ESET SmartSecurity or NOD32 & COMODO Firewall ??

I was not able to get any assistance nor advice from my other post so I deleted it. (oh well, no biggie). I'm hoping that someone could help me on this one please!!!

My 6 y/old Desktop that I use for Program Testing/Reviews is currently broken to the point of not being able to uninstall/reinstall software!  (Trial software or whatnot).

I'm getting a new D.S. Desktop really soon and I want the most efficient, lightweight, intuitive, and easy to use AV/Firewall but for reasons above... I can't test those two AV&Firewall Packages for it. I tried to find other forum posts but couldn't find this specific AV/Firewall Setup in question.

So I'm wondering if someone on here can tell me what's a better choice:
ESET (Smart Security) v4.2 ...or... ESET (NOD32) v4.2 & COMODO (Firewall) v4.1 ???

Also, it seems like ESET's Firewall does not have "HIPS" (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) or COMODO's equivalent of "Defense+"  So does that mean that ESET's A.I.O. only monitors Network Activities and NOT System/Process Activities???

Can someone chime in with their unbiased opinions, please.
Thank you guys.

Thanks Vgorkys, its an interesting read but i think they have missed the fact that NOD32 already has Web Browsing and Email Filters (which i always thought should be kept separate and in Firefox or Chrome it self with the use of AdBlock Plus and NoScript, as well as in SPI hardware FW of the Routers) but still, non the less, good read thou.

I still basically went with this separate configuration (COMODO Firewall and NOD32).

And it actually seems to work perfect with the least problems that any other combos of AV and FW gave me, plus my 6 y/old PC is running faster then before then it did  with Avira. So hey win win for me and whomever else wants to go with this combo of AV and FW. ^_^


Edited by Memento Mori - 28 Aug 2010 at 1:52pm

Hmm interesting, did it bother you with a lot of pop ups to allow/deny the  incoming/outgoing requests or something or did you notice a performance hit with start-up or file opening?

 The Older version of Comodo did that to me but this newest one which I think is 4.1 has added a big database of allowed programs and processes, so like it's night and day compared to old Comodo, and I dunno 'cause the "HIPS" function (Defense+) never failed me till this day... I'm just mostly concerned with performance hit, that's all!  As I want to keep using it on my really old PC as well as the new DS Rig.


Oh! So what is a good alternative Firewall Program then?


Edited by Memento Mori - 28 Aug 2010 at 5:30pm

Alright, I see, coincidentally I had exactly the same problems that you have experienced before with that FW.

I don't think I ever tried ZoneAlarm. Well I think except once for modding Hosted Lobbies w/ two Ethernet jacks and my Xbox360. But then I came across Horizon360, Modio, PE rc3 and things ummm got out of control in a very good way, okay umm  I don't think I should go on. ^_~