Outpost Firewall Pro 2009 (6.7 2954.446.0710) Released on 21 july 2009

[mack_guy911]

Outpost Firewall Pro History of changes
Outpost Firewall Pro 2009 (6.7 2954.446.0710)
Release date: 21 july 2009
What's new:
Windows 7 beta-support
Anti-Spyware engine improved
The following improvements are introduced:
Improved content filtering performance
The following issues are resolved (only significant ones are listed):
Issues with Heuristic analysis
Issues with configuration after computer infection
Self-protection exclusions list was not preserved under Windows Vista
Issues after Windows Vista SP1 loading, including:
Services were not started
Strange windows behavior
Slow startup
Several most commonly reported crashes, including:
Possible crash in case of insufficient memory;
Possible crash while scrolling through the Host Protection components list
Several most commonly reported freezes, including:
Possible freeze on scrolling the applications list
Possible freeze on UAC dialog display
Some visual notifications could be displayed in Entertainment Mode
Possible problems with ICS (packets could be blocked)
Possible problems with drivers installation
Possible compatibility issues with KAV/KIS
High CPU load in case of working with Lingvo X3
Hosts file modification could not sometimes be detected
Adding Windows/System32 folder to exclusions did not work
Rules for EMULE.EXE were not applied
Issues while receiving mail using The Bat!
Incredimail could crash on mail receiving
Rawsocket rules did not work correctly
Content filtering rules did not work for mtorrent.exe
Port scanning false positives on detecting UDP packet to the closed port from DNS server
Some printer functions did not work if Outpost was installed on a computer
Outpost could cause GUI freeze under Windows Vista 64
Internet Explorer could crash on trying to change site properties using Quick Tune plug-in
No Quick Tune plug-in in Internet Explorer on x64 platforms
Update settings did not work correctly
Registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager] "BootExecute" was not protected
Incompatibility with Jaws application
Outpost service could not start with enabled UAC
Windows Firewall could not sometimes be disabled after Outpost installation
Incoming NetBIOS connections were blocked even if NetBIOS check box in LAN settings was selected
By default content is not filtered for loopback address anymore
Music could not be played from imeem.com with Outpost installed
RPC DCOM attack could not be detected
Outpost could not sometimes detect driver load
Outpost could detect Norton Antivirus after its uninstallation
Incoming connections could be successfully established in case of blocking policy
Transit packets were blocked on attempt to open web pages on VMWare
More minor issues

[c2d]

thanks mack_guy911 :thumb:

[Antarctica]

Thanks.Gee, lots of bug fixes.:)

[G1111]

Updated over existing version. It recognized KAV 2010. Everything running smooth.

They are still offering a lifetime license (1 pc) for $39.95 http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/

[mack_guy911]

yea true it work great with KIS 2010 without firewall good working without trouble

[s23]

All problems i'm havin with Outpost corrected in this version (mainly the DNS false portscan). It feel more smooth too. Very good.

[mvdu]

Still problems with Avira's WebGuard. Reported it at their forums. I'd have to go back to the previous version, which was fine. To me, this is the worst version yet.

[hany3]

the bad news is that there is still no option to disable the news download
just wondering if agnitum still insists on such advertizing behaviour in a product that is supposed to be a paid one

[BerserkerPup]

Thanks for posting what changed in this update. :)

[hayc59]

-{ Quote: "the bad news is that there is still no option to disable the news download
just wondering if agnitum still insists on such advertizing behaviour in a product that is supposed to be a paid one" }-
hany its being worked on and you know very well
that there is a work around! use it or wait for the update
that will change your whole world!! :wacko: :gack:

[hany3]

-{ Quote: "you know very well
that there is a work around! " }-

and agnitum knows very well about this issue

-{ Quote: " or wait for the update
" }-


it's not abug that should remains for years to be fixed it's an advertizing approach intetionally made agnitum
in fact if they had wanted to remove this advertizing , they would have done this moths ago "Third Conditional";D coz it's difficult to happen

-{ Quote: " you know very well
that there is a work around! " }-
the adware behavior in a security software does NOT need what u call "a work a round " from the public it needs curative , complete and FAST interference from the vendor
it must be abasic approach or a strategy for the developper company rather than "a work around" from the public "some instructions and changed files in the installtion directory of the firewall made by some persons who are non-developpers , i never do that and never take this risk as it may add some bugs or crashes to the product and could even affect the overall security performance of outpost

-{ Quote: "
that will change your whole world!!" }-
my world is very nice
but unfortunately sometime the man wrongly thought that he could change the outside world making it better but invain

[Ro4dRuNn3r]

-{ Quote: "[...]ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, June 16, 2009: The security experts at Agnitum, the publisher of Outpost Pro product line, are pleased to announce the new iteration of Outpost 2009 solutions – Outpost 6.5.5 – which brings along further security improvements with a brand-new antivirus engine and extended compatibility.[...]
http://www.agnitum.com/news/outpost-summer-edition.php" }-
Does somebody know more about it? ???

[FirePost]

The news issue was not addressed in this release. Agnitum are aware some people dislike it. There are threads where it is debated. This should not be added to them.

[mvdu]

The problem I'm having is with Avira's WebGuard. I uninstalled WebGuard and have internet. But I think the new Outpost is designed this way, unfortunately. It's possibly an inconvienence and not a bug.

[Toby75]

Anyone using Outpost Pro having problems updating? My last spyware database update was 8/14. ???

[firzen771]

-{ Quote: "Anyone using Outpost Pro having problems updating? My last spyware database update was 8/14. ???" }-

i dont even bother installing Outpost AS since i have an AV already so i wuldnt know :-\

[chrisretusn]

-{ Quote: "Anyone using Outpost Pro having problems updating? My last spyware database update was 8/14. ???" }-
No problems, last update 18 Aug 2009 1000 PST, just now manually did an update 20 Aug 2009 @ 0618 PST Malware database dated 19 Aug 2009, 1925743 signatures.

[chrisretusn]

-{ Quote: "-{ Quote: "[...]ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, June 16, 2009: The security experts at Agnitum, the publisher of Outpost Pro product line, are pleased to announce the new iteration of Outpost 2009 solutions – Outpost 6.5.5 – which brings along further security improvements with a brand-new antivirus engine and extended compatibility.[...]
http://www.agnitum.com/news/outpost-summer-edition.php" }-Does somebody know more about it? ???" }-
That is an older version, current is Version: 6.7 (2957.446.0711) Release date: July 27, 2009

Agnitum Outpost Security Suite History of Changes (http://www.agnitum.com/products/security-suite/history.php)

Outpost Firewall PRO History of Changes (http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/history.php)

[kjdemuth]

What scan engine does the Outpost suite use?

[Toby75]

-{ Quote: "No problems, last update 18 Aug 2009 1000 PST, just now manually did an update 20 Aug 2009 @ 0618 PST Malware database dated 19 Aug 2009, 1925743 signatures." }-

Are you using the Suite or the Pro version?

EDIT: Seems others are having the problem as well:
http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24505

[firzen771]

-{ Quote: "What scan engine does the Outpost suite use?" }-

VirusBuster i believe

[Dr payne]

-{ Quote: "VirusBuster i believe" }-

I would like a professional opinion instead of some random comments spewing.

[thathagat]

-{ Quote: "What scan engine does the Outpost suite use?" }-
virusbuster and Agnitum’s own spyware, worm, adware and other snoop-ware intelligence.....
here from Agnitum’s site
-{ Quote: "Now you can benefit from two independent, complementary anti-malware labs working together to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date threat coverage. Virus, trojan and other infective malware research comes from the VB100-certified Virus Buster team, and Agnitum’s research team provides the spyware, worm, adware and other snoop-ware intelligence." }-

[Toby75]

-{ Quote: "I would like a professional opinion instead of some random comments spewing." }-

Well..firzen771's "opinion" is correct.

[chrisretusn]

-{ Quote: "I would like a professional opinion instead of some random comments spewing." }-
Now that was a right friendly and professional comment. ::)

It uses VirusBuster. See this Agnitum KB Article (http://www.agnitum.com/support/kb/article.php?id=1000196&lang=en).

[Espresso]

-{ Quote: "Now that was a right friendly and professional comment. ::) " }-

That comment seems to be all the rage...

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1526301&postcount=3



::)

[chrisretusn]

-{ Quote: "Are you using the Suite or the Pro version?

EDIT: Seems others are having the problem as well:
http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24505" }-
Suite. Yes I did miss that the question was about OFP vise OSS; Yes I know they are different and that OFP only contains spyware.

A check of my logs shows that the spyware component of OSS was updated on the 17th.

Edit: Seems your link is pointing to a non existent thread.

[Toby75]

I think Outpost merged the threads...here it is:
http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23888&page=2

[chrisretusn]

Thanks, I suspected as much and was going to add that to my edit, but you beat me to it. :)

One thing of note, Agnitum does not update the spyware data as often as the virus data. I did some more poking around on my systems. One computer show last spyware update was downloaded on the 16th, the other shows the 17th. I have Outpost set to download once a day. The data in the downloaded zips and in the spy folder (both) is dated the 14th. So it does look at the last update was indeed the 14th.

[Toby75]

-{ Quote: "Thanks, I suspected as much and was going to add that to my edit, but you beat me to it. :)

One thing of note, Agnitum does not update the spyware data as often as the virus data. I did some more poking around on my systems. One computer show last spyware update was downloaded on the 16th, the other shows the 17th. I have Outpost set to download once a day. The data in the downloaded zips and in the spy folder (both) is dated the 14th. So it does look at the last update was indeed the 14th." }-

OK - Thanks for checking....just wanted to make sure I'm not the only one experiencing this.

[firzen771]

-{ Quote: "I would like a professional opinion instead of some random comments spewing." }-

alright then................ even tho i was right................. :dry: