Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 2009 6.5.4

Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 2009 6.5.4 brings you a powerful proactive defense which protects your computer 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' network access, keeping them safe from inappropriate or malicious connections, loss of private data, unwanted program activity and risky URLs. The firewall'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'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.

Outpost offers advanced users broad flexibility in designating personal and specific firewall policies and program behavior rules however you desire, yet it is suitable for inexperienced users to work with. Thanks to automated configuration, the collaborated ImproveNet system of sharing settings, the Smart Advisor usage hints, Outpost is incredibly easy to use.

Key Benefits:

• Safety on the Internet
• Preemptive threat protection
• No more spyware!
• Secure web surfing
• Bulletproof self-defense
• Performance-driven operation
• Power without complexity 

Major Features:

1. Proactive Security
   • Preemptive threat protection: Outpost Firewall Pro provides the first line of defense against malicious software by proactively controlling how programs behave and interact on a PC and preventing security breaches.
   • Self-protection: By incorporating solid tamper-proof protection for all its components, Outpost Firewall Pro makes it impossible for anyone except the authorized user of the program to disable or close active protection.
2. Anti-spyware
   • Essential spyware protection: Outpost's Anti-Spyware module safeguards PCs against the threat of spyware, which can range from displaying annoying ads to hijacking your browser homepage to stealing your identity and confidential data.
3. Network Security & Continuity
   • Connection security: The two-way firewall monitors your computer’s inbound and outbound connections and prevents local and remote unauthorized network access.
   • Application access control: The firewall controls which programs are allowed to access the Internet, proactively protecting your PC against both zero-day threats and malware attempts to “phone home”.
   • Comprehensive coverage: Outpost Firewall Pro secures all types of connections (Ethernet, WiFi, DSL, cable, cellular, and dial-up), automatically applying the necessary security settings when the computer is connected to a new provider.
   • Intrusion protection: The Attack Detection module automatically blocks known types of hacker attacks from entering your computer.
4. Privacy & Web Safety
   • Unsafe web site access restriction: Outpost Firewall Pro can optionally alert and block access to potentially malicious or unwanted web sites based on a predefined list of URLs.
   • IP Blocklist keeps surfing clean: Based on the BlockPost plug-in in earlier Outpost versions, the integrated IP Blocklist lets users restrict access to specified Internet domains.
   • Safe repository for personal data: Any confidential information – for example, bank account numbers and passwords – that you define using ID Block is blocked from leaving the confines of your PC through communication channels such as IM, web or email.
   • Ad-free, anonymous surfing: By managing cookies and external referral URLs, Outpost lets you maintain a high level of privacy when visiting shopping, entertainment or news sites while at the same time allowing trusted sites to collect only the information needed to personalize pages for you.
5. Tracking & Control
   • Network activity monitoring: Outpost's Network Activity Monitor shows every connection your PC makes with other computers on the Internet or local network, so you can see what's happening on your PC at all times and quickly close down any unauthorized connections.
   • Password-protection, multiple configuration profiles: You can set passwords to protect your configuration from accidental or deliberate modification, as well as create and use multiple configuration profiles to suit your current risk exposure.
   • Better manageable events logs: Outpost’s old Log Viewer showed the history of past events on a computer.
6. Compatibility
   • IPv6 support: The new network connection protocol extensively used in Windows Vista, IPv6, is fully recognized, filtered and its data protected.
   • Driver certification and latest Windows platforms compatibility: Outpost has received WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certification, meaning that its protection complies with Microsoft’s stringent quality, compatibility and stability requirements.
   • Adaptive firewall rules: Outpost handles it automatically by designating connection-specific parameters such as DNS or gateway server addresses as environment variables.
   • Entertainment mode for uninterrupted gameplay and video viewing: While you play full-screen games or watch videos on your PC, Outpost's Entertainment Mode ensures the program won't interrupt you with alerts if it detects new activity.
7. Convenience and Ease of Use
   • Auto-learning mode: When Outpost is first started, it runs in a special “learning mode” where all alert notifications are suppressed.
   • Automatic configuration: Rules for most programs that access the Internet are applied automatically, relieving you of the need to enter rules manually every time a new application accesses the Internet or interacts with another program.
   • ImproveNet delivers more ready-made configurations: ImproveNet is a voluntary system of program configuration aggregation and distribution.
   • SmartAdvisor - instant, context-sensitive help: If ImproveNet doesn't have the answer, SmartAdvisor is always on hand to help you make the right decision when configuring access information for an application.
   • Hands-free updates: Whenever an update to Outpost Firewall Pro is released during your license period, the update module automatically retrieves the latest version from the Agnitum server and applies it as soon as you authorize it to do so.
   • Analysis of digital signatures: The new method of application identification reduces the number of dialog windows users get.

Enhancements:

• Bug fixing release.
  

Requirements:

• Supported platforms: 32- and 64-bit Windows (Vista, XP, Server 2003, 2008), Windows 2000 (SP3 and above).
• Hardware: 450 MHz or faster CPU(x-86/x-64/multi-core), 256Mb RAM, 100MB free disk space.