Online Armor Free

Sorry Woodward, my answer was wrong

MaB

 

Actually - your answer was right until I saw the export settings workaround, then I made it wrong

 

Don't know if I missed this in what is becoming a very long thread now, but is the AV part of OA KAV version 6 or 7 (I've used 6 but not 7 yet...)

 

Its the current KAV OEM engine, which is I recall is 5.x. The versioning on the AV product is different from the OEM engine, which is the part we use.

 

Thanx Mike! All this attention lately definitely has me curious...maybe Xmas will come early for me this year!

 

One problem I have run into though, is that OAFree conflicts with Erunt. Erunt basically just creates an image of the registry, for the purpose of restoring the reg. I run it manually, OA pops up and I put it on the allowed-list. Works great 'til the next day when I boot into Windows (I dual-boot) and Erunt goes to create its daily restore-point. I get a Windows pop-up informing me of Erunt failure but nothing from OA I open OA-gui and Erunt is in the allowed list but it shows in history that it was blocked

 

It could be that the program was allowed to run , but missing some more permission. You could wander over to the OA forums and get 1-2-1 support there if you need it.

Also, you might like to try to put OA into learning mode - then reboot - so it can learn the necessary permissions required for erunt... then, if you take OA back into Standard mode - all should be well.

 

I knew it would be my fault and not OA's. I thought it was in learning mode because it asked the questions for permissions. Thanks Mike. Your quick response has renewed my faith in OA and taught me that I'M A DUNCE! Honest...I'm not being sarcastic, this is the best laugh I've had in a while and at my own expense!!! roflol

 

Hm, did you test it to see whether my suggestion actually solved it? The joke could still be on me

 

No, it really was me. But if you want to let me believe that their was some high-tech reason for my... umm... technical difficulty, then thanx again. You're a gentleman and a scholar.

 

Hmm - I downloaded the free version from Tall Emu, installed, inserted my email address, next screen showed my computer name and activation key "Free". finished installation ,but OA wont run as the activation key is not recognised!

 

Regarding the loopback rule (for proxomitron)

Mike, can you confirm that it is now available in the just released OA free version? Thanks.

soccerfan

 

Later ...... I re-installed OA and in the meantime received three activation keys in the mail!

Oddly OA free now works without an activation key being asked for or inserted.

It might be an idea to tell users that the firewall is not activated on install, but has to be initialised by visiting the "Firewall" tab and clicking "install firewall" button.

So far there seems no perceptible slow down in browsing, so I'll give it a good workout now!

Thanks Mike & team

 

Good good... WE just fixed something in the installer to avoid this issue - so sorry for the bother, and I hope you're enjoying it.

 

Hi scoccerfan

Not available yet in OA Free.

Mike

 

@MikeNash: I´ve sent you PM regarding the issue mentioned before (#229).

/C.

 

Hi Mike,

I have been following this thread with much interest, and it is great to see a developer taking so much time to answer and respond to the users questions. Very rare indeed to see - but I like it!

However, I cannot get Online Armor free to register, even after the modified installer correction. I have nothing enabled on my box that should be interfering with the registration. This is the same error that others have been getting. What do you advise?

 

disable > enable your internet connection, then 'try again' > yes

 

If you write an e-mail address the key is sent by e-mail

 

The key is always sent by mail if you pop in an email address; OA does require an internet connection to be able to activate. Also, keys cannot be shared between OA Free and OA Full...

We're updating the website next week to try and get it to catch up with where we're at. We decided to do OA Free last week, it's out this week So a few backend things need to be sorted out.

Cheers

Mike

 

Re: the loopback option:

No problem, Mike. I'll wait for it (hope you announce it when ready)!

soccerfan

 

Any news?

 

So far OA free is working very well for me, with Avast! free, COMODO BOclean, COMODO memory guardian, and Super Antispyware Real time protection enabled.

It is very refreshing to see decent sized rule pop-ups, written in clear and simple terms. Perhaps a nomination for awards in the "Plain English Campaign" ?

Actually the only gripe I have is the product name - ARMOR instead of ARMOUR!

Apologies to those who are not native English speakers.

 

This gets my vote, every software company should follow suit, Plain English Please.
Badcompany.

 

US spelling took over this time !
PS. I'm not native speaker, but I have some good dictionaries