Comments on: PC Tools Firewall Plus V6 – Free http://freepcsecurity.co.uk/2010/02/02/pct-v6/ Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: cotojo http://freepcsecurity.co.uk/2010/02/02/pct-v6/comment-page-1/#comment-140 cotojo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:48:19 +0000 http://www.freepcsecurity.co.uk/?p=1235#comment-140 <strong>Jose</strong> - Both PC Tools and Online Armor appear to have a glitch with some machine configurations, this is something that has been ongoing for some time and it really should be sorted and it is more than a problem with the digital signature. This has been brought up several times and still has not been rectified. I have installed, PC Tools, Online Armor, Comodo, Zone Alarm (not recommended) on my machines individually without problem, but on my daughters I could only install Comodo LOL Comodo is good firewall and I will be covering the latest version and Outpost in the near future :) My best wishes to you Regards Colin Jose - Both PC Tools and Online Armor appear to have a glitch with some machine configurations, this is something that has been ongoing for some time and it really should be sorted and it is more than a problem with the digital signature. This has been brought up several times and still has not been rectified.
I have installed, PC Tools, Online Armor, Comodo, Zone Alarm (not recommended) on my machines individually without problem, but on my daughters I could only install Comodo LOL
Comodo is good firewall and I will be covering the latest version and Outpost in the near future :)
My best wishes to you
Regards
Colin

]]> By: jossmartins http://freepcsecurity.co.uk/2010/02/02/pct-v6/comment-page-1/#comment-138 jossmartins Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.freepcsecurity.co.uk/?p=1235#comment-138 After a clean OS install I tried PCtools FW again and... the same bloody thing. Soon the whole system freezes and I have to unplug the power cable. Red light from now on to PCtools, all products included. Online Armor has a very interesting particularity as well: Windows Vista doesn't recognise the digital signature. After googling it I found other users with the same problem, in both Vista and Windows 7. An attempt (prior to the reinstall) with Outpost free produced very good results. I hope you review it soon. From Portugal to the UK, my regards to you Colin. Jose. P.S. Comodo installs on whatever conditions, even in very infected systems. It has its annoyances but... what a piece of software! And the best forums by far. After a clean OS install I tried PCtools FW again and... the same bloody thing. Soon the whole system freezes and I have to unplug the power cable.

Red light from now on to PCtools, all products included.

Online Armor has a very interesting particularity as well: Windows Vista doesn't recognise the digital signature. After googling it I found other users with the same problem, in both Vista and Windows 7.

An attempt (prior to the reinstall) with Outpost free produced very good results. I hope you review it soon.

From Portugal to the UK, my regards to you Colin.

Jose.

P.S. Comodo installs on whatever conditions, even in very infected systems. It has its annoyances but... what a piece of software! And the best forums by far.

]]> By: cotojo http://freepcsecurity.co.uk/2010/02/02/pct-v6/comment-page-1/#comment-135 cotojo Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.freepcsecurity.co.uk/?p=1235#comment-135 <strong>Jose</strong> - It is a good firewall but if there are remnants from others in the registry then it will crash and blue screen, it doesn't handle the leftover traces very well. Comodo 4 I'm waiting for but I didn't like the Defense+ on the current version, so on my main machine I have Online Armor, which gives pretty good protection as well as HIPS. Used with a good AV and antimalware and a few other small apps good security can be achieved. If you are doing a clean reinstall of Windows it will clear a lot of junk that gets left behind when installing and uninstalling programs, so the registry will be clean and PC Tools should install easily :) All the best my friend Colin Jose - It is a good firewall but if there are remnants from others in the registry then it will crash and blue screen, it doesn't handle the leftover traces very well.
Comodo 4 I'm waiting for but I didn't like the Defense+ on the current version, so on my main machine I have Online Armor, which gives pretty good protection as well as HIPS. Used with a good AV and antimalware and a few other small apps good security can be achieved.
If you are doing a clean reinstall of Windows it will clear a lot of junk that gets left behind when installing and uninstalling programs, so the registry will be clean and PC Tools should install easily :)
All the best my friend
Colin

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