This just started showing as a warning. Very strange. Windows firewall is disabled and the only firewall I have is Comodo which I have had for months. However Vista is warning me that multiple firewalls are active and both firewalls are Comodo

interesting. Try launching Windows Defender. Go to Tools, the Software Explorer.

By default, it starts by showing "startup items." Take a look through there and see if you see more than one Comodo.

I took a look at http://forums.comodo.com/ and didn't see any related posts. They are still a great resource for Comodo related questions. Let me know what Defend shows.

Software Explorer showed only 1 Comodo.

ok, the next steps to take (if you really want to):

Create a restore point by going to Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Backup and Restore Center, click on "create a restore point" on the left hand panel. When the new options appears, click on Create (bottom right). Follow the prompts.

Uninstall Comodo firewall and reboot.

Go to the Start Menu and enter regedit

service list:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Services

You can see the display name of the service by going to:

Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services

Uninstall and reboot and check for proper cleanup:

1) Check in ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Services’ that there is no entry for Comodo Firewall
2) Right click on ‘My Network Place’ choose Properties and then right click on ‘Local Area Connection’ and choose properties and check if in the general tab you have an entry for ‘Comodo Firewall Driver’ and if so click on uninstall and reboot
4) Go to c:\Program Files\ and delete the folder ‘Comodo’
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IF at any time you have a question, please stop and ask.

Regards,
Starjax

Shouldn't I enable windows firewall while doing this?

Yes, you can.

I followed all those steps and Comodo is still there

I went ahead and installed Zone Alarm for Vista, as Comodo doesn't show in programs and features after uninstall,

also note: even before performing the above -> Comodo Icon didn't show in the programs and features list


Edit: Update:
I found another entry in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Comodo Group <-Folder

Edit: Update 2:
I have reinstalled Comodo then followed your instructions again, I also delete the key posted above and found one additional

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\ There were 6 files listed in this key

I also disabled security center -> restarted -> re-enabled it.

Note: When I reinstalled Comodo there was an Icon for it in Programs and Features, but it still showed 2 comodo's through Security Center.

This is still not fixed, as it shows Comodo as being active when a search both in registry and on all files/folders turns up nothing.

Edit: Update 3:
Do you have any idea on this one?

I deleted in total 20+ registry keys from the registry for comodo, there are still a few more on there that I am nervous to mess with so figured I would throw one up as an example:
NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Comodo Firewall Miniport

This post has been edited by Phenix: Apr 15 2008, 12:05 PM

Problem is Solved. Here is what I did that seemed to solve the problem

1) Uninstalled through add/remove programs
2) Create Restore point
3) Launch Regedit (Search for and delete Comodo registry keys by using ctrl+F)
4) Show hidden and system folders
5) From windows explorer right click the drive where installed and select search (Delete all instances)
6) Through Administrative Tools - stop service (Windows Management Instrumentation)
7) Navigate to C:\windows\system32\wbem\ and delete Repository Folder
8) Go back to services and restart Windows Management Instrumentation
9) Restart the computer to rebuild the Repository
10) Reinstall or install other firewall

This post has been edited by Phenix: Apr 15 2008, 01:59 PM

wow! I'm impressed with the work you did. Very good job.

I left off the last step because the Repository was not correctly rebuilt.

I went to the command prompt and did the following commands

cd C:\

net stop winmgmt

winmgmt /verifyrepository

let it come back and tell me there were inconsistencies

winmgmt /salvagerepository

net start winmgmt

then rebooted
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It seems after a lot reading and tinkering with this that it is quite common for the security center to become corrupt after installing/uninstalling security programs, in addition I couldn't find much information on this next section of my post. I don't guarantee any of this as I just found it all while experimenting with this problem, I didn't get to try this as my problem was fixed another way:

Looking back I wish I would have done the following:

1) go to control panel -> administrative tools -> computer managementv->
2) expanded services and applications
3) Right click WMI Control and select properties
4) Backup/Restore Tab -> Select Backup now (Before becoming corrupted)
5) After corruption I could have Restored

I just backed up my laptop WMI to the WBEM folder under system32 as Repository Recovery.rec
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In Addition I wanted to include this utility by Microsoft that I found which I did not get to try, but think I will mess with on a test machine just to see what it can do. Will update here with a review afterwards.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en



This post has been edited by Phenix: Apr 16 2008, 10:18 AM

well that's a handy utility. Wish I had that for the few times I had corrupted wmi. I have had to do a lot of what you did to fix SMS related issue at work, among other things.

That's a long routine to fix a single little issue.

You should try to pose yourself the question why it is listed twice, where that information is stored and fix that specific location.
No need to reinstall your firewall if it is good working, Comodo can be a mess to uninstall.
(It had me a day without internet, still entries not deleted here and there, though I removed it 2 weeks ago.)

This post has been edited by TomWij: Jun 9 2008, 05:06 PM