Battle Comodo Firewall with : CAV , Avast Free or Avira Free?

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win7holic

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comdo IS, avast, or avira?
hmm..
1. COMODO IS with firewall too..
2. avast combine with comodo firewall
or,
3. avira with comodo firewall
what you choose ?
:p
tell about your reasons?
 

McLovin

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RE: comdo IS, avast, or avira?

Well I would say Avast free and Comodo Firewall...avast becasue it is overall good and comodo firewall because i have heard that it is quite good
 

HeffeD

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Feb 28, 2011
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RE: comdo IS, avast, or avira?

I personally run the full CIS suite, but I would have no problems running (and have in the past) either Avira or Avast free with Comodo's firewall. Both Avira and Avast are very capable.
 

Jack

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CIS as a full suite , I don't like to have a lot of process running in the backround.CIS with CAV works like a unity so I think it's better.....
Comodo Firewall in the right hands it's an perfect protection tool..so what antivirus are you using has no real importance. :p
 

MrXidus

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I would use Avast with Comodo firewall, Simply because I prefer to be running under Avasts signatures then Comodo.
 

eXPerience

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Just a question, doesn't the sandbox of Avast interfere with the one in Comodo ? (Haven't used comodo anymore in quite a while so I'm curious)

eXp
 

LoftedAphid86

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eXPerience said:
Just a question, doesn't the sandbox of Avast interfere with the one in Comodo ? (Haven't used comodo anymore in quite a while so I'm curious)

eXp
Comodo's sandbox just automatically answers HIPS prompts based on the selected configuration, Avast's sandbox is a virtualisation sandbox, so they don't conflict.
 

bogdan

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A couple of things are worth being mentioned:

  • Avast's Behavior Guard and Defense+ might be too much, but you can install avast free antivirus without the BB (you still have avast's sandbox) if you want to.
  • Even if you don't install the AV part of Comodo, you still use their cloud technology: white/blacklisting and CIMA.
  • My system felt lighter when using Avast Free + Comodo Firewall compared to using the full CIS suite, but I used this setup some time ago, maybe the antivirus part in CIS is improved now.
  • CIS is extremely modular, disabling a module doesn't affect other modules, it doesn't "break" it.

So I've used Avast Free + Comodo Firewall because:

  • System felt lighter
  • Avast had better detection than CAV in tests

Again, please note that I haven't used CAV recently, maybe it is improved. CAV recently received a Virus Bulletin award.
 

win7holic

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MrXidus said:
I would use Avast with Comodo firewall, Simply because I prefer to be running under Avasts signatures then Comodo.

what you mean about this
Days since last infection 488 days..?
that is at under your post..
 

win7holic

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Dieselman said:
Keeping yourself virus free starts with your own brain. Your protection is second.

yes.. i agree with you dieselman :p
^^
even very great AV.. if i;m not doing well when online or download something still get infect (if AV not detect as well)
 

Dejan

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For less experienced people I'd recommend Avast free or Avira free, but for more experienced people I'd recommend CIS (which is CF and CA :p). It all depends, I think though CIS can get annoying for everyone with almost every action needing consent by default.
 

Dieselman

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But we are not talking about downloading malicious stuff. He specifically stated he could not download at all unless he turned off CIS. Does not matter anyways cause Comodo DNS servers are very poor at blocking malware related sites when compared to Norton DNS or ClearCloud DNS. Even languy99 stated this.
 
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