Waldek Cielak Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hi,Yesterday I got tempted to uninstall Zone Alarm firewall and try Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall 4.5.916 due to issues between ZA and Utorrent. I had a stable Win Xp Home SP2 system with all updates, AVG Free antivirus, Windows Defender and Spybot S&D. With no viruses ever reported, nor any indication of them. Right after installing Kerio firewall, I noticed that I could not open applications, being blocked by the firewall by default. So I changed the settings in firewall configuration, however after some period of struggle with this software ( slowing system down, not updating its list of programs allowed for internet access and throwing dozens of popups and generally rendering system unusable, not exaggerating ) I decided to uninstall it. Rebooting system and getting rid of Kerio firewall apparently solved the problem and system seemed to be stable again. Later on, I decided to install Zone Alarm again, and now a few minutes after every reboot, when I start any application, it takes about 5 minutes to launch. So I restored the system to various checkpoints before it got messed up. Unfortunately it did not solve the issue. I have no firewall now, except Windows firewall, the system is still unstable and in a few minutes after logging in, it takes ages to launch any application. After this period, everything looks ok, applications start quickly, so it looks like:logged in: 2-3 minutes ok, after that for 5-7 minutes can't start applications, later all ok as for nowI wanna emphasize that the system was very stable before and I have no new additional software in autostart ( msconfig checked ). Perhaps Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall left something behind ?Any ideas ? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldek Cielak Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 So no readers ever had issues with Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall ? It is hard to believe that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Try Comodo Firewall Pro. It's freeware. It ranks first on MatouSec's leak test comparison page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangix Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 i had an issue. It prevented a lot of p2p action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_packet Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 So no readers ever had issues with Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall ?An install of Sunbelt "Kerio" (not at all the chirpy Kerio firewall I knew and loved from before it got sold out) bluescreened me on restart. Fortunately, I had a recent backup to revert to, which is a must for me before any system-wide change such as removing and installing firewalls. I'm sorry that you seem not to have had such foresight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldek Cielak Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Thank you for all input / advice. I will try Comodo Firewall then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) So no readers ever had issues with Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall ? It is hard to believe that.It can cause nLite to crash, with a file not found exception, even when you clicked on "Permit".A possible solution is to disable the application launch control function. Edited May 12, 2007 by RJARRRPCGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 (not at all the chirpy Kerio firewall I knew and loved from before it got sold out)What version was that?How long ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldek Cielak Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 My system is back, up n runnin. What I did is:-uninstalled "Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall 4.5.916"-cleaned registry with help of "TweakNow RegCleaner Std"-installed "Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4.18.184"Over last 24 h, I had no system issues, and Utorrent is running with full speed, well except for s_h_i_t_t_y BT Broadband's traffic shaping practices. As for now, Comodo Firewall looks like a good choice. BIG THANKS go to its developers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 For future registry cleaning, try JV16 PowerTools. Glad Comodo works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_packet Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 (brucevangeorge) What version was that?Version 2.1.5 Personal. The best one they ever made, IMHO.(Waldek Cielak) My system is back, up n runnin.Glad to hear it. For future system integrity, may I suggest a backup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldek Cielak Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Backup sounds like not a bad idea I could not resist JV16 PowerTools, it found almost 1000 additional registry errors.But that's a little off topic.Thanks all of you guys for help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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