Where you looking for some information on comodo? Or did you just think you would mention it? I personally dont use any firewalls and have not done for a while. I used an older version of comodo firewall and used their beta anti virus at the same time , all I can say is they looked nice and were not too heavy on the system. But I did not use them long enough to really give them a test.
How do I block something using comodo? I use antivar and when it updates it causes an ad to pop up that I want to block. I appreciate any help. I am new to comodo.
It really depends on where the ad is being served from. If the ad comes from the same server where the updates come from using the same service, ftp, http, etc, then it's not going to work well. However if the ad comes from an ad server while the updates come from the update server you just need to figure out what the ad server ip address is and then block that ip address. If none of this makes any sense I'd probably suggest going with a different anti-virus solution (avg has a good free program) and leave the firewall settings on automatic while you research firewall rules and administration.
How do I find out the Ip address of the ad server? I forget if it gives a web address or not? If it does, I could run a tracert or nslookup? What would you do, please?
nslookup and tracert probably won't help since you have to have an ip address to start with. try checking the connection log and look at the times when you have an incoming connection that matches when the ad pops up. also perhaps if you google "antivirus company adserver ip address" you might be able to find something. quick question, what anti-virus program are you using?
Avira antivir. If the nag ad provides a web address, one can use either nslookup or tracert and get any ip address.
Avira antivir. If the nag ad provides a web address, one can use either nslookup or tracert and get any ip address. Connection log, where would I find that? My os is XP Pro.
Doing a bit of a quick google search of "Avira ads" and came across some relevant information. I don't think it's an ad being served over the internet, rather just a popup generate within windows.
Well I use firefox with adblockplus with easylist filterset which is suppose to block popups but the author of the easylist filterset said that it wouldn't block it either. So what else could block this pop up ad? Thanks for all of your help. I appreciate everyone help greatly.
Noscript prevents websites from running Javascript, Flash, Shockwave, and a bunch of other scripting crap unless you put it on a whitelist, permanently or temporarily. The idea is that you won't get spyware/adware/malware from Flash and Java ads, since they won't even be downloaded from whatever server you're on. A side effect of that is that some pages will load faster since you don't have to download Flash stuff, and Flash banner ads won't show. I think this is especially important since those Russian hackers/coders managed to find a way to infect you by just viewing [!!] a Flash animation. I didn't have it until that little piece of news came out. If the first part about whitelisting every site to see Flash sounds inconvenient, it's really not. I thought it would be a pain at first, but it takes two clicks to add a site to the list. It's a nice plugin, especially since they keep it updated - it works on the 3.0 beta in addition to 2.0. ::Unrelated:: Speaking of AVG, has anyone seen their Hugs for Hackers ad? http://hugsforhackers.org/
