Is EIS 9's Firewall as Good as Online Armor

[Tony Cole]

Does anyone know if the new firewall for Emsisoft Internet Security 9 is as powerful as Online Armor?

 

[Deleted member 178]

if you talk only about the true Firewall component (not the HIPS and other gadgets) , yes the new one is better. It was made from scratch and is conform to the new standards (IPv6, etc...) unlike the one in OA that is obsolete now.

it was heavily beta-tested at every stage of its creation.

 

[ismethere]

Hi, Tony Cole you just listen to Umbra Polaris said...me prefer Online Armor, like real having Armor.

 

[Tony Cole]

Thank-you Umbra

 

[NSG001]

me prefer Online Armor, like real having Armor.

Likewise!
EIS9 is too quiet for me
But has been designed this way for home users like yourself Tony

 

[Tony Cole]

Thanks

 

[Littlebits]

if you talk only about the true Firewall component (not the HIPS and other gadgets) , yes the new one is better. It was made from scratch and is conform to the new standards (IPv6, etc...) unlike the one in OA that is obsolete now.

it was heavily beta-tested at every stage of its creation.

Is the new firewall going to be a plugin to Windows Firewall like some other security suites are moving towards?

Enjoy!!

 

[RmG152]

EIS 9 HIPS and antilogger Works in w8.1u1 x64?
I tried the last version of OA free and doesn't pas simple test.

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

EIS Beta should have better protection than OA, but EIS would be EAM+OA.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Is the new firewall going to be a plugin to Windows Firewall like some other security suites are moving towards?

Enjoy!!

nope it is independent but it can use WF settings

EIS 9 HIPS and antilogger Works in w8.1u1 x64?
I tried the last version of OA free and doesn't pas simple test.

EIS has no HIPS , no separated antilogger; all is done now by the Behavior Blocker; btw what test?

EIS Beta should have better protection than OA, but EIS would be EAM+OA.

no it won't

 

[RmG152]

nope it is independent but it can use WF settings



EIS has no HIPS , no separated antilogger; all is done now by the Behavior Blocker; btw what test?



no it won't

Blocked the execution of a file and still could run. (works on w7 x86)

 

[Deleted member 178]

Depend what kind of file, whitelisted or not, if runsafe or not. Etc...

H

 

[RmG152]

Depend what kind of file, whitelisted or not, if runsafe or not. Etc...

H

Specific rule created to block execution.

 

[Secondmineboy]

I think Emsisoft IS 9 is not out yet (Final Version), will be released in a few weeks.

 

[dragonmew]

so which one is better overall eis9 or OA

 

[Nightwalker]

so which one is better overall eis9 or OA

EIS 9 is all that you need, good antivirus + easy to use firewall.

Some people will say that OA is more powerful because of HIPS, but I really dont like this kind of security sofware, they dont make sense to me.

As I see people who can actually make decisions in that kind of software doesnt need one in first place.

 

[Ink]

@dragonx1983 Emsisoft Internet Security is a fully package containing Anti-Malware, Behaviour Blocker (previously known as Mamutu) and Firewall. However, the Firewall in EIS v9 has been written from scratch and therefore does not have HIPS, but instead it's using it's own BB as an alternate and proven to be just as effective.

Having both a BB and HIPS may an overlap and over-kill.

Online Armor was developed by Tall Emu before Emsisoft (previouly Emsi Software) acquired them in 2010, hence the differences between the 2 firewalls.

This is from my understanding, but I could be wrong. @Umbra Polaris @Fabian Wosar