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<blockquote data-quote="itssaulgoodman" data-source="post: 890900" data-attributes="member: 68438">Hi all, I know that COMODO Firewall (CF)&#039;s default settings are useless and that CurelSister&#039;s settings are rock solid. However, I recently came upon another CF configuration video and the settings the user set seems pretty solid as well: [MEDIA=youtube]ral_Cl2tmyM[/MEDIA] Are the settings used in the above video as good as CruelSister&#039;s or good enough to withstand ransomware in 2020? (I don&#039;t keep any files locally, I keep everything synced using cloud storage and I keep that cloud storage solution away from the system since I&#039;ve seen that ransomware can hit it as well). Secondly, on 2 of my Windows 10 systems, I have Kaspersky Security Cloud Free (KSCF) + CF (with above video settings). Having KSCF bars me from using Windows&#039;s Controlled Folder Acess or CFA (yes, I know it isn&#039;t the be all end all solution for ransomware... but on my one of my Win 10 systems I have Emsisoft + CF and I managed to enable CFA by turning off a setting in Emsisoft and like it.) This leads me to the question - if I add folders to<a href="https://help.comodo.com/topic-72-1-451-4764-.html#:~:text=The%20Protected%20Objects%20panel%20can,to%20be%20protected%20from%20changes" target="_blank"> CF&#039;s &quot;Protected Objects&quot;</a>, will it act like Window&#039;s CFA or not? I couldn&#039;t find much on these topics and since I&#039;m no security wiz, I thought I&#039;d ask here. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="itssaulgoodman, post: 890900, member: 68438"] Hi all, I know that COMODO Firewall (CF)'s default settings are useless and that CurelSister's settings are rock solid. However, I recently came upon another CF configuration video and the settings the user set seems pretty solid as well: [MEDIA=youtube]ral_Cl2tmyM[/MEDIA] Are the settings used in the above video as good as CruelSister's or good enough to withstand ransomware in 2020? (I don't keep any files locally, I keep everything synced using cloud storage and I keep that cloud storage solution away from the system since I've seen that ransomware can hit it as well). Secondly, on 2 of my Windows 10 systems, I have Kaspersky Security Cloud Free (KSCF) + CF (with above video settings). Having KSCF bars me from using Windows's Controlled Folder Acess or CFA (yes, I know it isn't the be all end all solution for ransomware... but on my one of my Win 10 systems I have Emsisoft + CF and I managed to enable CFA by turning off a setting in Emsisoft and like it.) This leads me to the question - if I add folders to[URL='https://help.comodo.com/topic-72-1-451-4764-.html#:~:text=The%20Protected%20Objects%20panel%20can,to%20be%20protected%20from%20changes'] CF's "Protected Objects"[/URL], will it act like Window's CFA or not? I couldn't find much on these topics and since I'm no security wiz, I thought I'd ask here. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. [/QUOTE]

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