Comments on: Why You Need a Firewall and How to Disable It Temporarily http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/ Blogging Resources Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eren Mckay http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-785 Eren Mckay Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:02:18 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-785 Hi Craig! That sounds very irritating for sure. It might be that you have an older version that has some kind of bug in it. I would uninstall the version you have on your hard drive first then I would install the newest version of Comodo. Also look in the settings. You might be on paranoid mode and that will irritate you to pieces. If that still doesn't work then you might want to try out another firewall. Hope that helps, Eren .-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.embracinghome.com/baby/frog-princess-shower-decorations/">Princess and the frog baby shower</a> =-. Hi Craig!
That sounds very irritating for sure. It might be that you have an older version that has some kind of bug in it. I would uninstall the version you have on your hard drive first then I would install the newest version of Comodo. Also look in the settings. You might be on paranoid mode and that will irritate you to pieces. If that still doesn’t work then you might want to try out another firewall.
Hope that helps,
Eren
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Princess and the frog baby shower =-.

]]> By: Craig Chamberlain http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-782 Craig Chamberlain Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:11:27 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-782 Thanks for the info, but for the non-networking gurus among us like myself, I find that Comodo is infuriating! Sure, it is one of the best as the online reviews state, but if I can't make it work without a hassle, then I will just get rid of it! I have used it for about a year now and as of late, I am have all kinds of problems which don't make any sense to me. All of a sudden it seems, I'm getting all kinds of nags for authorization to programs I use all the time, and for things that I have no idea whether I should allow or not. When a program wanted to open up the program iTunes, I ended up having to answer 87 balloons that Comodo popped up!! How am I to get any work done if I'm constantly asked questions about how programs work? And it's not just from the internet but the Defence+ asks question that are way over my head for just clicking and starting a program that I installed, not some malicious virus or Trojan! What is worse, when Comodo asks me to allow, I figure out 'YES' it's part of how this program works, it asks me again a few seconds later, even when I have the box "remember my answer." How do I make sense of how firewalls work and set things up right so I don't get all these ridiculous balloon pop-up headaches? Have any tutorials or advice? Thanks for the info, but for the non-networking gurus among us like myself, I find that Comodo is infuriating!
Sure, it is one of the best as the online reviews state, but if I can’t make it work without a hassle, then I will just get rid of it!
I have used it for about a year now and as of late, I am have all kinds of problems which don’t make any sense to me.
All of a sudden it seems, I’m getting all kinds of nags for authorization to programs I use all the time, and for things that I have no idea whether I should allow or not. When a program wanted to open up the program iTunes, I ended up having to answer 87 balloons that Comodo popped up!!
How am I to get any work done if I’m constantly asked questions about how programs work? And it’s not just from the internet but the Defence+ asks question that are way over my head for just clicking and starting a program that I installed, not some malicious virus or Trojan!
What is worse, when Comodo asks me to allow, I figure out ‘YES’ it’s part of how this program works, it asks me again a few seconds later, even when I have the box “remember my answer.”
How do I make sense of how firewalls work and set things up right so I don’t get all these ridiculous balloon pop-up headaches? Have any tutorials or advice?

]]> By: Eren Mckay http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-484 Eren Mckay Tue, 04 May 2010 07:10:15 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-484 Hi Mitch, Totally hear you on that. I think if you uninstall and then install the new version of the Comodo firewall, it will work. Other software programs have also done that to me where if I try to upgrade it gives me issues. So nowadays I always go the route of uninstalling first just to save me headaches. Hope you get it all worked out ;-) Blessings ♥, Eren .-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.embracinghome.com/inspirational-parenting-quotes/">Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling</a> =-. Hi Mitch,
Totally hear you on that. I think if you uninstall and then install the new version of the Comodo firewall, it will work. Other software programs have also done that to me where if I try to upgrade it gives me issues. So nowadays I always go the route of uninstalling first just to save me headaches.
Hope you get it all worked out ;-)
Blessings ♥,
Eren
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling =-.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-479 Mitch Sun, 02 May 2010 20:10:22 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-479 Erin, I ran into one of those problems it seems a lot of people ran into. It wouldn't let me update, and the recommendation was to remove it and load the new version. Well, I figured if I had to unload it anyway that I might as well throw on Zone Alarm, which had always been my product of choice, but until recently they didn't have a 64-bit version. That's too bad; a cumbersome way to make someone give pause for your product, if you know what I mean. .-= Mitch´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImJustSharing/~3/_gaO2uLsLAo/">Sunday Question – Are You A Positive Or Negative Personality?</a> =-. Erin,

I ran into one of those problems it seems a lot of people ran into. It wouldn’t let me update, and the recommendation was to remove it and load the new version. Well, I figured if I had to unload it anyway that I might as well throw on Zone Alarm, which had always been my product of choice, but until recently they didn’t have a 64-bit version.

That’s too bad; a cumbersome way to make someone give pause for your product, if you know what I mean.
.-= Mitch´s last blog ..Sunday Question – Are You A Positive Or Negative Personality? =-.

]]> By: Eren Mckay http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-472 Eren Mckay Sat, 01 May 2010 12:52:59 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-472 <b>Hi Robert -</b> Thanks for telling me about it. I love it! <b>Hi Mitch -</b> The version I'm using is free. I believe it's the version that you're using that doesn't have the sandbox feature. They upgraded and made things much better. So I recommend upgrading your version ;-) . .-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.embracinghome.com/inspirational-parenting-quotes/">Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling</a> =-. Hi Robert - Thanks for telling me about it. I love it!

Hi Mitch - The version I’m using is free. I believe it’s the version that you’re using that doesn’t have the sandbox feature. They upgraded and made things much better. So I recommend upgrading your version ;-) .
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling =-.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-469 Mitch Sat, 01 May 2010 05:09:52 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-469 I have Comodo, but I don't have anything with the sandbox setting at all. Are you using a paid version, or do I need to see if I should be upgrading what I have? .-= Mitch´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImJustSharing/~3/A3Ij4C9TMb0/">Now My Word Is Gold?</a> =-. I have Comodo, but I don’t have anything with the sandbox setting at all. Are you using a paid version, or do I need to see if I should be upgrading what I have?
.-= Mitch´s last blog ..Now My Word Is Gold? =-.

]]> By: Robert Nelson http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-464 Robert Nelson Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:13:06 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-464 Thanks for the heads up.Great article(even if I am mentioned in it). I'm curious, how does one know if it is a "bad site" question is for <strong>Dane Blogger</strong> .-= Robert Nelson´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.robertnelsononline.com/564/had-site-review/">Review Of Beginner To Blogger</a> =-. Thanks for the heads up.Great article(even if I am mentioned in it).

I’m curious, how does one know if it is a “bad site” question is for Dane Blogger
.-= Robert Nelson´s last blog ..Review Of Beginner To Blogger =-.

]]> By: Eren Mckay http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-463 Eren Mckay Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:01:58 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-463 <b>@Debbie - </b>So true what you said about IE. There are many security holes in it. I have IE, but rarely use it. I usually browse with Firefox, not only because of the security but because of the many different extensions that are useful to me when browsing. But with any browser you still need a firewall. I had a virus attack on my computer just by clicking a link and I was browsing with Firefox. So if you don't yet have a good Firewall installed on your computer I recommend using Comodo. <b>@Pete - </b>The Zone Alarm Firewall is also a great one. Thanks for telling us about it ;-) . The annoying parts of Firewalls can be set up the right way through the setting and permissions. <b>@Melanie- </b>Yeah Comodo doesn't slow me down a lot if I use it in safe mode but in paranoid mode it would drive me bonkers- LOL. I hope more people will install a firewall to avoid headaches and keep their hard drives safe. Thanks y'all for stopping by. All the best, Eren .-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.embracinghome.com/inspirational-parenting-quotes/">Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling</a> =-. @Debbie – So true what you said about IE. There are many security holes in it. I have IE, but rarely use it. I usually browse with Firefox, not only because of the security but because of the many different extensions that are useful to me when browsing. But with any browser you still need a firewall. I had a virus attack on my computer just by clicking a link and I was browsing with Firefox. So if you don’t yet have a good Firewall installed on your computer I recommend using Comodo.

@Pete – The Zone Alarm Firewall is also a great one. Thanks for telling us about it ;-) . The annoying parts of Firewalls can be set up the right way through the setting and permissions.

@Melanie- Yeah Comodo doesn’t slow me down a lot if I use it in safe mode but in paranoid mode it would drive me bonkers- LOL. I hope more people will install a firewall to avoid headaches and keep their hard drives safe.

Thanks y’all for stopping by.
All the best,
Eren
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling =-.

]]> By: Melanie (ModernMami) http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-462 Melanie (ModernMami) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:09:12 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-462 You're so right that those things that protect our computers, are also the ones that often times slow it down. But, they're important to have for the reasons you mentioned. .-= Melanie (ModernMami)´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.modernmami.com/blogging/sponsored-blogger-event-guide/">Attending your First Sponsored Blogger Event? Some Dos and Don’ts to Remember</a> =-. You’re so right that those things that protect our computers, are also the ones that often times slow it down. But, they’re important to have for the reasons you mentioned.
.-= Melanie (ModernMami)´s last blog ..Attending your First Sponsored Blogger Event? Some Dos and Don’ts to Remember =-.

]]> By: Pete Bass http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/how-disable-firewall/#comment-458 Pete Bass Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:52:44 +0000 http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-458 Nice article Eren. I myself use the free firewall from Zone Alarm. When I first installed it, I had to set permissions each time something ran on my computer for the first time. Ever since then it just runs in the background and only alerts me when it senses suspicious activity. It gives me the chance to tell it yes or no and if I am not sure, it gives me info about a site and lets me go and Google the situation and make an informed decision based on my findings. Believe me I am no techno geek and ZA is easy enough for me to figure it out. Whenever I use Filezilla, my ZA already knows it is my friend and I don't have to disable my firewall for any reasons. Subsequently I can give or deny permissions to any program I want. One other great free feature of my ZA firewall is that it will report to me if a website is a known attack site and give me the chance to get out of there before I actually enter it. To @Mikkel I agree it would be nice to just stay off of the wrong sites but without good tools, we just don't always know which ones are unsafe until it is too late. .-= Pete Bass´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.petebass.com/?p=38">Help out an orphanage and get a six figure business in the process.</a> =-. Nice article Eren. I myself use the free firewall from Zone Alarm. When I first installed it, I had to set permissions each time something ran on my computer for the first time. Ever since then it just runs in the background and only alerts me when it senses suspicious activity. It gives me the chance to tell it yes or no and if I am not sure, it gives me info about a site and lets me go and Google the situation and make an informed decision based on my findings. Believe me I am no techno geek and ZA is easy enough for me to figure it out. Whenever I use Filezilla, my ZA already knows it is my friend and I don’t have to disable my firewall for any reasons. Subsequently I can give or deny permissions to any program I want.

One other great free feature of my ZA firewall is that it will report to me if a website is a known attack site and give me the chance to get out of there before I actually enter it.

To @Mikkel I agree it would be nice to just stay off of the wrong sites but without good tools, we just don’t always know which ones are unsafe until it is too late.
.-= Pete Bass´s last blog ..Help out an orphanage and get a six figure business in the process. =-.

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