but with firewalls and antivirus software there are a lot of things going on underneath...and you don't want any of that to do something wrong.<div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98398">apoorva wrote:</a><blockquote>why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel).....with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall....</blockquote></div> The firewall in Vista is essentially the same as what's in Vista. It provides the basic protection, but some people (like myself) enjoy the added protection of a full firewall application. The Slasher wrote:
They’re taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll:

Yeah, they were supposed to be at this stage back in April, so they are definitely trailing a little behind. As long as they make some nice steps forward I’m okay with delays.

bloodsugarwilksm wrote:
I’m so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff.

Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone’s progress.

CoryC just emailed me a tip pointing to news of ZoneAlarm’s Vista compatible software:
[blog.washingtonpost.com]

I’ll be writing about that tomorrow.

blaszta wrote:
Hi Ryan,

I use Comodo in my old XP system but I’m currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version?

Thx!

Seeing that this is the very first release I would recommend holding off. It is still in the Alpha stages and I wouldn’t use it on a production machine until at least Beta. From what I could tell it seemed pretty solid, but with firewalls and antivirus software there are a lot of things going on underneath…and you don’t want any of that to do something wrong.

apoorva wrote:
why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel)…..with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall….

The firewall in Vista is essentially the same as what’s in Vista. It provides the basic protection, but some people (like myself) enjoy the added protection of a full firewall application.

]]> By: apoorvahttp://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98398 apoorva Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:15:41 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98398 why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel).....with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall.... why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel)…..with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall….

]]> By: blasztahttp://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98390 blaszta Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:56:58 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98390 Hi Ryan,I use Comodo in my old XP system but I'm currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version?Thx! Hi Ryan,

I use Comodo in my old XP system but I’m currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version?

Thx!

]]> By: bloodsugarwilksmhttp://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98388 bloodsugarwilksm Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:53:52 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98388 I'm so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff.Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone's progress.Thanks! I’m so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff.

Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone’s progress.

Thanks!

]]> By: The Slasherhttp://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98387 The Slasher Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:04:53 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98387 They're taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll: They’re taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll:

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