Just downloaded COMODO Firewall, should I disable teatimer?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi, I just downloaded comodo firewall and noticed it protects reg keys, as does teatimer. My first question is should I disable teatimer? And my second is will teatimer cause any software conflicts if I dont disable it. Also, does avast scan running processes as they are made and terminate as necessary, like teatimer?

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I think avast scans running processes, but asks u wat to do wiz them…

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So is it safe to disable teatimer and use spybot as an on demand scanner?

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Sure, avast! has a built-in real-time on-access antispyware. :wink:

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u could read better the info provided by avast.com :smiley:

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Online Armor Free is a much better firewall & much lighter & friendlier than Comodo. :wink:

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In my opinion, you should uninstall Spybot and use superantspyware and Malwarebytes instead as on-demand scanners as Avast does provide goood antispyware protection.
Comodo is a very good free firewall, you can keep it. Just opt out of the toolbar.
http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php

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Read about Comodo:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=46737.0

Spybot S&D has not kept up with the times like Malwarbytes Anti-Malware (MBAM)

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Come on, Avast is good enough and I’m sure that Avast suite will be a GREAT success. We’ll have a stable AV with good detection rates and low Fp. It will have a nice forum which implies a nice support as well. It will have a nice GUI, low impact on resources, a free version of the AV which we can recommend to friends and an AUTOMATED firewall. So there is no need for Avast users to indulge in the “Comodo bashing” as well.

Thanks.

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“i think” that is what yokenny was trying to tell.

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Yes, now Avast has changed, it is targeting a new market as it now offers a suite. It has to compete with products like NIS 010 and KIS 010 which is not an easy task as both Avast and the other companies are improving rapidly. It should not simply be considered as a great freebie but it should be good enough so that people will buy it.

Good luck to the avast team.

To the OP, I find no need to use teatimer if you are using Defense+, it will simply be too difficult to use.

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Wat does that mean?

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FP = false positive…
That’s the problem of the abbreviations.

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yea… but thats a technical term… u can’t expect everyone to know them…

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Ok but now you know it, so it’s fine.

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yea that y (why) I asked in the first place… :smiley:

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I could not find a 64 bit version though, so I too went with COMODO, it is kinda complicated!!!

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Its a bit time-consuming at first… but I find it ok…

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if you want to know my opinion here it is:

  1. of course disable all resident protections of SpyBot such as TeaTimer and SDHelper. there are a lot of conflict and problems reported, such as High CPU load without reason or computer freeze and slow down programs run-time.
  2. after disabling TeaTimer if you are still wonder about your protection of register keys and new startup programs or… you may try WinPatrol which is free and no conflict or impact of it on system performance has been reported. http://www.winpatrol.com/
  3. use another antispyware for your spyware protection too, but only on-demand scanners are recommended. I offer you Malwarebytes Antimalware (Free version is on-demand scanner). http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
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Perhaps you could change the configuration to “Comodo Internet Security” since you are running Avast alongside.
Also put Defense+ in “Clean PC mode” and Firewall to “Safe mode”. It will be easier to use then.

Can anyone tell me whether there is any security risk with this setup that is when changing the configuration of Comodo from “Comodo Firewall security” to “Comodo Internet Security” and run avast alongside?