Yandex Acquires Software Developer Agnitum..ie Outpost

Thanks for the update

 

the agnitum site nows says you must trade by the end of january 2016, and you must activate by 17 FEB 2016.

more info from agnitum management today in response to a user's query on support:

Wayne, our support service is working as usual. Probably someone has confused it with Store page that says the sales has been stopped. We have dedicated support staff working at Agnitum (not Yandex) to address all incoming quires. Yes, I confirm my words that we are going to fix serious issues and updates AV database until the end of the 2016.

 

just received from support:

 

agnitum have managed to extend the trade in to 17FEB16 to coincide with the activation deadline requirement, this was confirmed by their management.

 

Thanks for the follow up

 

Thank you Wayne..good info

 

Goodbye Outpost thanks for the lifetime license since I've been using it with Avast Free AV side by side for 4 years, and I was planning to return to Outpost Pro after my Avast Internet Security license expired ho well this really sad.

 

So Outpost firewall will be developed no further and is now discontinued?

 

@chrome_sturmen Yes, that's right.

 

I wonder, how long the last version will continue to properly work as a secure standalone firewall, before the passage of time produces vulnerabilities that make it unwise to use any further. I've always liked Outpost, I don't want to change ;\

 

It will likely be usable for the life of Windows 7 and 8. Windows 7 support ends in 2020 and Windows 8 in 2023, which is 7 years off. If you took Outpost from 2009 and plugged it in today, you would still have a solid setup. I suspect that todays outpost will be similarly positioned in 2023. The overall product is pretty mature at this point and while issues might come up, its doubtful they will present problems serious enough to warrant replacing it.

Windows 10 is a different story. One gets the feeling that, sooner or later, some update will cause an issue. But for now....

 

I reckon then that there are other more immediate things in this life to worry over - and thanks for the reply

 

i cant believe that this really happened.
now which software can be used to stop windows and applications from spying home in the same easy way as it could have been done with outpost ?
i dont know any.
kronckew: if there is any chance of making it open source then make it open source! and if not then leak the complete source. *dream*.

 

Winpatrol Privacy looks like it can block all the spying . Has a good history of connections made by each program , from that you can block what you're not comfortable with

 

the source code has been bought by yandex for inclusion in their upcoming english secure browser by what was the agnitum team. so no chance of 'open source' or leaks.

i'm going to continue using OPFW with eset smart security (with it's firewall turned off) for the near future. the firewall will continue being useful for a good while yet. meanwhile, we are continuing support in the user forum as well as agnitum whom are continuing their support via their website. we also have a presence here at wilders.

 

a personal firewall rulesagent in a browser ... lol.
google.com wants to connect to google.com:443

maybe agnitum team can ask yandex to release the firewall.
only the firewall without all the active protection stuff.

 

apparently yandex is trying for a 'secure' browser, whatever that is. a few of the big names in AV have 'secure browsers' that so far have not impressed me much. i'll stick with OPFW pro, eset and firefox* for the moment.

anyway, how much old code yandex uses or don't use is unknown at this point. i've heard nothing about yandex contemplating the sale of the firewall (or suite) in their own name.

agnitum once licensed virus buster for the suite, then went and bought the company and hired the antivirus crew to support & develop a new AV engine based on it, i forsee a similar scenario here with yandex adding some protective features found in outpost then developing it further. all speculation.

*- firefox has an add-on to force using https on sites that support it. 'google SSL' is also an available search in their list along with yahoo and bing, for what it's worth...

 

The question is who owns Yandex and thus who has access to the code now?!
Some years ago i would get redirects to this Yandex thingy when visiting obscure/unknown/strange links.

 

That is good to know , still have not found a replacement for OSS or OFP , Dec is not that far off . Guess I'll have to find a good AV and use the Outpost firewall as well .

 

Yandex browser is based on Chrome, that includes sandboxed flash, Sophos malware protection, an inbuilt Kaspersky scanner, so KAV for free.
By default it includes some extensions like flashblock, adguard, lastpass, WOT, FB notifications. It is compatibile with Chrome and Opera extensions.

 

hi
bad news
regards

 

And Yandex is owned by ... ?!