Outpost Firewall Pro provides a superior arsenal of defense against PC infiltration. Outpost ensures your online security with solid protection against all Internet-borne threats. Outpost is the first personal firewall developed with Open Architecture. It is also the first personal firewall that supports plug-ins. Sample plug-ins are included to show how this revolutionary technology can easily be employed for such tasks as Intrusion Detection, Advertisement Blocking, Content Filtering, E-mail Guard, and Privacy Control.

Ashampoo FireWall PRO is like a trusty watchdog standing guard at the entrance to your property. It is always alert and checks everything going in and out of your computer, keeping out unwanted intruders and preventing unauthorized access to the Internet from your computer. And despite its impressive power it is so simple to use – in Easy Mode you just click and go for full protection.

Additional features in Ashampoo FireWall PRO
All the following functions and features are only available in the Pro version of Ashampoo FireWall.

:: Compact, efficient and easy to use
Just like the free version, Ashampoo FireWall PRO is a very small program that goes easy on your system resources. Despite its impressive power, it uses so little memory and processor time that you’ll never notice it’s there. The Configuration Assistant guides you through every step of the simple setup process. And if you’re a novice Easy Mode makes using it a breeze – just click and go for full protection. More experienced users can switch to Expert Mode to get full control over the program’s many powerful features.

:: Six additional tools
In addition to solid firewall protection, Ashampoo FireWall PRO comes with six additional tools that can significantly increase your security and make your online life easier.

–What’s New in Firewall Plus 3.0?–

The PC Tools developers made changes where it matters most in a firewall: under-the-hood. Here’s a list of what’s new in version 3:

* New Smart Application Rules
Firewall Plus now incorporates a set of new smart application rules, designed to make it simpler and easier for you to continue working with minimal interference from your Firewall. Technically, using the Application Rules, you can create a heuristic set of rules that control how applications are allowed to connect to the Internet/network and their permissions on your PC. If an application attempts to connect to the Internet/network and there are no corresponding rules, Firewall Plus will allow you to choose how the application should behave.

* Stealth Mode protection
Firewall Plus provides you with extra protection via its Stealth Mode feature which enables your system to appear invisible to other computers in the network. When in Stealth Mode, your computer is able to make connections to other computers in the network, but Firewall Plus will prevent other computers from connecting with yours.

* Data Validation using SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)
Firewall Plus validates data using SPI – stateful packet inspection – in which it performs a protocol handshake and if successful allows data transfer, otherwise all traffic is blocked - ensuring no unauthorized data is transferred onto your computer.

* Application protection
Firewall Plus offers additional application protection by guarding all the applications on your PC from unauthorized access. Enabling this option will shield applications on your system from other applications attempting to take control of them and potentially use them for malicious purposes.

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McAfee Desktop Firewall 8.5 includes multi-layered protection through inbound and outbound traffic monitoring, policy enforcement and reporting, select intrusion prevention capabilities and application monitoring.

With McAfee Desktop Firewall 8.5, administrators can now control access for traveling or remote users through Connection Aware Policies, which apply a pre-defined firewall rule set based on whether the user’s connection meets certain criteria - helping to increase network security by reducing exposure to potentially unsecured network connections.

Jetico Personal Firewall uses multiple level filtering scheme to provide highest protection level. Jetico Personal Firewall outperformed Zone Alarm, Outpost and other well known products in independent tests.

The Jetico Personal Firewall software allows the user:
- Protect computer from both inbound hackers’ attacks from network as well as from unwished network access attempts performed by malicious software.
- Choose a pre-defined Security Policy.
- Edit existing Security Policy.
- Create own Security Policy (i.e. the firewall rule set configuration).
- Monitor running applications that access network.
- Monitor selected/all the network packets as well as selected network events.