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Firewall engines connections

2008-04-26T18:37:56Z

During the update of our list of personal firewalls and HIPS for Windows we have gained some interesting information about the connections between several products. We have also identified a number of projects that were stopped.

Comodo Firewall Pro 3

2007-11-21T20:14:03Z

Comodo Group released a new stable version of their popular security product – Comodo Firewall Pro 3. According to Comodo, version 3 is a completely new security solution with many new features and additions and can not be simply compared to older 2.x versions. For a full list, see Comodo Firewall Pro - Features and Benefits. Version 3 runs on 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista. And as usual for Comodo software, this product is absolutely free.

ESET Smart Security

2007-11-06T20:40:46Z

ESET, the vendor of the well known anti-virus software NOD32, launched their new product called ESET Smart Security. It consists of four basic components: Antivirus, Antispyware, Antispam and (most importantly) Personal firewall. The suggested retail price for an individual user license is 59.99 USD. ESET Smart Security runs on both 32 and 64bit platforms and is compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

Outpost 2008

2007-10-22T19:12:21Z

Agnitum Ltd. released 2008 series of their popular firewall products Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Security Suite Pro. The vendor promises improved security, compatibility, usability and also performance. Outpost is now fully compatible with Windows Vista on both 32 and 64 bit platforms, supports IPv6, require less computer resources. For a full list of enhancements, read What’s New in Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 or Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008.

Online Armor Free

2007-10-17T17:03:44Z

Tall Emu Pty Ltd released a free version of their personal firewall product called Online Armor Free edition. Take a look at the comparison table of Online Armor editions. The new free version contains a fully functional personal firewall engine, which was previously available in the commercial versions only.

Hacker Challenge 2007

2007-10-05T11:51:13Z

David and Jakub of our research team attended Hacker Challenge 2007. The contest focused on reverse engineering skills. In the first phase of the contest, the participants were asked to crack the software protection of a Windows binary and to reverse a mathematical formula it implemented. Its second phase was about estimating skills of potential attackers.

Although reverse engineering and cracking software protections is not their everyday activity, under initials dm, David and Jakub submitted the most quality report from all participants and took the second place in the phase two of the challenge, as you can see on the contest's result page. This makes them unofficial winners of the first and second phase in total. If possible they will participate in the third phase of the challenge too, which is expected to be announced in November this year. Congratulations!

Kaspersky Internet Security 7

2007-08-07T22:04:00Z

The English version of Kaspersky Internet Security 7 is finally out. Check the vendor's news for more information about it. KIS 7 promises to be 100% Vista ready with better protection than ever before. The single licence with one year updates and support is available for $79.95.

New versions of Online Armor and Look 'n' Stop

2007-06-08T22:09:12Z

Online Armor Personal Firewall v2 is a new firewall product, which comes with a lot of interesting features. Stable version 2 has been released just a few days ago and we will leak-test it in our next leak-testing update.

Look 'n' Stop Firewall version 2.06 has been released. The new version offers many enhancements compared to the older version 2.05. One of the greatest improvements is Windows Vista support.