Outpost 7.5.2 RC available

New Outpost RC for those interested.

http://www.agnitum.com/news/2012-01-31-outpost-7-5-2-release-candidate.php

Cheers

 

Outpost Security Gets More Stable with Release Candidate for Version 7.5.2

Latest enhancements bolster malware protection and proactive security

St. Petersburg, Russia — January 31, 2012. Agnitum, developer of the highly-rated Outpost line of PC security solutions (with 10 VB100 awards in a row), is pleased to announce public availability for Outpost Pro 7.5.2 Release Candidate, featuring a number of significant enhancements after seven months of intensive development. This new version strengthens end-user PC security against fast-spreading viruses, spyware, Trojans, hacker attacks, rootkits, and zero day attacks.

Along with enhanced self-protection against malware attempting to take over the user’s computer, Outpost Pro 7.5.2 includes:

Improved SmartDecision technology to make security decision-making easier, with color-coded alerts in yellow, green and red
Upgraded anti-virus (anti-malware) engine 5.4.1 with improved malware detection in packed executable files
Support for Java Archive (JAR) and Android application package file formats for on-the-fly (on-access) detection
Comprehenive Unicode support for even better scanning performance
Even greater stability for smooth, reliable PC performance
User interface improvements for greater ease of use
Revamped anti-spam filters junk mail intelligently

http://www.agnitum.com/news/2012-01-31-outpost-7-5-2-release-candidate.php

 

Running with no issues so far on windows7x64. Also have Keyscrambler and Avira and RollbackRX.

 

there's a bug in the ip blocklist mechanism!, maybe related to unicode conversion?

when importing old blocklists (#BLOCKPOST V2), the configuration file (configuration.conf) grows with every change of the settings. a workaround is to remove the comments (marked by #) before importing the list.

the blocklist is saved in outpost's configuration file, which (of course) is compiled and overwritten after every change of the settings. this leads to a sluggish behaviour when a big blocklist is used.

 

horch, did you report that issue to Agnitum?

 

So what is the current opinion of this product? I bought a lifetime license when they were available but soon after I installed a copy on my 64 bit Vista machine (at that time) I had to restore from a backup as it froze and would not boot anymore. It had been great on XP. What little testing I have done with Windows 7 and Office 2010 the Antispam froze Outlook though I see they claim to have fixed that. I want to like OSS but am afraid to put in on my machine.

 

I've had an on off relationship with Outpost. I too dropped it when I moved to 64 bit (Win 7 though) as the HIPS functionality was poor but it's much better now and I've been back using it recently (7.5.1) and really liking it. I think it is the best firewall/HIPS combo for 64 bit now having tried out most of the competition recently. A little heavy in the initial period while it learns your system but light as a feather thereafter. This RC running really nice for me with SBIE and AppGaurd. I don't use the Anti-malware, Anti-Spam or Web content filter though - just FW & HIPS.

Cheers

 

Site reads latest RC should be installed after removing other versions. So not installing over another version is what they seem to be recommending.....anyone?

 

I did as they recommended but exported settings on 7.5.1 and imported into 7.5.2 with no issues. One or two pop-ups since but for new protection capabilities rather than 'forgetting' anything. However 1 or 2 in the Agnitum forums have done an 'over the top' with no reported issues.

Cheers

 

OK..Thanks Chris

 

Seven months of work, and Outpost x64 still does not pass the DNS test, OLE and direct access to the registry. These are quite important issues.

 

What version of these tests are you using. Is it CLT? Outpost passes all these for me on 64 bit.

Cheers

 

Hello!
It is a test PCFlank (Firewall Leak and HIPS), DNStester (Firewall Leak Only).
http://www.testmypcsecurity.com/securitytests/all_tests.html # alltests
As for CLT, Outpost does not include "KnownDLLs"

 

I thought DNStester was only for XP and older, if not I'll give it a try?

Cheers

 

if you click "find out more", it says it's for 2k,xp,2k3.

 

7.5.2 went final

Changelog
http://www.agnitum.com/news/2012-02-21-outpost-7-5-2-release.php

Outpost Free 7.5.2 canceled - still 7.1.1
http://free.agnitum.com/

Outpost Pro Firewall 7.5.2
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/download.php

Outpost Pro Antivirus 7.5.2
http://www.agnitum.com/products/antivirus/download.php

Outpost Security Suite 7.5.2
http://www.agnitum.com/produkte/security-suite/index.php

 

Installed today with no problems, working smoothly.
Just to note, I'm pretty sure the updates mentioned above do not apply to the Free version of the Outpost security suite, I hope I am wrong but I contacted Agnitum on twitter last week and they said they had no intentions of applying the future 7.5.2 updates to the free version of their suite. Like I said I hope I am wrong.

 

really thats kinda sad. hope ur wrong to. but doesnt look like it.

 

i wrote before i loaded - Free version is still 7.1.1 (see above)

 

http://www.7tutorials.com/security-everyone-reviewing-outpost-security-suite-pro-751

 

I have to say the previous version was a pain here on startup, so I had to use the antepenultimate one for eight months. However, everything is back to normal with this one, which works perfectly. I have been using OFP since 2006, and I just love it.

 

Not just sad, it's kinda lie.

http://agnitumblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/outpost-75-performance-edition-is-here.html