Solved Best possible Free security setup

[MaxPayne]

I dont know why everyone talks bad about comodo's AV then if this shows how great it is.

Yes their are many Unexperienced users out their who only rely on Antivirus for protection, because of all of the propaganda all over the net, either that or their on a quest for commercial profits!

i know, what people do for money, i hate how people screw or misleead other people for greed... poor noobs..

 

[Warlockz]

Comodo Internet Security 5 is basically set up for you, but their are some features a user must set to fit their needs, I use the "Comodo Proactive Security" mode, Right click the comodo icon in your hidden icons tray, go to Configuration and select Comodo Proactive Security, another thing you will want to tweak is the Stealth ports wizard, and Firewall Behavior Settings so you can select how you want your firewall to react, you can access these settings under Firewall on the Comodo GUI, all other settings are pretty much self explanatory, or you can read threw the users guide for more of an understanding about what these settings do....

The Comodo Forums are also full of advice and help to any of your questions regarding Comodo, from users who live and breath Comodo, I would start here in the Guides Section, for a quick reference to many questions new Comodo users may have.

 

[MaxPayne]

Thank you so much, not only have you saved me money, but have got me the best of the best. Thanks for all your help, i fricken love this community idk y i didnt find these forums earlier.

 

[Warlockz]

Also youll want to select o Treat as, or allow ect when you get a popup, and select remember, so you dont get constant popups for things you trust, your going to be creating rules when your a new user, or you can select training Mode for awhile in D+ and the Firewall and use as many of your favorite apps so it can learn their behavior.

Its kinda confusing at first but you will get the hang of it fast, if you have an issue you can take advantage of the free 60 day geek buddy that comodo comes with to help you make some decisions on something you may be confused with ect!

 

[MaxPayne]

Also youll want to select o Treat as, or allow ect when you get a popup, and select remember, so you dont get constant popups for things you trust, your going to be creating rules when your a new user, or you can select training Mode for awhile in D+ and the Firewall and use as many of your favorite apps so it can learn their behavior.

Its kinda confusing at first but you will get the hang of it fast, if you have an issue you can take advantage of the free 60 day geek buddy that comodo comes with to help you make some decisions on something you may be confused with ect!

k thanks yea it does sound a lil confusing but ill do some research and homework first of course

 

[Warlockz]

Thank you so much, not only have you saved me money, but have got me the best of the best. Thanks for all your help, i fricken love this community idk y i didnt find these forums earlier.

Your welcome Im glad I can help, Im also happy I found this forum, very great support here, so many kind people who just enjoy their Windows 7, and helping others with free advice so they dont have to go and pay outrageous prices at a computer shop.

 

[MaxPayne]

yeaup thanks thats y i love this place, best support there is

 

[malexous]

wow that is amazing, is this comodo internet security free or pro? I dont know why everyone talks bad about comodo's AV then if this shows how great it is.

The antivirus components do not come into play in Proactive Security Challenge.

Why is OA not listed anymore in leading firewall tester? - Online Armor forums

 

[DBone]

Don't install GeekBuddy. You'll have the option to uncheck it during the installation phase. Just read each screen. After installation, we can give you some suggestions on setting up CIS. Are you an advanced user or more of a novice?

 

[MaxPayne]

Don't install GeekBuddy. You'll have the option to uncheck it during the installation phase. Just read each screen. After installation, we can give you some suggestions on setting up CIS. Are you an advanced user or more of a novice?

whats bad about geekbuddy is it cuz its hard to uninstall?
K thanks, ill make a thread for it later. Im more of a novice, im barely 15 so yea.

 

[DBone]

The GeekBuddy is sort of worthless, and is something you'll need to uninstall. Just say no! The default settings in CIS are really good, so I wouldn't change much for you until you become more used to it. But definitely ask because we can help!

 

[MaxPayne]

k thanks, can you explain what warlocckz was talking about configuring pop ups or something like tht

 

[DBone]

By the way, what antivirus are you running now? You need to find and download that manufactures uninstall tool and run it AFTER you uninstall your AV via programs and features. I will post a link to many AV uninstall tools in a few minutes.

 

[DBone]

Many AV uninstallers: http://www.cloudantivirus.com/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=51755&tstart=0

 

[DBone]

If it were me I would download, but not open/install, CIS to my desktop as well as the uninstall tool. Then uninstall your current AV AND REBOOT! Then after rebooting, I would restart in safe mode, run the uninstall tool, THEN REBOOT! After all of that, then I would open and install CIS.

 

[MaxPayne]

kk right now i have NIS 2011 trial , till i recieve my charger so i can reset my laptop back to factory settings... so i wont need the uninstall toool i can just install comdo IS right away.

 

[DBone]

OK, good. Clean installs are always best. Also, CIS with MBAM Free (no need for real time MBAM protection with CIS) and HitMan Pro is a great combo. Once you get used to CIS, then think about Sandboxie too.

You asked about CIS's pop-ups. There will be some pop-ups from either Defense Plus or the Firewall, depending on what software you have installed. Take your time and read each pop-up. CIS usually gives you suggestions in the pop-up on what they recommend that you do.

Since you are doing a clean install on a fresh system, after you install CIS, it will ask you to reboot, after you do that I would set the Firewall to "Learning" mode and I would put Defense Plus to "Clean PC" mode. The default for both is "Safe Mode". Leave the AV setting of "Satefull" alone.

 

[MaxPayne]

ok thanks for the advice , yea ive been using MBAM and SuperAntiSpyware as a combo but i will add hitmanpro as well. I thought CIS has Sandboxie already?

 

[DBone]

It has a "sandbox" not Sandboxie. CIS will place untrusted programs into its sandbox, which means the program has very limited rights to run, so if it is malicious, it won't fully install onto the system. Sandboxie puts your web browser into a 100% virtual environment. As soon as you close Sandboxie, everything that was inside of it just disappears. You can set it so you can save programs outside of the sandbox, so that once Sandboxie is closed, the program will remain. You would only download trusted programs to this location though.

 

[MaxPayne]

Yea i ll just get used to using CIS first then ill get sandboxie on google chrome.. Hey do you recommend installing Norton DNS also or is it not needed?