Comodo Personal Firewall

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The Internet can be a dangerous place for your computer and personal information, Comodo Personal Firewall is a firewall program that protects you and your computer from attacks from hackers, data thieves, Trojan horses and all malicious software in general.

First Impressions

The Comodo download and install is quick and easy, at first glance the program is far more attractive than many of its other freeware personal firewall counterparts.

The program offers the following features:

• PC Magazine Online’s Editor’s Choice award
• Complete PC security against both internal and external attacks
• Blocks access to all malicious software
• Complete lock down of personal data preventing theft
• Delivers a complete solution for online security in one package

System Requirements

Comodo has some Windows backwards compatibility and can run on Windows 2000 and XP – you’ll need at least 64MB of RAM and 32MB free hard drive space.

Functionality: Using Comodo

I found Comodo easy to use and no hassles – the features it offers are right up there with the best freeware firewall programs. It has useful additional features such as the ability to recognize safe programs and can block malware style leak tests. The only downside of this awesome freeware firewall is that it takes some work setting it up, this is very similar in many other firewall programs. Once you’ve forged through the initial bombardment of pop up windows and the program has you figured out gives no other hassles.