Outpost Firewall Pro has been always recognized as one of the best personal firewalls in the world One of the reasons for this is that we continuously work to improve the product 39 s security in order to provide our customers with the best possible protection
Outpost Firewall Pro delivers proactive defense against hackers spyware Trojans botnets keyloggers ID theft and other Internet borne threats The integrated anti spyware module defends against the broad range of malicious programs Its on demand scanner enables scanning custom locations while the real time monitor is constantly on guard against the activation of spyware File checks complete much faster because the SmarScan2 driven engine examines only items altered since the last scan
The award winning bidirectional firewall guards users 39 network access keeping them safe from inappropriate or malicious connections loss of private data unwanted program activity and risky URLs The firewall 39 s unique Attack Detection protects LANs against man in the middle attacks and other sophisticated intrusions The Host Protection module takes a new approach to combating malware it pre empts the infection by examining the behavior of a monitored object proactively blocking it from performing any unauthorized activity
This type of defense in advance helps to halt unknown malware before it can activate its destructive payload Special tamper proof technologies that safeguard the integrity of Outpost components ensure the program cannot be deactivated by targeted attacks The versatile Web Control module safeguards you against the Internet 39 s darker side It steers you away from malware hosting sites prevents inadvertent disclosure of personal information limits your exposure to potentially unsafe web properties and keeps your identity private
in This Release
The following improvements are introduced
middot Compatibility with Windows Vista SP2
middot Compatibility with Windows Server 2008 SP2
The following issues are resolved only significant ones are listed
middot Driver could crash on plugging card reader
middot Packets blocked by IP Block component were not displayed in the Packets log
middot Updates did not work if Internet Explorer was not installed
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