FYI:
i just had a problem that program guard was keeping trusted programs from using the temp folder to install. turned off they install o.k.

someone in forum says that the oa++ 4.0.0.15 that was downloaded on 1/29/2010 is not only obsolete but beta.

this concerns me as these are supposed to be "current" programs.

a qa engineer

To the previous commenter - It is hard to say with any certainty if one program is better than the other. Your best bet is to try the free trials of several antivirus companies and see which one works the best for you, your system and your needs.

I uninstalled Kaspersky Internet Security to give Online Armor a trial. I'd been looking around for another program with Kaspersky's quality and reliability but without its awkward GUI and heavy handed alerts, which make configuration difficult and every attempt to install and use new software a royal pain. I was pleasantly surprised to find a promising candidate here on GOTD, and I've been running it for several days now.

So far, I've found Online Armor to be very satisfactory. I find it easier to configure and use than KIS. During its setup, I liked the way it allowed me to quickly (yet selectively) tell it to trust the programs I had already installed. I also like its learning mode. When I use programs for the first time, it asks questions, and doesn't keep on asking them repeatedly. Its real time alerts do their job calmly without making me feel visually assaulted. It's also proved to be effective as an anti-virus program. I keep my machine pretty clean on the whole, but it found a few nasties on its first full scan. There is also well-written documentation on the Tall Emu website.

It's not perfect though. I'd prefer more options at my disposal when it finds infected files - there's no option to disinfect or quarantine, just to accept or delete, which seems strange. However for all round usability - which improves my security by encouraging me to run more frequent scans and accept more recommendations - it beats KIS hands down.

There are numerous features which I haven't used yet, so I can only claim a passing acquaintance with this software. But I'm pleased with it so far, and I will be keeping it. I'd like to thank Tall Emu and GOTD for this great giveaway, which has saved me a respectable chunk of cash as well as a great deal of time and effort.

I tried it out for the two days before it drove me nuts. It's worse than Vista's UAC imho.
It also crashed my computer everytime I played an online Steam game.
Regardless of what I did to OK it.

Back to Avast Free 5

Post 183 (debunks) and all these other people who feel such a sense of entitlement that TallEmu OWES you something, are out to lunch.
No, it's not enough that they give you this offer for free, you want a key emailed individually to you. Dream on!
If you want the program so bad, go and buy it or try a free trial. There was never anything said that guaranteed everyone a free copy. They made an offer with conditions, some people couldn't qualify for the conditions, so move along and quit your complaining, you're disgusting.
The same goes for those 64 bit whiners. You chose your OS, now live with the restrictions it has.

For those of you who did not install it yesterday, it is available for download at this site: http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.php

Just be sure to choose the ++ version - 2nd one down.

For those of you who never got the email containing the registration code, there was a problem with certain email servers, such as Yahoo, and your email probably was blocked as spam. You are easily able to retrieve your registration code from the Online Armor site by logging in using the same user name (email address) and password, that you selected when you registered for the product. That site is located at the same site as above. Just click the link on the right that says "Log In". Sign in and you will see a link to view your licenses. Click on that and you should see the license number. You can just select the entire number, and choose copy and paste it into the registration box when prompted.

The installation went fine. No problems. Was easily able to download the entire 82 gig program today without delays.

Thank you so much Online Armor (Tall Emu) and also GOATD. I needed this offer and you provided it at exactly the right time!

I downloaded this yesterday and extracted the folder but never installed the program. I went to the site and they claimed you didn't have to install it today (this was last night). Came back today and it said the offer had expired. Sounded like a good piece of software to try out.

#176 Spiritwolf

#199 Mike


Thank You !

I successfully downloaded the setup file in practically no time via att.net broadband.
I started the setup install & had to stop until I received the registration code. While the email with the code shows it being sent in the afternoon after 3pm I did not see the email until a few minutes ago on Saturday morning.
Since I had the setup paused waiting for the code all I had to do is copy & paste the code on the proper line & the setup process completed. As I type this the safety check is running having completed the update & search for dangereous processes without an problem.
The next 3 checks completed & systems check is being processed. I can post the results after the safety check is completed.

Willy

Both my nephew and I have been trying independently for well over 24 hours and everytime we enter the promo code (GOTD-813-EMU) in the appropriate box and hit the 'Apply' button, the screen refreshes but there doesn't seem to be any discount applying and independently, we still see the total appearing as $59.95. Wonder what is happening! Can someone please help? My mail ID is on the forum post. Also, interestingly, one line on the GOTD main page has a sentence that reads, "This giveaway is not available any more," - which is normal, while a little below that, there are the words, "Online Armor ++ is usually 59.95 USD and for the next 24 hours you can get it Free here," and the word 'here' is actually a link which leads to the website, "http://www.tallemu.com/gaotd-813-te.php," which still shows that the offer is on (valid at the time I am posting this message) but the promo code seems to be defunct. Considering the number of issues, GOTD and the developer should considering a re-run of the giveaway offer.

Will this software stop or block the dreaded Internet Security Tool 2010 virus that is a credit card stealer?????? I have yet to find any software that blocks this virus that is attached to many websites and downloads and installs before you even know your infected!!!!

It's called an addon in Firefox; NoScript

And another little thing called Sandboxie

I've downloaded the file five times but get the same error code when trying to unzip the files. Does anyone want my license code?

I've downloaded the file five times but get the same error code every time I try and unzip it. Anyone want my license key?

This really is a great GOTD. Online Armor works very well indeed Win XP SP3 all (non WGA!!) updates. I had to manually close the ‘learning mode’ window after first reboot, just wait until you have mouse input, may take a bit longer than 2 minutes, depends what you have installed.

I personally had a lot of trouble with Spyware Doctor. It caused me more trouble than most malware and I still cringe when I think of what effect (BAD!!!) it had on my computer and my IMMENSE relief when I managed to uninstall it. Had I paid for it, I might have chopped my right hand off! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!

Avast! and Avira didn't stay on my computer long as ridiculously resource hogging etc. . I STILL get emails from Avira, MONTHS later about updates almost daily, even after supposedly stopping them in my Avira profile AND later DELETING the account.

AVG went through a phase a little while back of flagging some known very clean everyday apps as virus infected. Fortunately they have improved their heuristics after cursing AVG every !!!*** name under the sun for a few weeks and trying the aforementioned (not very viable) alternatives, but it’s still a huge resource hog.

At least I know through my firewall which apps try to 'bloat' my computer. Having said this, COMODO also went through a period of causing me much pain until they too corrected something, causing me to lose a lot of confidence in Comodo. It’s also way too intrusive in safe mode! Allow this? Allow that? Allow me to have a computer????

With today’s GOTD you just get occasional taskbar messages mostly, to let you know Online Armor has decided something is OK. You can then manually block something if need to do so.

I like to have a LOT of tabs open when eg I browse for 'free games' and the ONLY app that can manage this is Firefox, BUT PLEASE Mozilla developers include a short routine to inform me, when Firefox is running out of resources to stop opening more tags. Flash and animated Gif images seem to cause the biggest problems. It was a brainwave though to allow new tabs while keeping the restore session available! AVG caused problems with a lot going on elsewhere on the computer and Internet.

Incidentally for 64 bit users, 64 bit support is expensive and very time consuming to develop!

Also if you can afford an all bells and whistles 64 bit PC, firstly you can afford more software than I can and secondly if you are at the cutting edge of technology, you have to wait for cutting edge software to catch up!!!!

I love this firewall, but don't see any anticirus module as claimed in this page..

Thank You Very Much for this one GOTD!!! I've got rid of AVG and Comodo and now have a snappy, fast and responsive PC again!

Can't say better than that!!!! GREAT!!!

@Everyone.

Thanks for all of the downloads. I've received now close to 2000 emails with various questions, and Im trying to answer the ones that are seeming urgent... but for all other product question, please go to our forum.

Just to say - if you registered for your key, you're good. You may be having dramas with downloads, or receiving the key due to issues with Yahoo , etc - but the key is there and it will work. You can log in through the user area now and get it by hand if you dont want to wait for the email.

This is my last post here for this giveway, so if you need to reach me please use the forums.

Due to the extraordinary volume, requests to resend keys will not be answered - you can get them easily by logging in to your members area :)


Mike

i've used (resolved) mirror link. my dl log shows 83M in 46m 29s (30.3 KB/s)
my connect tests 245kbps down, which is 30kB/s. fwiw, i'm not near to complaining, since the d/l is in background

First time GOTD offer not work for me. I have also used given promo code. Even though not working. send me working key to my mail.

essarrenn@yahoo.com

i balked where tallemu regform wanted street address... https://www.tallemu.com/cart/personalization.html
I'm not that desperate

dear mike,
i have downloaded this soft ware yesterday and still waiting for the license code.incase if i receive it after few days will the giveaway holds good.kindly clarrify

"Can you even buy a new 32 bit CPU? There’s no reason not to be compatable [sic] with Vista or 7 64 bit. In fact I worked on an IBM 360/65 in 1970 which was a 64 bit machine."
what i've read is that neither amd's nor intel's "consumer" cpus are true 64bit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
"The x86-64 specification is distinct from the Intel Itanium (formerly IA-64) architecture, which is not compatible on the native instruction set level with either the x86 or x86-64 architectures."
suggests that itaniums (server cpus) are true 64bit.
since apple uses intel consumer cpus, i guess osx is also not true 64bit. the x64 builds of linux distros are usually labeled amd64, so i guess they are also extended x86.

please support: when I set up Online Armor ++ FREE, it ask for license key. How can i setup this good product now?

What is the procedure for installing Online Armor ++ over an existing Online Armor instalation from the previous offering of GAOTD? This has been asked before but I don't see any answer.
Thanks for all.

Thanks much for this one TallEmu Mike and GOTD. Works great so far. XP MCE2005 SP3.

I have now tried downloading your program using other browsers and they all are coming back with the same error message to the effect that the compressed (zipped) folder is invalid or corrupted. What gives anyway. Did the requests for the program exceed some arbitrary cut-off, huh? I think that is or should be a violation of GAOTD's terms and conditions.

WALLA! I managed to install it successfully on my Windows XP 32 bit laptop! I registered it with my gmail email, and got the license key within minute! I have been using McAfee for years but nothing compared to Online Armor .

Thank YOU GOATD and Thanks a Million MIKE for being very supportive and patient with us. THANK YOU TALL EMU for offering it to us.

I upgraded to this version, and was looking forward to using it, thank you. I did get my license code without any problems, but cannot run the software, each time I try I get an error message 'Cannot start Online Armor service'.
Normally I would uninstall and try again, but I'm nervous of doing that because it's nearly deadline time, and I may not get another code. Can I use my existing code for a new installation? Help please, anyone who knows.
Thank you

Thanks to GAOTD and Online Armour Team for the great software.

For those who doesn't got their License keys....please make it sure to put the PROMO CODE in the CART. The Promo Code is :
GOTD-813-EMU

Regards.

i unistalled and reinstalled. it seems to be running wizard right now.
seems to be 4 processes
oacat.exe
oahelp.exe
oasrv.exe
oaui.exe

I'm getting the meaase while loading and not able to load on windows 7 32 bit system: internal error: failed to expand shell folder constant "userappdata"

I downloaded early this morning and registered as per the read me text. I still have not received a registration code!

@177 SpiritWolf - I must be looking at different links than you. I can't find a way to 'upgrade' as you've listed.
I went to TallEmu's forum about today's offering and they addressed a similar question:

Q. Can I install over the top of the free version or over the top of the Premium version?
A. It would be best to uninstall, reboot twice and then reinstall.

This contradicts a typical 'upgrade' process.

tried to start oa but it keeps saying "error can not start online armor service" nothing else but an ok box.

@168 NMtnVision - you better double check your plan.
You say you have 117 days left on your current license and then you'll apply this 1 year license. True, its a one year license, but it has to be applied within 30 days of receiving it for it to be free.
Check out the terms listed in comment 27:
Terms & Conditions
* Online Armor supports Windows XP and Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit)
* YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL TODAY. We are giving away normal commercial licences as part of this promotion.
* Paid licences can be activated at any time; subscription starts from date of first activation
* 64bit operating systems are not supported.
* FREE licences not activated within 30 days will be disabled.

Today's comments are for the most part, an embarrassment. I read them all (181 at this time), and found very little substance. I expected to read at least SOME informative assessments of Online Armor ++. It's a shame, and I hope Tall Emu knows that its software is one of the best in its class, and many of the non-commenters are feeling quite blessed to get it for a year's time for free. I know I am. The AV definitions will not update after a year, but the firewall will still work. And, a year is a long time.

AND, after reading the endless drone of "it doesn't work, there's no key, too convoluted, will it work with this, that or the other, give me 64 bit or give me nothing (!), can it walk my dogs, wash my car, scratch my back", ad infinitum, I simply:

(1) went to www.tallemu.com/products-online-armor-plus-plus.php (the address listed near the top of this page),
(2) selected this product,
(3) applied the discount code GOTD-813-EMU (at least 2 commenters gave it; it's also in the READ ME),
(4) continued check-out, filled in a form as a new customer,
(5) clicked "user" at bottom of tall emu's page, then looked under license keys,
(6) and my key was there, so simple.

Used a questionably (like yahoo, hotmail, gmail) disposable address BTW; doesn't make any difference since they are GIVING you the key in your account right then & there.

If anyone leaving comments about problems would actually READ the ones here, most of their activation issues were covered.

Now, I am taking an educated guess that the new key can be used at any time: it is not a "free" version being given away here today (30 days to use the key), it is a "paid" version, with the purchase price of $59.95 being deducted. Just a guess, though I'd still install within 30 days to be safe.

Alas, I have no useful evaluation of Online Armor ++ to offer. I have only just downloaded and gotten the license key. Based on reviews from some reputable entities like ComputerWorld, I'm looking forward to using it.

Thank-you to Tall Emu and to GOTD for this quality software.

I used the online .exe file instead of GOTD's. I requested my key before I loaded the software & went to my User Area on Tall Emu's website to get my key. (It did show up later in my Yahoo account.)

I also turned Windows Defender off as well as Avast! anti-virus, Arovax Shield & AnVir Task Manager before loading the software.

After rebooting AnVir Task Manager popped up asking to allow Online Armor to run on startup. I said yes & then closed that program out. Also, closed Avast! & Arovax Shield. Partly because I wanted to see what this program would do on it's own & also to prevent conflict.

With all that said it seems to have installed & is working fine on my Vista Ultimate 32 bit computer.

I can't really say anything specific about the program because I've only had it up & running for about 1/2 an hour. I'll test it out & if need be at some of my other security programs back in.

Thanks GOTD & Tall Emu for offering this great program!

@Mike R: You Rock! I'm with ya brother!

I've quit coming to this site unless Ashraf does a good review, or the giveaway is written up by someone else on his site. All the whining, crying, and asking the same question over and over again is simply unbelievable.

GAOTD offers a product. If you don't like it, don't download it. If you have a question about it, contact the developer on their website. And if you really need to cry about your experience, go see your mother! She might care.

=======Update to posts 154 and 155=========

I was having a problem of always getting a "Cart Empty" page and not being able to complete the registration. Tried again at 10.40 p.m. EST (New York time) with same result. I was using Firefox 3.6.


Now that midnight is approaching rapidly, in desperation I tried to register using Opera. Hot Dog! Persistence paid off! I got to register!

QUESTION -- Why could I not register with Firefox? Never had a problem like this before. I accepted cookies, etc. Could there be some sort of a conflict between Firefox 3.6 and Tall Emu's server? If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to hear them. Thanks in advance.

Thank you, Tall Emu and GAOTD, for both the offering and your patience with the GAOTD site visitors. Both of you also have my admiration -- I do not envy you in your jobs.

And, Thanks, Mike at Tall Emu, for your posts. You proved Tall Emu is an outstanding company.

Hey, Tall Emu! You are not using "Tall EMU" as an alias for Sesame Street's "Big Bird", are you? [ Ouch... could not resist :>) ]

Thank you, GOTD and Tall Emu, this offer is right on time!

OS: Vista 32 HP SP2

Overall: EXCELLENT - NO PROBLEMS

Download Ease: EXCELLENT - NO PROBLEMS
Activation Ease: EXCELLENT/GOOD - NO PROBLEMS (requires valid email address {no disposable's} to receive license/activation key)
Install Ease: EXCELLENT - NO PROBLEMS
Setup Ease: EXCELLENT/GOOD - NOT FOR NOVICE - NO PROBLEMS
Operation Ease: EXCELLENT/GOOD - NOT FOR NOVICE - NO PROBLEMS


Novice: A person who is new to a field or activity. ie: limited computer knowledge

DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
-You need to have SOME computer knowledge to safely install/setup ANY firewall.
-I would not recommend a NOVICE attempt the install/setup (or change setting's) of ANY firewall.
-Visit the software vendor's website for information; read the software FAQ, Help, or Support section(s) before attempting install/setup of ANY firewall. You WILL avoid errors by doing this FIRST!
-Search chat, forums or use search engine for more help. (ie: google, yahoo, bing...)

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"Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success." ~NLT Proverbs 15:22

Installing a gotd is usu very cut and dry, this was not!
instructions are simple as usu BUT i never received my registration email with the code. (I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT YAHOO NOT ACCEPTING THE EMAILS) I eventually found it in my tall emu acct.

After i put in the license code an alert popd up sayn windows cant verify the publisher! I had 2choose either allow it or deny it, i allowed it but the alert popd up again, so that time i clicked denied. it seems as tho it activated correctly after that but im not sure. Any suggestions? im running the software now.

@143 - We're worried about disposable mailinator type emails only. Everyone who filled in the forms with their correct email address , be it yahoo, bigpond, gmail, whatever now has an account at our members area.

This account lets them reset their key if they want to move from computer to computer, renew it (if they wish to) at the end of the period. The disposable email address users currently have accounts and keys, but these are going to be disabled soon.

Someone asked the question about statistics....

1) When I looked at my "sales report" this morning, it showed well over a million dollars - unfortunately (for me) , the discount column alos showed over a million dollars.

2) At the start of the GOTD promo we were issuing about 3 keys per second. It's slowed down some now, but is still ticking over. In the last few hours another 3,000 keys have been issued. In the time it's taken to write this post, another 300 keys have been sent.



Mike

Could the key apply to Online Armor (Without AV)? Since I want to go on using "Avira Free" as my personal AV. Thanks.

Wow, been waiting three hours already and still haven't received my license key via e-mail. The offer'll be over in a few more hours...

I did not get my registration key. This seems like alot of hassle,,,I am uninstalling and staying with my Trend Micro products...thanks anyway

IMPORTANT: If you have any other security solution installed, please remove it before installing AO++, I have Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 which comes without a firewall or execution filter, I thought it's a good idea to have them work side by side, unfortunately a BSOD appeared in the first reboot, I was forced to start in Safe Mode and uninstall OA++ completely, what a waste!

I too had MAJOR problems like #148-Bret. This program blocked me from accessing the internet at all, then froze my computer, and not being computer savvy, I had great difficulty finding a way around this to uninstall 'Amor ++'. This too was a big problem as the included 'uninstall' wouldn't work. This program would have been great if it did as it said, as I had no problems downloading it(even though that was a bit complicated and long winded), but the only good thing is, it's taught me is be careful what I download, and how to bypass some obstacles!!

After unzipping the download folder and clicking on Set Up Exec I continually get "Failed To Connect" message so I don't even get to square one on this give away.

I have never had problems downloading and installing the several give aways I have taken in the past, so I tend to think it must be heavy traffic on the site and not something with my computer (?). I stopped all malware and firewall from running before attempting set up, running Microsoft XP. If anyone has any suggestions they are most welcome.

This program is a nightmare. Thank god i was able to get rid of it, althought that took some work. This program slowed my computer down drastically, it took almost 5 mins to boot up. Oh well, I'll just stick with AVG and SuperAntiSpyware.

I should have added that I have been downloading other files today and none of them (from other sites, of course) has given me this problem.