Accessing Online Armor Settings

There are two main ways to access Online Armor’s settings: right-clicking the Online Armor tray icon and from the Online Armor Control Panel.

All of the most commonly used settings are available by right-clicking the tray icon. When Online Armor is running you will see a small blue and white shield icon in the area next to your system clock, known as the system tray.

Right-click on this icon to reveal a menu containing quick access to most of the settings you may need on a regular basis.

This menu contains the following items:

• Configuration – Access the Online Armor Control Panel.
• Check for updates – Opens another menu that allows you to check for updates to the whole program, or check for updates to OASIS and antivirus definitions only.
• Help – Access the online help that you are reading now.
• Tall Emu on the web – Our main website.
• Set Password – Allows you to set a password to restrict access to Online Armor’s settings by anyone that does not know the password.
• Standard Mode, Advanced Mode, Banking Mode – Allows you to see and change which mode Online Armor is currently using. You will see a small icon to the left of the mode currently being used.
• Mail Shield, Web Shield, Program Guard, Firewall – Allows you to quickly enable or disable these features. Any currently enabled features will be displayed with a checkmark to the left of the menu entry.
• Show Firewall Status – Displays the Firewall Status panel, showing you information on your computer’s internet traffic and how the Firewall is handling it.
• Show Firewall Log – Displays a log of Firewall activity if logging is enabled.
• Start filesystem scan, Stop filesystem scan – Starts or stops a scan of your hard drive with OASIS, and the antivirus system if you are using AV+.
• Show Scan Progress – Allows you to select whether Online Armor should show the progress of the filesystem scan or run invisibly in the background. Online Armor will show the scan progress when this item is displayed with a checkmark to the left.
• Learning Mode – Allows you to enable or disable Learning Mode. Learning Mode is enabled when this item is displayed with an icon to the left.
• Block All Network Traffic – Stops all network/internet traffic when enabled so that nothing can connect to the network/internet. This item will be displayed with an icon to the left when enabled.
• Activate/Deactivate HIPS features – Allows you to disable all of Online Armor’s protection features except for the firewall. This item will change according to what clicking this menu item will do: clicking “Deactivate HIPS features” will disable protection features, and clicking “Activate HIPS features” will enable protection features.
• Close and Shutdown Online Armor – Shuts down Online Armor completely, disabling all protection.
• Close GUI Interface – Closes the Online Armor interface leaving protection running in the background. You will not receive any pop-ups or alerts when the interface is closed; Online Armor will automatically block anything that would normally produce a pop-up.