I feel that CFP’s configurable rules have made it most successful. A noob can use default settings and be protected, or, you can tweak it so your own mama can’t get in! ;D
How many pages are we Avast forum members going to devote to Comodo PFW this go around? 
LOL, Neal you’re 100% right ! This looks like Mary-go-round…
Oh BTW, PC Tools Firewall… just uninstall it and on next reboot you’ll see Windows Security Center reports it’s still there… even its design points that this product looks like some unfinished doodle-like-product…
Oh BTW, PC Tools Firewall... just uninstall it and on next reboot you'll see Windows Security Center reports it's still there... even its design points that this product looks like some unfinished doodle-like-product...that's proof enough for me-thanks Sasha ;D may this thread end NOW please-i know i help it along somewhat ::) ;)
I know it's hard to get proof since there isn't any....here's some bob ;D
Another vote for closing this thread …
Thx for you posts - i enjoyed reading them. I’d be grateful if someone could explain why they are using them if they have a router. I have used a little firewall called Tiny that is now no longer available. It was quite basic with just a message saying who was trying to contact you i.e. IP address and provider name… i just click on Accept, Deny, or create Formula. I read alot of comments which was that it was the simplest yet most effective firewall. Probably dropped because it didn’t have enough ‘bells and whistles’. ZoneAlarm by comparison was a poor thing each revision i’ve tried.
Now with a router it would seem it is redundant - i never get anyone trying to contact.
FYI. In ref to the above post. I was able to find a location for Tiny Personal Firewall, version 2.0.12. Of course it’s not supported anymore. To acquire it please go HERE.
The reason is outbound protection, some of the malware that infects systems downloads more of the same and most hardware routers provide no outbound protection.
Any malware that manages to get past your defences will have free reign to connect to the internet to either download more of the same, pass your personal data (sensitive or otherwise, user names, passwords, keylogger retrieved data, etc.) or open a backdoor to your computer, so outbound protection is essential.
Whilst Tiny might still be available at a number of old-version or archive sites, the important thing is continued development to combat new developments. So which ever you choose you should check them out (grc.com and firewallleaktester.com) with a view to protection and not just light on resources, etc.
See http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php later set of results
Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4.18.184FREE 9475 Excellentlook who's still on top of the mountain ;) page 7 coming soon ::)
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may this thread end NOW please-i know i help it along somewhatsorry-couldn't help it posting ;D
Still am happily with Comodo
You bad bad fat lazy cat…when are you going to learn to behave yourself otheriwse you won’t get fed, or you can just go outside and live on Rats. 
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when are you going to learn to behave yourself otheriwse you won't get fed, or you can just go outside and live on Rats.ain't gonna happen-that's just the way garfield is-and he likes rats sometimes ::) and SpeedyPC-where's your avatar-don't see it ;) what happened-garfield finally caught speedy ;D this is what i see on my end here- http://i16.tinypic.com/4poqx45.gif
page 7 now huh!!
You ate me!..can I get out of your fat tummy ;D…I don’t mind getting out the otherway if you light a match ;D ;D
I hope avast! firewall will be free, just like home edition is
Yes, it will. There will be a paid version also.
This is the problem, free and paid versions?
Well, if COMODO offers the best firewall for free, without restrictions… ZA free and Outpost free, you can see the results.
There isn’t a full free AV, but if there is a full FW, and also is one of the bests FW…
Outpost free hasn’t been developed for years, it really shouldn’t be even considered, it is still 1.0 when outpost pro is version4.0.
You’re fully right. Now I see that I’m not sure that will be a free and a paid version.
The free must be full firewall. Although it could not include, for instance, HIPS and let is only for paid version.
But, you’re right, why do we need a ‘half’ firewall for free… or it works or it does not.
Exactly ! And if it’s some kind of half-good product, I don’t care if it’s free million of times, they can even give me some money with that free version, but I still wouldn’t take it. I need something that’s fully functional like you guys mentioned, OK maybe without some extra features, but fully functional firewall that will protect my Windows machine. If it’s not good as I mentioned already, it can be million times free, I wouldn’t touch it…
I’m a Comodo firewall user and there are a few negatives but the positives in my experience outweigh the negatives.
What I like about Comodo firewall:
1)It gets Tru Stealth at Sheilds Up.
2)It’s easy to use.
3)The developer has been responsive to complaints/suggestions.A good example of this was the high resource issue in the early version of CPF.Comodo lowered RAM usage in a short period of time.
4)The program is also configurable to a certain extent.
These observations are based on version 2.4.
Version 3 promises to be a much different beast. 