Outpost firewall hogged CPU

[hearthrob]

Is there any Outpost firewall users out here?

I'm using the Outpost Pro version 6.7.2. Usually if I did not manual reboot my computer running Win 7 32bits (with 4 GB RAM but only 3GB RAM recognized) after 1 week or so, the Outpost's "acs.exe" process will hogged CPU up to 100% and if this continue for another few hours Win 7 will crash.

The only software used are 1 instance of utorrent and probably 30+ instances of RM.

Does anyone has the same problem as me?

[cheatos]

yep i had that problem on Windows XP Sp3, i never bothered to search what are the causes,
so i got rid of outpost and returned to Comodo Firewall which is Way better..

[hearthrob]

yep i had that problem on Windows XP Sp3, i never bothered to search what are the causes,
so i got rid of outpost and returned to Comodo Firewall which is Way better..

Thanks cheatos, which version of comodo would you recommend?

[cheatos]

the latest of course,
i use 4.0.141842.828
it doesn't use a lot memory, also on my laptop the fan noise appears from time to time,
but when i used to use Outpost the noise was continuous.

[saebrtooth]

I have no problems with Outtpost, u should try upgrading to the latest stable 6.7.3 or u could even try the 7.0 beta.

When I had 23 RM instances running that ws the thing that kill my Windows stabilty, I found it even affected VEM's memory usuage, it bloated too even after I closed all RM's

As I speak my Outpost install cpu reading is at 0 running for 3 days. For me its definetly RM leaking badly

[anon]

Try Outpost v4 if you don't feel like switching to another program. Its low resource usage is amazing.

[hearthrob]

Thank you gentlemen for all your suggestions!

For Comodo, is it the free one better or the Pro version? I seems to read somewhere that its free version is better but that was a long time ago and my memory is not reliable nowadays...

Outpost 7 beta certainly sounds interesting.

Too bad Outpost 4 doesn't support Win 7, and forcing compatibility may not be wise for things like firewall though...

[anon]

Too bad Outpost 4 doesn't support Win 7, and forcing compatibility may not be wise for things like firewall though...

Didn't know Win7 isn't supported. Yes, it's a no-go then.

[cheatos]

For Comodo, is it the free one better or the Pro version? I seems to read somewhere that its free version is better but that was a long time ago and my memory is not reliable nowadays...

i have been using Comodo(free) for 2 years and it never let me down, not sure why i switched to (Nod32+Outpost) but later i returned to my better combo (avira+comodo)



also Outpost missed a few program entries that requested the connection to the internet, that was one of the strong reasons to get back to the 'master' comodo

sounds like i'm a comodo employee eh?

[hearthrob]

i have been using Comodo(free) for 2 years and it never let me down, not sure why i switched to (Nod32+Outpost) but later i returned to my better combo (avira+comodo)

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also Outpost missed a few program entries that requested the connection to the internet, that was one of the strong reasons to get back to the 'master' comodo

sounds like i'm a comodo employee eh?

Cool! that's enough reason for me to jump boat too!

[saebrtooth]

also Outpost missed a few program entries that requested the connection to the internet, that was one of the strong reasons to get back to the 'master' comodo

sounds like i'm a comodo employee eh?

You sure do bro, you can now ask for commission

I wouldnt mind testingg out that failed leak test, do u mind sharing info?
[edit]
If its sensitive u can pm me, otherwise just post here

thx

[cheatos]

I wouldnt mind testingg out that failed leak test, do u mind sharing info?
[edit]
If its sensitive u can pm me, otherwise just post here

thx

sorry i missed this post :\

outpost missed some of windows components, for example svchost.exe,
i know its a windows component but i don't like programs that act on their own.
like comodo it will ask you about EVERYTHING that needs a connection even Internal(Local) ones.

i think there others but i cannot remember them right now. sorry.
because when i format my pc and install Comodo i'm used to some notifications but they didn't appear when using outpost.

[saebrtooth]

hey man np

u may have just had auto learn on, any way not really important but just goodto know

I remember before autolearn outpost, although really good beause it was extremely configurable, wot I loved about it, was a pain to use cos I would spend ages just configuring the rules for 50-60 programs. Im sort of glad those days are over (except for just a small few now)

[hearthrob]

sorry i missed this post :\

outpost missed some of windows components, for example svchost.exe,
i know its a windows component but i don't like programs that act on their own.
like comodo it will ask you about EVERYTHING that needs a connection even Internal(Local) ones.

i think there others but i cannot remember them right now. sorry.
because when i format my pc and install Comodo i'm used to some notifications but they didn't appear when using outpost.

Yes exactly! all kinds of programs in Win7 uses svchost.exe as a cover to access the internet. and when I realized it, I did the most stupid thing on earth, that is, I deleted away the auto learn rules for svchost and you guys know what happen after that?

The data from utorrent, utorrent mod and RM all got hogged as a result with a dialogue box waiting for me to allow or otherwise. And guess what? It was middle of the night and of cos' I was sleeping then. So the traffic must have been routed through some other means finally and enormous data previously hold-up were now suddenly released and flooded the trackers with close to 1TB/s speed for each torrent. And guess what's next coming to me? A global ban.

[saebrtooth]

ru joking? global ban?
so instead of faking 1tb overnight u did it in 1 sec?