akageekster
25th November 2010, 20:11
Hi ppl;
It seems Comodo Internet Security (CIS) has finally outdone themselves with their security settings causing DVD-RB to stop working altogether! :rolleyes:
It wasn't always so, since I was able to use DVD-RB previously without any problems. Then all of a sudden DVD-RB stopped working and no error message given!! :mad:
After a quick search here in the forums, I came across this post, DVD Rebuilder not working anymore? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=157137), which in turn referenced the thread Problem with DVD Rebuilder (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=157546), pointing to CIS as being responsible, specifically Defense+. I can only surmise this sudden annoyance is a result of a recent CIS auto update.
The recommended solution was to turn off the proactive Defense+. However, that might be a bit much for some of you. After mucking about in the options, I discovered how to allow DVD-RB to work without completely disabling Defense+ thru the Execution Control Settings tab of the Defense+ Settings dialog box.
Now to the procedure:
Double-click on the Comodo icon in the system tray of the taskbar.
At the top of the newly opened dialog box, click on the Defense+ tab, then in the Tasks area, click on Defense+ Settings
In this next dialog box, under the General Settings tab you can permanently deactivate Defense+ by checking the box next to the "Deactivate the Defense+ permanently (Requires a system restart)" line, then click on the [OK] button. From here, you will get the standard dialog box asking if you want to restart Windows at this time. If so, click [Yes], and you're done.
If you want to keep Defense+ on, go on to the next tab titled "Execution Control Settings".
Now this is where it gets tricky. Simply moving the "Image Execution Control Level" slider to Disabled will not work. In the lower right corner click on the button labeled [Exclusions].
Now we reach the point where we can fine tune which apps to be excluded from Defense+ interference. In the Exclusions dialog, click on the [Add] button on the right and a little submenu will pop up.
If you just want to exclude DVD-RB, highlight and click on the "Browse..." line in the submenu, and in the left window of the pop up dialog find the DVD-RB program folder, drag it across to the right window and click on the [Apply] button. Then click on the [Apply] button in the Exclusions dialog box, click [OK] in the Defense+ Settings dialog box and close the Comodo box. That's it! We're done. The settings are immediate, so no reboot is necessary.
NOTE: In the last step, instead of a single app to exclude, you can choose to exclude certain types of files (executables, system files, etc.) by highlighting the first line in the submenu labeled "File Groups" and choosing among the list in the next pop up submenu.
Personally, I ended up disabling Defense+ completely, but for the more paranoid among us, you can now select any apps Defense+ doesn't play nice with. :p
HTH,
---AKAgeekster
PS: BTW, Jerry, thanks for a great piece of software. :thanks:
It seems Comodo Internet Security (CIS) has finally outdone themselves with their security settings causing DVD-RB to stop working altogether! :rolleyes:
It wasn't always so, since I was able to use DVD-RB previously without any problems. Then all of a sudden DVD-RB stopped working and no error message given!! :mad:
After a quick search here in the forums, I came across this post, DVD Rebuilder not working anymore? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=157137), which in turn referenced the thread Problem with DVD Rebuilder (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=157546), pointing to CIS as being responsible, specifically Defense+. I can only surmise this sudden annoyance is a result of a recent CIS auto update.
The recommended solution was to turn off the proactive Defense+. However, that might be a bit much for some of you. After mucking about in the options, I discovered how to allow DVD-RB to work without completely disabling Defense+ thru the Execution Control Settings tab of the Defense+ Settings dialog box.
Now to the procedure:
Double-click on the Comodo icon in the system tray of the taskbar.
At the top of the newly opened dialog box, click on the Defense+ tab, then in the Tasks area, click on Defense+ Settings
In this next dialog box, under the General Settings tab you can permanently deactivate Defense+ by checking the box next to the "Deactivate the Defense+ permanently (Requires a system restart)" line, then click on the [OK] button. From here, you will get the standard dialog box asking if you want to restart Windows at this time. If so, click [Yes], and you're done.
If you want to keep Defense+ on, go on to the next tab titled "Execution Control Settings".
Now this is where it gets tricky. Simply moving the "Image Execution Control Level" slider to Disabled will not work. In the lower right corner click on the button labeled [Exclusions].
Now we reach the point where we can fine tune which apps to be excluded from Defense+ interference. In the Exclusions dialog, click on the [Add] button on the right and a little submenu will pop up.
If you just want to exclude DVD-RB, highlight and click on the "Browse..." line in the submenu, and in the left window of the pop up dialog find the DVD-RB program folder, drag it across to the right window and click on the [Apply] button. Then click on the [Apply] button in the Exclusions dialog box, click [OK] in the Defense+ Settings dialog box and close the Comodo box. That's it! We're done. The settings are immediate, so no reboot is necessary.
NOTE: In the last step, instead of a single app to exclude, you can choose to exclude certain types of files (executables, system files, etc.) by highlighting the first line in the submenu labeled "File Groups" and choosing among the list in the next pop up submenu.
Personally, I ended up disabling Defense+ completely, but for the more paranoid among us, you can now select any apps Defense+ doesn't play nice with. :p
HTH,
---AKAgeekster
PS: BTW, Jerry, thanks for a great piece of software. :thanks: