Essential proactive protection against zero-day and other web threats, centered around a robust two-way firewall to prevent unauthorized internal or external access and block malware from phoning home with your personal information. The firewall also ensures that your wired and wireless networks are secured against eavesdropping and internal breaches - great for home offices. The host protection monitors how programs interact to provide additional safeguards against data leaks and has passed all popular third-party leak tests with flying colors. New in version 7, you can also define a list of items to be specifically defended against inappropriate access or hijacking - this is particularly relevant for web apps and configuration settings. System and Application Guard protects your OS and apps, and File and Folder Lock restricts access to sensitive data. The program activity tracker lets you review system modifications in real time so you know when an application is misbehaving. Web Control ensures you don't accidentally visit poisoned or phishing websites, limiting your exposure to potential identity theft and web-based exploits. Outpost keeps all of its critical files in a digital sandbox to prevent malware from targeting and terminating its protection. But all of this power is surprisingly light on system resource usage; in particular the new data filtering optimization enables the firewall to process information faster and more efficiently. Above all, Outpost Firewall Pro is easy to use, yet highly configurable, to appeal to beginners and experts alike. And the continuously-expanding ImproveNet database automatically ensures new application security configurations are available as soon as they've passed compatibility testing.