Quick Review: Outpost 4 Pro

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Product Name: Outpost 4 Pro

Manufacturer: Agnitum

Product Type: Software Firewall

Price: Starting at US$39.95 (see purchase page for more information)

Website Description

Best-in-class ID-theft protection
Outpost Firewall Pro will detect and prevent (using the most effective data leak prevention technology available) malicious applications from trying to transmit data out of your PC. The security of that information is assured.

Advanced protection against network attacks
Outpost Firewall Pro detects and prevents any attempted hack attacks from outside the network.

360-degree protection against spyware
Outpost Firewall Pro detects all attempts by spyware to activate; instead, spyware is instantly removed from the PC.

Automatic detection and configuration updates for optimum security
With Outpost 4.0 you receive ImproveNet updates for the whole license period that include secure firewall settings and rules - meaning with ImproveNet you will get much less prompts from the firewall as it will be always up-to-date when it comes to deciding what to do.

Self-protection against malicious software
Outpost Firewall Pro protects itself from being terminated by malware.

What I Liked

Nice interface
Easy to install
Found spyware on my system
Protected my system from both incoming attacks and outgoing connection attempts
Had some very good rulesets already written for common application
Integration with Internet Explorer
DNS caching
Live network activity monitor by application
Live port monitoring
Content blocking
Attack detection
Attachment quarantine
Ad blocking by size and keywords
Active content (pop-ups, ActiveX, Flash, etc.) blocking
Detailed even logs
Supports multiple configurations
Supports plugins
Password enabled to prevent settings changes
Protects itself from attack
Various different modes for different situations

What I Didn’t Like

Asked a lot of questions in the beginning
Average user would not be able to answer questions (too technical)
Slowed down my system a bit (especially when connection attempts were being made
No Firefox integration
Does not work with Vista (but a free upgrade is on the way)

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