Firewall
The Online Armor firewall is a two-way firewall which controls traffic both entering your computer ("inbound") and traffic leaving your computer ("outbound"). The firewall is designed as a "Default-Deny" firewall that blocks every connection unless it is specifically allowed by Online Armor.
When Online Armor is installed, the firewall defaults to "Standard Mode" - a basic mode of operation that is easier to use and only asks you to Allow or Block each program once. Advanced users can switch to "Advanced Mode" for much greater control of how each program can access the network/internet.
Online Armor has a third mode for the firewall called “Banking Mode.” In this special mode, designed to make online banking safer, the Online Armor firewall will prevent your computer from connecting to any site which is not Trusted or Protected. This makes it more difficult for fraudulent websites or Trojans to steal passwords while you are busy online banking.
Note: Advanced and Banking Modes are not available in Online Armor Free
The Firewall shows in the system tray as an icon that looks like an LED meter. This icon shows how much network activity is occurring in real-time. The red bar indicates the level of traffic leaving your computer (outgoing), and the green bar indicates the level of traffic entering your computer (incoming). For example, when you go to a website you will see a blip of "red" activity as the data is requested, followed by some sustained "green" activity as the data is downloaded.
For more detailed information you can double click this icon to see the Status Screen.
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