Internet, which is part of life of billions of people like you and me. The place which changed the life of many and made them millionaires and changing the world at each and every point of time. But, the bad part of the Internet is also present (there is always other side of the coin as well.) and if on one side it is making people millionaires then on the other hand it is also the cause of taking the hard earned money from many, we know it as cyber crime. Anyway, again the good part of the Internet is still alive and give a hard time to the bad people on the Internet and Comodo Group is one of those good people. They are giving away free personal firewall software, which protects you from various threats. Now, lets review comodo firewall and lets see if it delivers what it is supposed to and what are the PROS and CONS of this software.
PROS of Comdo Firewall :
1. Free means free! : Comodo firewall is a completely free software and they actually mean free. They don’t give any nag screens, no promotional offers, nothing. They are giving away the software at zero cost. They just require you to supply you with your email address, so that they can send you the registration key at no cost. They send registration keys to keep a track on how many people are using their software.
2. Great security : It delivers, what it is supposed to and thus qualifies itself as one of the better security softwares available on the Internet. In various tests, it has proved its worth and helped in identifying the unwanted elements. It blocks attacks from outside world and blocks malware-style leak tests. Let’s you take control of the softwares or programs which will access the Internet connection. Watch out bad guys, the firewall will not let you break into the computer so easily.
3. Simple Interface : The interface of the software is also simple. It is good enough for any user and most of the users will find ease in using and going through the options it has to offer. However, still there is scope of improvement but I’m sure that most of the users will be fine with it.
4. Recognize know programs : One of the good thing about this software is that it lets you scan your computer first and then automatically puts the known programs in the safe list and doesn’t give alerts for those softwares.
CONS of Comodo Firewall :
1. Too many alerts : Somehow, it gave lots and lots of alerts and thus it can alarm any beginner in starting and can create problems in case a user clicks on the deny button of an important software. Although, alerts can be minimized by letting the program scan through the system for the known programs.
2. Starting problems in accessing the web based services : I did face some problems in accessing the web based services like GMail, Google Reader. However, once I restarted the computer, everything seemed normal. After, using it for few days, I started to face the problem in connecting to the Internet and gave me errors too. However, just a simple restart and everything used to get back to normal. Maybe because this software is currently in BETA or may be it is giving some stronger security :)
Overall Rating & Opinion :
This software is extremely good and deserves to be installed on your computer. In case you face any problems in accessing any of the web based services like I experienced then simple restart will resolve the issue. But, if you are actually concerned about that fact then please do consider the fact that this software is right now in BETA and also that it is giving you the strong security, which is also an important factor. It may be the case, that you may not experience any problems, so do give it a try and in case you find that you are into troubles then you always have that ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS tool available.
Links : [Comodo Firewall] [Download Comodo Firewall]
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