Outpost Firewall Pro is a program that intends to surpass the Windows firewall when it comes to protecting your system.
In the Configuration Wizard (which takes a long time to finish) you can specify whether you want rules for well-known aplications and global rules to be automatically created, as well as enable Outpost Firewall Pro to automatically create rules for applications rates as Trusted and Normal by Smart Decision.
Once you have performed the obligatory system reboot, you can check out the user-friendly interface and its six main areas - My Security, Firewall, Proactive Protection, Anti-Spyware, Web Control, Event Viewer.
In My Security you can view the current status of the program's other aforementioned components, disable them or configure their options.
In Firewall you can view current active processes that are related to the network, modify their permission level, rules, Anti-Leak control and others, but you can also view which ports these processes are using, and modify their settings.
Proactive Protection informs you of the status and settings for Anti-Leak, System Guard, Application Guard, File and Folder Lock, exclusions, and removable media protection (blocked autorun files, applications and devices).
The anti-spyware module protects your computer from Trojans, worms, spyware, and any other form of malware that can harm your system. Plus, you can perform a system scan and eliminate these threats.
Web Control allows you to assign various permission levels for websites and e-mails. Here you can view blocked active content, advertisements, unwanted sites and private data, as well as edit exclusions. But you can also monitor any process that is currently active in the online environment.
Last but not least, Event Viewer collects and analyzes system network and local activity.
The level for each module can be customized according to your security preferences, but you can also assign a password to prevent Outpost Firewall Pro from being unloaded or uninstalled (in case you are sharing a computer with multiple users).
The bottom line is that Outpost Firewall Pro protects your computer in any way imaginable at this point, while using a moderate amount of system resources. Its default settings may seem extreme (at some point it gets frustrating to look after every single security aspect), and first-time users would certainly get lost in the program (while power users are doing the dance of joy). We definitely recommend this program.

Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· Nag screen

What's New in This Release:
The following improvements have been made:
· Windows 8 support: general drivers support
· Windows 8 support: blocking of infected Metro applications
· Windows Action Center support is improved
· Processing of IPv6 addresses is improved
· ICMPv6 support in firewall rules names
· Logs are moved from the product folder into the common Application Data folder
· Blockpost module operation in suspended protection mode is improved
The following issues have been fixed:
· Issues with torrent clients are fixed (zero connections, slow-downs, freezes)
· Attack Detection issues are fixed, reaction logic in case of multiple attackers is improved
· BSOD’s caused by network applications operation in fast networks are fixed
· Blocking and freezing issues caused by the content filtering mechanism are fixed
· Low-level rules priority issues are fixed