Outpost 7.5 beats out 40 of 44 security products in latest Performance tests

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) --11/16/2011 -- Agnitum, developer of highly-rated PC security solutions since 1999, is pleased to announce that Outpost Security Suite Pro, the company's flagship Internet security product, has received its ninth VB100 award in a row, demonstrating continuing reliability in threat detection and prevention.

The latest Outpost Security Suite Pro, Version 7.5 - Performance Edition, participated in the tests under Windows 2003 Server R2 in October 2011. The anti-malware engine's strong protection capabilities in version 7.5 enabled Outpost to pass the tests with no false positives, one of the major requirements for VB100 certification.

In total, 44 anti-virus and security suite products were tested against a clean set of 500,000 files totaling around 140GB, against worms and bots set of around 30,000 samples each, and a trojans set containing over 150,000 unique files.

Along with its 100% detection of malware and polymorphic viruses, Outpost was complimented for its functional interface that gives appropriate levels of control to users and its optimized subsequent scan performance, powered by the latest generation of SmartScan technology. Outpost's scanning speed on a repeated scan for archives, binaries and system files was faster than 40 of the 44 competing products.

Agnitum's Internet security suite also demonstrated lower CPU usage compared with other Windows Server 2003 compatible products, including those from Avast, AVG, Comodo (both Antivirus and Internet Security products), F-Secure, G Data, GFI (VIPRE), Quick Heal, and Sophos.

About Agnitum
Founded in 1999, Agnitum Ltd. (http://www.agnitum.com) is a leading developer of high-quality, easy-to-use security software. Agnitum's solutions include Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro for securing personal and family desktops; and Outpost Security Suite — an all-in-one Internet security solution. Outpost Network Security ensures reliable endpoint protection and performance for SMBs, and Outpost Antivirus Service provides antivirus protection via subscription through ISPs.

Agnitum also offers a free version of Outpost Security Suite to enable users of all backgrounds and economic circumstances to benefit from high levels of computer security.

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Every day 100 users have traded in their existing security solutions for Outpost

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/13/2011 -- Agnitum, developers of the award-winning Outpost security product line, is pleased to announce the final results of their 2011 competitive upgrade program. A total of 7,250 active licenses for security products from 21 different vendors were converted to Outpost licenses over a 10-week period.

The offer was an unprecedented opportunity for individuals concerned about the protection against cyberthreats being provided by their existing security solution. In the interests of global PC user security, Agnitum offered to protect their PCs for free with the robust and lightweight Outpost Security Suite Pro or Outpost Antivirus Pro for up to two years, depending on their current license.

Launched in July, Agnitum's competitive upgrade offer to switch to Outpost security solutions for free attracted interest from thousands of users all over the world. Extended until September 30, 2011 with additional qualifying security vendors, the offer enabled users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Japan, and the Republic of South Africa to trade in their existing licenses.

According to the final results of the offer, 50 percent of the upgrade requests came from users of Kaspersky, Symantec, and McAfee software; 40 percent from Avast, Avira, BitDefender, Trend Micro, BullGuard, Eset, and Panda users; and 10 percent from users of other security vendors' products.

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Outpost Antivirus Pro protects 40,000 InterZet customers against viruses, spyware, Trojans, and other online threats

St. Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/28/2011 -- Agnitum, developer of acclaimed PC security solutions since 1999, is pleased to announce that 40,000 InterZet users have chosen Outpost antivirus protection to keep their computers safe while they're on line.

"Every day, hundreds of InterZet users initiate a subscription to the Outpost Antivirus protection service because it delivers effective and reliable protection against viruses, spyware, Trojans, and other Internet security threats," says Natalia Susakina, director of advertising at InterZet.

Every InterZet customer can choose Agnitum Outpost Antivirus free of charge as part of the "All Inclusive" InterZet subscription plan. All the user then has to do is to enable Outpost Antivirus in their Personal Cabinet on the Internet service provider's website.

The Agnitum Antivirus Service is integrated directly into the InterZet subscription plan, ensuring a seamless transition to high-quality protection. This direct integration means that, unlike the majority of security solutions on the market, the Agnitum AV Service doesn't require product reinstallation or product key replacement when the license expires; users can simply extend their subscription in their InterZet Personal Cabinet.

About InterZet
InterZet is one of the largest Internet service providers in the North-West region of Russia, with around 250,000 users. InterZet offers a range of Internet subscription plans and delivers high-speed data transmission over the fibre-option IP network.

About Outpost AV Service
Outpost Antivirus Service delivers the proactive power of Outpost security as a web service. ISP customers do not need to install any software on their system, and subscription payments are integrated with the ISP subscription plans.

Outpost Antivirus Service is a combination of Outpost Antivirus Pro and Outpost Security Suite Pro, Agnitum's flagship Internet security suite. More information is available on the Agnitum website at http://www.agnitum.com/products/av-service.

Outpost Antivirus Service is available through a number of ISPs in Russia and the Middle East, and the company has begun market testing in several East European countries.

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Agnitum's acclaimed firewall brings Outpost Security Suite Pro a double gold for protection against internal attacks in the latest Anti-Malware.ru firewall test

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/23/2011 -- Agnitum, developer of the highly-rated Outpost line of PC security solutions (with eight VB100 awards in a row), is pleased to announce that Outpost Security Suite Pro, the company's flagship product, has won two gold awards for protection against internal attacks in 40 tests.

The test conducted by Anti-Malware.ru, the leading Russia-based testing laboratory, in September 2011 shows that Outpost Security Suite Pro is the only Internet security suite to win gold awards in Maximum and Standard security configurations. Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.5 scored 91% and 84% with "Maximum" and "Standard" security levels, respectively with 40 out of 40 scores.

With these results, Outpost has once again proved its robust levels of protection against typical internal attacks, non-standard data leaks, unauthorized process termination, and non-standard kernel penetration techniques. These skills were also evident in Matousec's Proactive Protection Suite Challenge results.

"We are confident that Outpost Security Suite Pro, with our award-winning firewall, will prevent unauthorized internal activity, whether they're initiated by malware or by applications with restricted activity," says Maxim Korobtsev, Agnitum's Director of R&D. "What is really important to PC users is that their security software demonstrates consistency across multiple tests. Outpost products have demonstrated high levels of consistency in test results over many years, proving beyond a doubt that they provide PC security and privacy protection that users can rely on."

About Outpost Pro 7.5
The latest iteration of Outpost Pro, Version 7.5 - Performance Edition, delivers high-speed performance and high-quality protection while using minimal PC resources. Three products are available - Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro.

Outpost Pro 7.5 uses the 4th generation of SmartScan technology to optimize malware scans, and the new SmartDecision technology acts as the user's Personal Virus Advisor to assist in security decision-making.

About Agnitum
Founded in 1999, Agnitum Ltd. (http://www.agnitum.com) is a leading developer of high-quality, easy-to-use security software. Agnitum's solutions include Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro for securing personal and family desktops; and Outpost Security Suite — an all-in-one Internet security solution. Outpost Network Security ensures reliable endpoint protection and performance for SMBs, and Outpost Antivirus Service provides antivirus protection via subscription through ISPs.

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Agnitum expands exclusive offer for Kaspersky, Norton, McAfee, BitDefender and Avast Internet Security suites and Antivirus users – free upgrade to Outpost Pro

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/13/2011 -- Agnitum, developers of Outpost Pro and Outpost Free security product lines, today announced that the company's free competitive upgrade program, originally launched in late July, is valid for 20 more days until September 30, 2011 and now standalone antivirus products can be also exchanged. Products from Kaspersky, Norton, BitDefender, Avast, McAfee, Avira, Eset, Trend Micro, and Panda are actively traded in for Outpost Security Suite Pro.

These 20 extra days should enable even more users from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Japan, and the Republic of South Africa to trade in their existing licenses.

According to Agnitum, 80 percent of the upgrade requests (10,000 requests in total) came from the following vendors:

Kaspersky – 26 percent

Norton – 15 percent

BitDefender – 10 percent

Avast – 9 percent

McAfee – 8 percent

Avira – 7 percent

Eset – 5 percent

The free competitive upgrade offer was launched to give users who were not happy with their existing security suite the opportunity to exchange that product at no cost for the robust and lightweight Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.5 Performance Edition.

This is an unprecedented opportunity for individuals concerned about cyberthreats to save up to $100 and get better PC protection for up to two years (up to 5 home PCs).

The offer is valid until September 30, 2011 for residents of 15 largest English, German and French speaking countries mentioned above. Users of Internet security suites from any of 21 vendors (listed at http://www.agnitum.com/lp/competitive-upgrade-to-outpost.php) are eligible.

Under the program, Outpost Security Suite Pro is provided free of charge for one or two years depending on the remaining term of the competitive license and includes free updates, upgrades and technical support. If the current license is valid for more than three months but less than twelve months, users will receive a one year license for Outpost Security Suite Pro. If more than twelve months remains on the license, users will get a two-year license for Outpost Security Suite Pro. Each Outpost license is valid for one, three or five PCs for personal or family use.

"We have been impressed with the speed and resource consumption of the Agnitum products we have tested in comparisons lately, with the caching of previous activities making for lightning fast speeds and minimal overheads..." – Virus Bulletin, April 2011.

Users of qualifying competing products are required to provide evidence of their current Internet security suite license to Agnitum by completing the web form - http://www.agnitum.com/lp/competitive-upgrade-to-outpost.php. Only personal and family use licenses are eligible, and those licenses must be for a total term of one year or longer and have at least three months remaining before expiration.

About Agnitum
Founded in 1999, Agnitum Ltd. (http://www.agnitum.com) is a leading developer of high-quality, easy-to-use security software. Agnitum's solutions include Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro for securing personal and family desktops; and Outpost Security Suite — an all-in-one Internet security solution. Outpost Network Security ensures reliable endpoint protection and performance for SMBs, and Outpost Antivirus Service provides antivirus protection via subscription through ISPs.

Agnitum also offers free version of Outpost Security Suite to enable users of all backgrounds and economic circumstance to experience high levels of computer security.

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Agnitum's Internet security suite demonstrates excellent PC protection capabilities against all types of Internet threats in 3 leading test lab reports

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/02/2011 -- Agnitum, developer of highly-rated PC security solutions since 1999, is pleased to announce that Outpost Pro 7.5 has received high scores for malware detection/blocking and intrusion prevention capabilities in the latest tests conducted by the leading test labs at Virus Bulletin, PC Magazine and Matousec.com. The enhanced proactive protection delivered by Outpost Pro 7.5 ensures bullet-proof defenses against malicious software, viruses, Trojans, rootkits, and other Internet threats.

Maxim Korobtsev, Agnitum's R&D Director, says: "We are proud to deliver our latest high-performance, fully-functional security solutions to best protect our customers against the latest threats. Outpost Pro 7.5 products now cover a very wide range of threats to users' PC security, both known and unknown, without impacting system performance."

Outpost Pro 7.5 achievements include:

- Excellent malware blocking

According to the latest PC Magazine review, Outpost Pro 7.5 received the best scores for rootkits and malware blocking. Outpost Pro's 7.5 blocking capabilities beat out most of the competing products, including Avast!, AVG, BitDefender, Kaspersky, and McAfee.

- Top scores in preemptive protection

In the Matousec.com Proactive Security Challenge in July 2011, Outpost Pro 7.5 confirmed its excellent preemptive protection by scoring 97 % (144 out of 148 points) against new/unknown threats, spying tests and targeted deactivation attempts.

- 7th VB100 in a row for Outpost malware detection

With the latest Virus Bulletin tests carried out in June on Windows Server 2008 R2, Outpost Pro proved once again that it delivers effective virus protection for all currently-used Windows operating systems. This result means Agnitum has joined the shortlist of only nine companies that have achieved VB100 certification 7 times or more in a row.

New Outpost Pro 7.5

Released on June 15, 2011, Outpost Pro 7.5 – Performance Edition comprises three products - Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro. Featuring high-speed performance with minimal system resource consumption, Outpost Pro 7.5 detected and blocked a very high percentage of new threats in all the above-noted tests.

About Agnitum
Founded in 1999, Agnitum Ltd. (http://www.agnitum.com) has been committed to delivering and supporting high-quality, easy to use security software for over a decade. Agnitum's commercial solutions for the home market are Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro, securing personal and family desktops; and Outpost Security Suite — an all-in-one Internet security solution. Dedicated to global e-security Agnitum also offers the free versions of Outpost Firewall and Outpost Security Suite to secure users' system, network connections and critical data.

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Agnitum launches free competitive upgrade program for Outpost Security Suite PRO

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/29/2011 -- Agnitum, developers of the award-winning Outpost Pro, Outpost Network and Outpost Free security product lines, is pleased to announce the launch of a wide-ranging competitive upgrade offer. This special offer gives users the opportunity to exchange their existing security solution for the robust and lightweight Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.5 – Performance Edition for FREE.

"At Agnitum, we understand the importance for home users to keep their PCs secure against the full range of Internet threats without impacting performance," comments Vitaly Yanko, Agnitum Director of Sales and Marketing. "We've introduced this free competitive upgrade offer in order to deliver the benefits of Outpost's high security and low resource usage to a larger audience. This is an unprecedented opportunity for individuals to save up to $100 and get better PC protection."

The offer is valid until August 31, 2011 for residents of the United States and Canada. Users of Internet security suites delivered by any of the following vendors are eligible to participate:

Avast, Avira, AVG, BullGuard, BitDefender, CA, Eset, F-Secure, GData, Kaspersky, Lavasoft, McAfee, Panda, PC Tools, Norton (Symantec), Trend Micro, WebRoot, ZoneAlarm.

For all participants Outpost Security Suite Pro will be provided free of charge for one or two years (depending on the current license expiration date), including free updates, upgrades and support. The Outpost license will be valid for up to 3 or 5 PCs for personal and/or family use, depending on the competing license.

Why Outpost Security Suite Pro - http://www.outpost.pro?
- Combined anti-virus and anti-spyware protects PC against viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, rootkits.
- Powerful proactive protection keeps PC secure against unknown and zero-day threats.
- Inbound and outbound firewall protects PC connections and prevents confidential data leaks.
- Web Control ensures fast, safe web surfing.
- High-speed performance with minimal system impact.

"We have been impressed with the speed and resource consumption of the Agnitum products we have tested in comparisons lately, with the caching of previous activities making for lightning fast speeds and minimal overheads..." – Virus Bulletin, April 2011.

How to participate

Users of qualifying competing products are required to provide evidence of their current Internet security suite license to Agnitum by completing the web form - http://www.agnitum.com/lp/competitive-upgrade-to-outpost.php. Only personal and family use licenses are eligible, and those licenses must be for a total term of one year or longer and have at least three months remaining before expiration.

About Agnitum
Founded in 1999, Agnitum Ltd. (http://www.agnitum.com) has been committed to delivering and supporting high-quality, easy to use security software for over a decade. Agnitum's commercial solutions for the home market are Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro, securing personal and family desktops; and Outpost Security Suite — an all-in-one Internet security solution. Besides, Outpost Team offers Outpost Network Security, ensuring reliable endpoint protection and performance for SMB, and Outpost Antivirus Service – solid antivirus protection by subscription via ISPs. Dedicated to global e-security Agnitum also offers the free versions of Outpost Firewall and Outpost Security Suite to gratuitously safeguard its user network against all sorts of viruses and attacks online.

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Latest version challenges established notions of fast and lightweight with 2-5x performance increase

St.Petersburg, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/21/2011 -- Agnitum, PC security product developer since 1999, is pleased to announce the official launch of the Outpost 7.5 product line of proactive protection tools. Outpost security solutions have been awarded with 12+ VB100 anti-virus certifications since 2007. Packed with new functionality and performance improvements, the latest versions of Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro speed up overall system performance by minimizing resource loads without impacting protection levels.

Highlights of Outpost 7.5 include:

- 3x times faster web content filtering with the reworked Web Control and Firewall modules
- 2-5x faster performance thanks to the consolidation of signature databases

All Outpost 7.5 products include Smart Decision, a non-signature malware detection engine, as well as clipboard protection to address the evolving ID theft techniques, extended support for the latest mobile broadband devices to protect laptops and netbooks, and a host of other improvements.

30-day trial versions of the Outpost 7.5 solutions are available for download at http://www.agnitum.com/products. Bucking industry trends to shorten evaluation periods to 15 or even 7 days, Outpost Pro can be used free of charge for a full month.

What's new in Outpost 7.5?

I. Emphasis on performance improvements to enhance user experience:

Updated anti-virus engine – version 5.3

With the anti-virus engine updated to version 5.3, the Outpost 7.5 antimalware module delivers even greater detection accuracy, in particular against unknown malware.

Faster on-access and on-demand scanning

Internal tests have shown that on-access scanning is twice as fast and on-demand scanning is up to 2.5 times faster than earlier versions.

3x faster web page filtering

In the ongoing struggle to balance ease-of-use with optimal performance, Agnitum engineers have reworked the Web Control and Firewall modules and have achieved lesser PC resource load and 3x faster web page filtering compared to the previous versions. Additionally spyware-site filtering engine is now up to 100 times faster.

SmartScan 4 Speed-Up

The fourth iteration of SmartScan technology enables 3-5 times faster subsequent scans of files and folders for malware.

II. Enhanced security detects sophisticated malware:

New! SmartDecision technology

One of the most exciting new developments, SmartDecision uses non-signature detection to rate every executable file against a number of criteria to determine its authenticity or potential for damage. This technology employs multi-level risk measurements and enables Outpost to provide visual guidance as to the best way to proceed (allow or block), along with a corresponding color code – red, yellow or green.

New! Clipboard and screen content protection

Clipboard content protection (part of Outpost's award-winning anti-leak technology) now resists so- called "clipboard-loggers", which can grab personal data from the clipboard during a cut-and-paste operation and "screen-loggers" that can send randomly-grabbed screenshots from a user's PC to an unauthorized recipient.

Improved! Antimalware / eXtended Heuristic Analyzer

HAX (eXtended Heuristic Analyzer) now includes increased – by a factor of more than ten – numbers of indicators and parameters for suspicious programs, which in turn increases the analyzer's coverage and detection rates.

New! Antimalware / USB protection

To combat malware spread via USB drives through exploitation of the Windows auto-run vulnerability, Outpost 7.5 now includes specific USB protection that can be configured to provide different levels of security from completely blocking the device to freezing particular unverified executables.

New! Firewall protection for the latest mobile broadband devices

Outpost 7.5 provides enhanced filtering for the traffic generated by mobile broadband devices (such as 3G modems) to further safeguard laptops and other portable devices.

The final release versions of Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro 7.5 are available now at http://www.agnitum.com/products/.

About Agnitum
Founded in 1999, Agnitum Ltd. (http://www.agnitum.com) has been committed to delivering and supporting high-quality, easy to use security software for over a decade. Agnitum's commercial solutions for the home market are Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro, securing personal and family desktops; and Outpost Security Suite — an all-in-one Internet security solution. Dedicated to global e-security Agnitum also offers the free versions of Outpost Firewall and Outpost Security Suite to secure users' system, network connections and critical data.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm