Well, I’m a long time ZoneAlarm user. I just recently pulled a switch to the comodo security suite. Instantly, I’m greeted with dialogs just like I would expect from ZoneAlarm. However, Comodo takes it a step further. It seems to monitor every little thing a program does, from modifying any little registry value in windows, to internet access attempts. Why didn’t I try out Comodo sooner? Well, I was under the impression that ZoneAlarm was awesome, and there couldn’t be something better. Well, I was wrong, dead wrong in fact. I see that comodo does virus scans, updates automatically, secures internet, and monitors programs very closely. Many say that Comodo is less resource heavy as well.
Here’s the real kicker, Comodo is free! ZoneAlarm Pro is not. The regular ZoneAlarm doesn’t come with nearly as many features as the free version of Comodo does. I think I have just found my new favorite software firewall and antivirus. Anyone not running something like ZoneAlarm or Comodo needs to go get one of the two now. No matter how savvy you think you are, there are a lot of strange things on the internet that could trick you, and Comodo or ZoneAlarm will block such things.
In conclusion, Comodo gets my vote now, ZoneAlarm is good, but I don’t think it’s as good as Comodo even in the “pro” version.
I used to have this one installed on my other computer. When I searched for the best Free firewall, this one came up in reviews. However, it was detected as malicious by some program – forgot what it is – because “it changes some settings on your computer” or something like that.
Would love to hear updates regarding this as you use it.
Comodo is not malicious, it was probably a false positive. This happens from time to time with certain programs. Comodo is invasive on everything that runs on your computer, constantly checking what it’s doing and scanning for viruses. Thus, this could cause a false-positive.
Thanks for the review of this, I have been using the ZoneAlarm program. I will give this one a try.
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I think you just convinced me to try Comodo!
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I have downloaded and been using this for a week. No issues and it is working well. I am only using the Firewall as I have AVG Antivirus. How is the Antivirus? Should I drop AVG and use both features of Comodo?
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The anti-virus has been rated fairly well, but from what I’ve read AVG may be better, or something like Avast. I like the anti-virus though, I see it update all the time and do scans automatically. I also like that it’s all in one package, and not using a lot of resources.