Outpost Firewall Pro is acknowledged as one of the most secure and easy to use firewall software solutions. Outpost Firewall Pro provides the following safeguards:
Protection against hacker attacks;
Protection against Internet worms;
Protection of sensitive and valuable information and data;
Protection of private information and maintenance of Web privacy;
Monitoring of the system and application network activity.
Outpost firewall automatically configures itself during installation and optimizes its configuration to match the system on which it is installed. Furthermore, you don't need to worry about keeping your protection up-to-date because Outpost features an automatic update utility, which keeps Outpost current and ready to avert network intruders.
Outpost Firewall Pro provides a superior arsenal of defense against PC infiltration by denying unauthorized access by remote hackers and protecting against data theft, denial-of-service attacks, privacy violation, Trojan horses, spyware and more. Four major criteria define Outpost Firewall Pro: security, control, privacy and ease of use. Some major features of Outpost are listed below:
Security Features
Attack Detection Plug-in:
* averts and reports all known kinds of attacks against the system
* port scan detection
Attachment Quarantine guards against dangerous attachments and worms;
Components Control (Anti-Leak) feature monitors components of each application on the system;
Stateful Inspection firewall technology provides superior security to packet filtering;
Windows Boot-up protection defends the system before any malicious programs can be loaded;
Control Features
Network activity monitoring;
Log Viewer
Filtering of web content
One click to block all traffic or disable the firewall;
Privacy Features
Active Content plug-in:
Flexible web history (referrers) blocking
Flexible blocking of cookies and other active elements;
Trusted Sites list;
Blocking of banners (including Flash ads) and pop-up window;
Hidden Process Control and Component Control: blocks spyware connections
Ease of Use and Compatibility
Auto-configuration of rules for applications during installation;
Predefined system and application settings cover all common tasks such as browsing the web, allowing ICQ, allowing DNS or DHCP, etc;
Seamless migration from earlier versions with the help of Agnitum Update;