Re: Password vault software

Vanguard wrote:

"Ed" wrote in message news:L3Oxi.119$JD.54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Vanguard" wrote ...
same host. Very nasty malware can circumvent firewalls but you aren't talking about malware.
What would you call a little piece of code embedded in a passworad vault
that shipped the passwords back to the software provider? Sounds "mal" to me.

The malware has to target the specific software firewall.


Why? No need.

Most malware doesn't even check for a firewall. They just try to connect.


No. They just hook a trusted process like iexplore.exe or firefox.exe.

Comodo is better than many in that it can block any network connects until it loads (to eliminate that window of opportunity) provided you enable that option.


Ehm... isn't that a triviality?

It is also more difficult for malware to kill Comodo but not impossible

> (compared to many of the other software firewalls).

Nonsense, it's always trivial. Hooking some little kernel functions won't help ever.

You might want to visit http://www.firewallleaktester.com/ to see how well your Panda firewall resists leaks and termination.


LOL.

For example, if you visit http://www.firewallleaktester.com/termination_overview.php (click on the Results button at the bottom) for the termination testing, you'll see the free Comodo firewall fared equally or better to the paid firewalls (and other free firewalls fared worse than Comodo).


For example, if you visit this website, you'll see that Comodo firewall is listed. Thus, it's obviously a highly defective software.

I use Comodo because it's hard to beat free unless the product's quality and effectiveness equates to its price.


LOL? Even the Windows Firewall is better.

I don't want a firewall that can be easily terminated.


Then don't run with admin rights, you stupid fool.

> I also want one that can block connections until the full firewall is
> loaded.

Well, isn't that trivially a standard behaviour?

> For the mediocre leak protection, I rely on a layered approach to prevent
> malware getting on my host in the first place,

<img src="https://www.malware.org/malware.exe";>

> the utmost of which is an IPS (intrusion prevention system) program, like
> System Safety Monitor

Still it doesn't prevent you from brabbling bull***.

> If a program can't get into real memory, it can't run.

<img src="https://www.malware.org/malware.exe";>
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