Compatible ( as of 2026 ) Firewall for vista?

[EliraFriesnan]

Wrong again, moneypenny (parroting @D.Draker's style)
It's from the late Summer of 2011, not 2007!
The size is 59.3 mb. And it includes the AV, so he can simply ignore the AV and choose only the firewall, then it will be much, much less.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I'm going by the dates listed here - https://www.afterdawn.com/software/security/firewalls/comodo_personal_firewall.cfm#all_versions

Your screencap appears to me to only tell you the date that you downloaded it.

It's also "cispremium", I wasn't talking about "cis" (internet security), I was only talking about the FIREWALL download.

I myself never download a "bundle" (antivirus PLUS firewall) if I'm only looking for a FIREWALL, regardless if there is an "option" to only install firewall.

I don't want the antivirus INCLUDED in the installer if I'm not going to install it.

"To each there own", topic has reached it's CONCLUSION.  "Over and out."

 

edit: note to self, this is the LAST d.draker reference I am "allowing", it's to the IGNORE LIST the next time that OBSESSION / INFATUATION surfaces (ie, "rears its ugly head", zero value-add at this stage, zero...  "to each their own"...)

Edited May 13 by NotHereToPlayGames

[EliraFriesnan]

So you trust sites and not the digital stamps of security programmes?
Seems odd to me, it's kinda the basics of computer knowledge.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I can agree to that screencap.  I did not recognize the first one.

Regardless, it's still the *CIS Premium* and that is NOT what we were looking at, we were looking at Comodo FIREWALL.

*NOT* CIS.  Why do you keep overlooking that?  We were looking at FIREWALL and NOT the "internet security" program, it's an entirely different BEAST.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I have zero history with the CIS package.  For all I know, the only reason it is that "small" is because it DOWNLOADS the rest when you install it.

Regardless, I was not talking about CIS and any future comments regarding CIS will have to be IGNORED on my end.

I don't like talking to "walls", lol.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Plus, I did SCREENCAP the FILE SIZES of the two downloads!

One was 8 MB, the other was 221 MB.  For the FIREWALL package.

That said, I have seen where installer file sizes are GIGANTIC only because they support a HUNDRED different languages instead of just one.

Regardless, I'm kind of done here.  It's just a bunch of "talking in circles" at this point.

[EliraFriesnan]

What's the difference when everything else can be de-selected?

I only installed it to try for @NullEntity, so thee may safely move on with your life.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

You're still kind of missing the point.

You are claiming the installer is only such-and-such a size and that size DOES NOT MATCH another installer for the same version ??? ??? ???

 

Okay, let's take a step back - I have a TEST for you to run.

Uninstall whatever you installed.  DELETE any TEMPORARY files that it may have downloaded without you knowing it downloaded.

Run that "installer" again BUT WITH YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION DISABLED.

Does it still install?  Or does it throw a message that you have to connect to the internet before it can proceed?

I have a hunch that you will have to connect to the internet, that your file is fetching files during the installation.

 

I've never ran CIS.  I can TOMORROW if all of this is really THAT important to you.

I can't tell at this point how much of this is just you wanting to get the "last word" or not.

Sorry, that's kind of what it looks like, that you have to have the "last word".

 

"To each their own."

[user57]

here something comes out that we discussed a lot
newer installers of .MSI installers (microsoft standart installer or MSI) for example (these are very common)

this is a installer ENGINE

and engines are often bound to versions, or operating systems - what is a great disadvantage - also engines are slower then real code

so in this case you have to lern that installers engine - you never know the real thing behind it, its like with the "you need a graficcard to decode h.265" or LAV question

this is because newer codes or coders use a engine to solve the things

installers in general only have 2 important things to do , registry entrys and file movements (thats the most common basics for them)

 

a checkbox like this is simple to make, then you can choose "not these files, not these registry entrys"

for a human language they often not have a well solution, best here is to have something that replace the text strings - not a weird engine

what will be if they change up their version to one that is not compatible with vista ?

 

that .inf installer from microsoft can install too

Edited May 15 by user57

[Roving]

I'm going to second the one who said Oldversion.com, in case you still want Zone Alarm. Try here: 

https://www.oldversion.com/software/zonealarm/

I picked their page for Windows Vista. I used to get the full installer but lately the company won't let you _and_ I wasn't able to retrieve it from the temp folder either so I don't know how to fix that issue. I am using Windows 11 but still love Vista.