Not happy with Online Armor

As many others have said, it's not OA fault, in fact it's what it was designed to do, detect changes in the system.
You should have set it to install mode before installing a piece of software.

Remember OA is not a regular FW it's a FW + Classical HIPS.

 

Try Comodo Internet Security (free), you can always not install the AV and keep the HIPS+Sandbox+Fw+CloudAV, although you can deactivate the sandbox and will work like OA (HIPS+FIREWALL)

http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security.php
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-install-comodo-firewall.htm

 

Maybe they are spending most of their time on the paid version. That is how they pay the bills.

 

I use 7 64bit. Things are likely to be different from your XP.

It would be best to compare your XP results to another persons XP with OA Free.

 

The support forum for questions and answers about OP free is at this site:

http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?91-Outpost-Free-Security-Suite-Firewall-Anti-Virus-General-Discussions-Support-and-Troubleshooting


One moderator recommends the suite so for 64 bit you would need

http://free.agnitum.com/


As it has an AV you would need to remove your current AV.

Otherwise just use the OP FW.

 

I joined op forums when I started using op fw. I gave up on op because of the bugs.

P.S. You don't need to remove your av, op will exclude it.

 

Interesting. Do you mean the OP suite with it's own AV will deactivate/not install their AV in favour of what the user (me) has installed already?
I do know that when OP finds Nod32 it turns off certain OP features that they know or think they know clash with Nod.

My OP tilt would be to use their OP FW alone and install my own AV. I really don't want vendors deciding these things by default.

 

I would recommend Private Firewall.

 

You can use any av that you want with Outpost Free Security Suite.

It has been a while, I don't remember how it's done.

I did try avast! and MSE with OSS, but not at the same time.

 

Every time I fired up the Microsoft word defense + annoys the daylight out of me especially create a PDF file.

 

hello!
The problem with action center and EAM + OA i think solved with this:
1. install EAM
2. install OA and before restarting add EAM program files to the exclusions list of OA.
3. Restart. Action center will show now correct information about security in your system!

 

I used it for a few years before it got sold by it's owner in Australia, and your problem wasn't mine. The problem then was buggy upgrades. If you would like to change to a firewall with a good learning mode, I use Agnitum's Outpost Firewall Pro.

 

Reading the online manual/instructions for some 10-15 minutes, would have saved you tons of wasted hours, frustration and fits.
What you describe, is using OA as a classic HIPS. OA offers an install mode and 'run-as-installer' and checks for known safe programs (among much more options).
10 minutes of reading would have made all the difference.
I'm not sure if recommendations like alternative Comodo/CIS will do you much good, set it to 'Paranoid' like with OA usage and you end up with the same barrage of request popups.
The same goes for PrivateFirewall. It can also offer proper security+decent user experience but also requires some minutes of reading.

 

IMO, OA Free is the best fw.

Comodo is hands down the worst fw ever!!!

 

Been there done that. You get addicted with all the hype.

My life is now smoooooooooooth and trouble free. I am now happily joined at the hip with LooknStop, Emsisoft & Sandboxie.

 

Look N Stop

 

yeah I have to say that I've noticed OA not only does slow things a lot but also affects some installations. the other day I was trying to install Cameyo, which is basically an installation capturing and virtualization program. i've selected Install mode with OA and I still had problems. i had to actually disconnect myself from the internet, shut down OA and then install the software. other than installation OA has been quite good compatibility wise with everything else. maybe if I had more powerful laptop I would have kept it on.

 

actually i would recommend using the comodo anti virus as well.i know it hasnt been tested properly but ive always found it light and highly effective,
But the comodo firewall is having problems with running alongside avast at the moment and hopefully version 6 will have corrected the problem.

 

you have hit the nail on the head when you say you should have a more powerful laptop.
Often people complain of certain software slowing down a system when in reality it is the very aforesaid system which is at fault and not the software.
Ive used OA myself and it is an excellent program and never slowed the sytem down.

 

True, but this is a new laptop that I just got 1 months ago and OA shouldn't be that heavy. There are other FWs like Outpost or Private FW which don't slow downs PCs. So obviously this is 100% OAs fault for making their program so heavy on resources.

 

What is the installer mode? I used Online Armor Premium and I set to Learning Mode when installing MS updates or installing new trusted programs, or when I update programs and plug-ins.

 

OA Free is light as a feather on my $300 laptop (after rebate).

 

The only thing I'm not happy about OA Free is that it's not 64bit.

MSE is 64bit and it's slick. Just imagine MSE teamed with 64bit OA Free!

Yes, I know there are many that want to live in the stone age.

 

Did you considerer registering at Emsisoft forums? You could get some help, or at least inform them about issues you have.

When I said Installer mode I meant Install mode. Sorry
Install Mode is a option that you can check on pop-up or later from Advanced options menu of a given file from Programs Tab.

Quoting Online Armor Help:

Maybe it's time to move to Windows 7 then ? OA runs on 64bit there.


Also, I would like to apologize for late replay, but I was unable to do it earlier.

 

I have 7 64bit. They don't make a 64bit for OA.

They do make a 32bit that runs on 64bit systems.

If you check my sig. you will see that I'm running OA.