Comodo Firewall v4

Craig321 · 13 Jun 2010 at 15:10

Hi

I've been using Comodo for years now, and am currently on v3.1 which has been running very well. Are there any significant improvements in v4? Are there any performance enhancements?

I'm open to suggestions if there's anything out there that's better, or if I should be sticking to v3.1.

I would just stick with the firewall in Windows 7, but I want control over every program that goes in & out.

Thanks,
Craig.

Craig321 · 13 Jun 2010 at 15:18

Just read that v3.5 introduced 'dramatic' performance improvements with a new network stack using the new Vista technology, so it's tempting to upgrade.

I just hope v4 isn't starting to fill up with crap.

Craig321 · 13 Jun 2010 at 17:18

Ice Globe said:
I recently changed over to v4 having wondered whether I really needed to upgrade as I was happy with v3.

Took the plunge only to find v4 wouldn't install! Having properly removed v3 with CCleaner, it still wouldn't install until I downloaded a batch file from the Comodo forums which wiped out some files/registry keys which were left behind.

All working now though, although a bit frustrating that I have to re-allow permissions to all my applications.

Have you noticed any performance improvements or any difference in v4?

Craig321 · 14 Jun 2010 at 22:03

Ice Globe said:
Haven't noticed any differences in particular.

Judging by the release notes, perhaps some differences and improvements with Defence+ and this new sandbox feature but I don't tend to run Defence+.

Yeah, a lot of their changes are made to Defence+. Just wondering if I'm missing out on the networking improvements made when the new network stacks etc. were introduced in v3.8.

I got an update for my installed v3.1 yesterday. I wonder if they included those network improvements in v3 patches at some point.