Running the Safety Check Wizard

The Safety Check Wizard scans your computer for any existing threats and helps you to complete the initial configuration for easier use. Completing the Safety Check Wizard should only take a couple of minutes and will ensure quiet operation of Online Armor. After the Safety Check Wizard is complete you should only be prompted for any new programs that are installed or any possible threats.

The Safety Check Wizard will automatically configure Online Armor for the average user using common applications. The Safety Check Wizard uses the Trusted list to identify known safe or malicious programs and only requires your interaction for any Unknown programs that may be on your computer. You will be presented with as much human readable information about every Unknown program as possible to make this process easy.

Most users will not need to configure many, if any, of the sections below. If you do Allow any unknown programs, Online Armor will set them to Trusted to ensure smooth operation without any popups for those programs.

Once the Safety Check Wizard is completed and the computer restarts, Online Armor will take some additional time to complete configuration. This may cause Windows to start up more slowly after this initial reboot. Online Armor will also enter Learning mode for 2 minutes.

Note: If you should ever need to run the Safety Check Wizard again, for any reason, you can simply open Online Armor by double-clicking the tray icon and select “Safety Check Wizard” on the left.

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• Show me the Safety Check Wizard running

1. Welcome – The Safety Check Wizard will start on the Welcome screen. This is an introduction to the Safety Check Wizard. If you had Online Armor installed previously, and you saved your settings, then you can click Restore and select the settings file to restore your previously saved settings and skip the rest of the wizard. This screen will also allow you to skip the wizard (not recommended) or to automatically Trust every program detected by the wizard.
2. Wizard – This section scans your system to identify any Trusted or Not-Trusted programs possible. Any sections of the Safety Check Wizard that can be automatically configured using the Trusted programs list will be shown here as “Passed.” Any areas listed as “Needs Attention” contain programs that are Unknown and need your approval to allow or block these Unknown programs so that you are not alerted the next time they try to run.
3. Product Update – Checks our servers to ensure that you have the latest OASIS updates and antivirus definitions if you are using Online Armor AV+. If there is an update available then the Safety Check Wizard will download and install the updates.
4. Processes – Checks all running programs and uses OASIS to identify any programs possible. If any Unknown programs are running on your computer then you will be shown a list of these programs. You will see any Unknown programs listed with a yellow balloon with a question mark. You can Allow or Block these individually with the corresponding buttons below or click Allow All to allow everything in the list at once.
5. Start menu – Checks your Start menu to see what programs are installed and uses OASIS to identify any programs possible. A list will be displayed in a “tree” format. Each item that is a folder containing more items will be shown with a box with a “-“ next to it (which will collapse the folder to a single entry and turn to a “+” if clicked), and will show a line connecting to the indented items in the list that are within that folder. Highlighting a folder and clicking Allow or Block will Allow/Block all of the contents of that folder. If you wish to Allow everything shown in the list, simply highlight “Start menu” at the top of the list and click Allow.
6. Autoruns – Checks to see what programs automatically run when Windows starts and uses OASIS to identify any programs possible. A list will be displayed with any Unknown programs shown with a yellow balloon and question mark. You can Allow or Block these individually with the corresponding buttons below or click Allow All to allow everything in the list at once.
7. IE Add-Ons – Checks for any add-ons to Internet Explorer that are installed (such as toolbars and more) and uses OASIS to identify any programs possible. A list will be displayed with any Unknown programs shown with a yellow balloon and question mark, and labeled accordingly. You can Allow or Block these individually with the corresponding buttons below or click Allow All to allow everything in the list at once. There are many add-ons that are perfectly safe, however there are many undesirable add-ons installed by adware and spyware.
8. Drivers – Checks what device drivers are installed and uses OASIS to identify any drivers possible. A list will be displayed with any Unknown drivers shown with a yellow balloon and question mark. You can Allow or Block these individually with the corresponding buttons below or click Allow All to allow everything in the list at once. Most drivers are installed to allow you to use your hardware (such as your video card), but malware sometimes uses drivers to hook deeper into the system.
9. Hosts – Checks your HOSTS file for any entries and uses OASIS to identify any entries possible. A list will be displayed with any Unknown entries shown with a yellow balloon and question mark. You can Allow or Block these individually with the corresponding buttons below or click Allow All to allow everything in the list at once. Some ad-blocking or spyware blocking systems add entries to the HOSTS file to ensure that you do not visit undesirable websites, but malware does the same to block you from visiting sites that may help to detect and remove the infection.
10. Options – This section displays the program options for Online Armor and allows you to make any configuration changes you wish to make now before Online Armor begins protecting your system. These options can also be changed later. For more information see the Options help page.
11. Restart – Once you have reached this section the Safety Check Wizard will be complete and you will need to restart your computer to enable Online Armor’s protection. Simply click Finish to restart your computer and enable protection immediately, or take the check out of the box labeled “Restart Computer” if you wish to restart later. Online Armor will take some additional time to complete configuration after this reboot, which may cause Windows to start up more slowly. Online Armor will also enter Learning mode for 2 minutes.