anyone heard of Online Armour?

Actually, so would I I'd love to know what's missing from OA. We have about 40-odd pages of ideas for subsequent versions - but another 10 pages or so wouldn't hurt ;-)


Mike

 

Hi Mike.

Not a beta tester, but I have to hand it to your responsiveness to this forum.

Great to see active support.

And always happy to see more Australian companies coming up with good ideas

Best of luck with OA.

 

Hi Vikorr - why aren't you beta testing it... hundreds of testers and no blue screens yet

Mike

 

Damned that was fast (you beat me to my edit...about a min after posting)

Had been meaning ot check this thread for while. Was reading and seemed like it would be good to beta test, but read that you weren't taking any more beta testers.

 

We're not a not a corporate monster yet... I've PM'd you a key, although we can expect a new version in the next hour or so.

Any testers out there still having problems - please let me know if your issue has been fixed by latest releases.


Thanks


Mike

 

Give it a shot, Vikorr...it'll give us some more good "comparison" note time (and you can compare it to your baby, PrevX - LOL)

 

I'm hoping they run happily side by side. I wouldn't say that PrevX was my 'baby' lol. I just understood what it was doing, and it works very well with my security setup.

OA looks like it has very interesting idea's, so I'll definitely give it a shot and let you know what I think

edit : mildly amusing to see that the company spelt its product name Online Armor, instead of Online Amour...do you know how many Americans have thought I spell badly

Of course, I understand the reasoning for this...I would too if I owned it

 

Cool, and I will definitely do the same

(BTW - I had to manually enter the ; and the ) to form my smiley face. Were you able to do yours' with Wilders "Smilies"? I lost my avatar a little earlier as well....had to reload it. Something kinda silly happenin' with my screen here.....)

 

You have no idea how hard it is to consistently spell Armor incorrectly ;-)

 

y is it better then Msoft Antispyware duz it look for pollymorphic stuff 2?

 

LOL....well, this American wasn't too sure

So I just did a little research - it appears that A-R-M-O-R is actually the correct spelling.....A-R-M-O-U-R is the "English" (i.e. - British) version.

Boy, I guess you do learn something new every day...

edit: Sorry maddawgz, I was replying to Mike and Vikorr...

 

Doh...damned touch typing...just goes to show, if you make fun of people re spelling, make sure you spell right ...<sighs> ...armour...not amour

And I often wonder how the americans managed to change the spelling or it, and numerous other words

 

Hi Mike,

I just wanted to say that I think you are doing a fantastic job here for your product and company. Building a comprehensive beta testing environment. Getting the word out. Creating interest and buzz. Providing excellent support and in turning building lots of good will. I hope your launch is very successful. Good luck!

Regards,
Rich

 

Looking forward to it

Will do (fingers crossed hoping nothing to report)

 

Hey Rich, You seem like the beta testing kind of guy....why don't you jump in on this?

 

Someone not biased may want to take this one

The range of features provided by OA far exceeds that by MS Antispyware. We also made a deliberate effort to support older versions of Windows - unlike MS who want to force upgrade sales.

A couple of reasons why OA is better than MSAS:

- Program Blocker - stops unknown programs running
- Web Shield - filters any website you visit
- Mail Shield - Phishing protection for POP3 and IMAP mail accounts
- DNS Cache Poisoning check - makes sure that DNS records for protected sites aren't tampered with.
- Support

 

Hi Rich

Appreciate that a lot. Are you going to give it a go, or are you waiting to "test" my credit card payment gateway when it comes online ;-)

Mike

 

Hi John,

Actually I am not. More like that turtle we read about. But I can certainly appreciate Mike's excitment (I was an entrepeneur many times over in my lifetime), and I want to wish him the best. It's young companies such as Tall Emu, that bring the most value to customers. If I have any reservations at this time, it is that historically it is not viable to run a company that is doing both consulting and building software. Usually, the two do not mix (this is an adage). It will be interesting to see how Tall Emu manages this challenge. In any case, the product seems exciting and I am looking forward to hearing from the beta testers.

I think it is also a good time to open up a distinct forum category so that forum users can easily track IPS software. Right now it is too scattered between different forums.

Cya around John, and let me know what you think.

Regards,
Rich

 

Regarding what I highlighted in bold above, Mike.....all I saw during set-up using the SCW regarding this was the option to checkmark the box listed next to it. There was nothing asking whether it was a POP3 server, or what the ISP email address was , or anything of the sort. Does it do this automatically, without any user intervention?

 

lol! I'll let you know how it works. Hopefully, that is the only thing that doesn't, and I get a free pass. Best of luck!

Rich

 

Good idea, Rich...where do we get the ball a' rollin?

Will do, Rich, see ya

 

Hi JR,

Yes, the POP and IMAP "stuff" is implemented as a transparent proxy - any mail client using the POP3 or IMAP ports will use it auto-magically


Mike

 

VERY cool! "Auto-MAGICALLY".....I like that!

Gotta love as little "user intervention" as possible

 

thanks Mike , So like giant which i use ? duz it do the same blocks things from installing like Msoft spyware approve or block?? another aussie here so if its better id rather support Aussie made lol and pass the word MD

Rather give my money at home then Mr ermmmmmm Ga? he has enuff

 

Hey now, blame that on the Brits! That's even according to "Dictionary.com"