Outpost stories: on guard of Windows 7

We'd like to remind you that another Outpost Story competition announced in our regular newsletter is soon coming to an end. We're closing down the text form on September 1.

You still have a chance to win one of the prizes by telling us how Outpost 6.7 dealt with security issues on Windows 7 RC. No matter how short or long your story is, just follow a few simple rules:

• the story should be in English
• the story should be based on real experience with Outpost 6.7
• you are welcome to report the difficulties with Outpost 6.7 but just as part of the story, not in a "wanna-submit-a-bug" manner
• no libel or bad language please!

To give you a taster of possible texts, we publish two excerpts from our users' stories below:

- Our user from the US:

I have been using Windows 7 RC 64-bit for about 4 months now and needed a firewall suite that would be compatible for this system. I work for a cable company and the software suite that they provide is not compatible for Windows 7 RC 64-bit. I looked at the reviews on almost every security site that was out there. I have a Associates in IT Networking/Security Management and seeing the reviews, I decided to try Outpost Security Pro 2009. I installed it without a hitch and started to play around and was amazed at the protection that it provided. I used several 3rd party security check sites and they all returned with great results.

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I have used several different Firewall suites and by far this one has had the best tech support and software. I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone that is running Windows 7 RC 64 bit.

- Our user from Finland:

For a long time in my life, I didn’t care about having any protection software on my computer. All the software I tried just didn’t seem to do anything. One day a good friend of mine proposed the Outpost Security Suite Pro, which I wasn’t sure that I’d like or if it would even work at all. I had recently started using the new Windows 7 RC, so I was ready for some problems. Nevertheless, I decided to give the software a try. To my surprise it installed without any problems and after looking around in the options I fell in love with it.

<...> The software gave me excellent control over programs and how they connected to the internet. I didn’t even know some of the programs were calling “home”. This already made me feel so much safer and all the programs that required internet access worked as smoothly as they would have without any protection. Unlike before, I now had full control over the software on my computer. Everything was working as smooth as before, no; in fact, it was working smoother than before as I now had total control over my whole system.

By the way, the American customer reported an issue in Entertainment mode that we addressed immediately ;-)

Looking forward to your emails! Submit them here.

Pavel Goryakin, Agnitum

Outpost User Survey

In this blog-note we appeal to those who purchased Outpost products in the past three months.

We would like to request just five minutes of your time to help us continue to improve the protection we provide to you through our Outpost products. We have just a few questions about your perception of Outpost products, and we’d really appreciate it if you could give us your feedback.

As a security provider, it’s vital for us to understand your security needs so we can deliver a rock-solid, easy-to-use, and fast security solution. Your ideas and suggestions will help us to do just that.

Please check your malibox for a survey email from Agnitum within the next few days. (You might also want to check the spam folder in case you still don't use Agnitum's built-in anti-spam or Spam Terrier for accurate handling of messages :-))

If you receieve the email, but you are not the actual user of the product registered to this email address, please forward the survey to the person who does use the software.

Many thanks in advance! We're looking forward to your replies.

Pavel Goryakin
Agnitum

Agnitum gives away OSS lifetime prizes to ComputerActive readers

Hi there,

ComputerActive, a popular UK IT magazine, is running a competition with Agnitum's lifetime suites as a gift to the readers.

You may still jump in and join the contest. The deadline is August 20, the competition question is elementary, winners are chosen at random.

Take your chance!

Pavel Goryakin
Agnitum