Firewall

The firewall is your first and last line of defense. Your firewall prevents incoming or outgoing connections that you don't want. The internet is full of malware that is constantly trying to connect to your computer, and your computer would be infected in a matter of seconds without a firewall. If your computer were to be infected otherwise, then malware could capture your personal information and send it to the attacker silently if you don't have a firewall that controls outgoing connections.

The Online Armor firewall is designed to be easier to use than other firewalls available, while providing superior protection. There are many tricks that malware can use to sneak personal data out of your computer without raising any alerts from your firewall. Online Armor is made to thwart these tricks to help ensure that malware cannot connect to the internet without you knowing.

Note: Some techniques used by keyloggers to bypass firewalls are handled by Online Armor's advanced Keylogger protection, which is not available in Online Armor Free.

Online Armor will automatically allow Trusted programs to access the internet by default to minimize the amount of pop-ups that you see.