Online Armor FREE, Configuration

Hi everybody

Im running Windows 7- 64, Avast 7 Free, and Online Armor Free

Any one can tell me what is the best configuration for Online Armor ?

 

Set all your internet facing software (media player, mail, webbrowser, etc) to run as "run safer", that is all

 

Thanks so muchs

 

Hi,

It's not necessary when using w7 64 bits if uac is on.

 

A thread on whether you need run safer or not.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=305894

Regardless I think run safer unknown by default is a good choice.

Cheers

 

Under Vista with UAC and Run Safer ON, run safer prohibited to elevate the program which ran as safer. You can check for Win7 whether it still holds by running IE as "run safer" and try to install an on-line scanner like Panda ActiveScan for instance. With Run Safer it should not install. With UAC you would get a prompt.

Run unknown programs as run safer is also a good add-on

 

agree with kees,i tried it my self

 

Thanks to all !!

 

And...

Thanks .

 

Something that may help is to run Process Explorer which shows the integrity level of running applications. For instance Internet Explorer with protected mode enabled runs at low integrity.

 

do you mean run the browser in run-safer mode

 

Here's a short bit about integrity levels in Vista/7:

http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/introduction-windows-integrity-control

Most apps run at medium integrity (standard user). IE can run at low integrity if protected mode is enabled (which also requires UAC to be enabled). I believe that Online Armor "run safer" sets apps at medium integrity, which is where they are already in Vista/7 if UAC is on. It's debatable whether there's any advantage in using "run safer" in Vista/7 with UAC enabled. It sounds like it suppresses the UAC prompt and simply doesn't allow elevation (haven't tested this myself), but I don't really see the value in that. However it's definitely desirable in an XP admin account.

 

Totally agree with victek

 

Run Safer mode is very useful and powerful feature of OA...it was always obligatory used on my home computers both in version Free and Premium. But I want to add one "trick" to OA settings that was very useful for me.
After installation of OA we have always configuration wizard - after it we have in processes list "tons" of processes, files, services, drivers, etc. that are completely not recognised by most of users and "say nothing".
So in my next move after wizard was always...removing all detected names on processes list, enabling "learning mode", system reboot and by this way I allowed the system to load only that what is necessary and needed to normal work. After enabling "normal mode" I received of course sometime many alerts, but always if I executed apps important and needed for me.