Outpost now speaks Arabic and Hungarian

We are pleased to announce that Arabic and Hungarian localization for Outpost 7.5 are ready! Arabic is coming with the version 7.5.2 at www.agnitum.me, Hungarian is available at www.agnitum.hu since September, 14 already.

We are expecting more localizations in October and November including Dutch and Polish, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese, Farsi (Persian) and others. This means that Outpost 7.5 will support almost 20 languages.

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Best regards,
Natalia Solovyeva

Spyware/adware signatures databases update fixed

According to our internal statistics, about 10% of Outpost users have encountered a problem with Outpost Firewall Pro attempting to update its spyware/adware signatures databases. The major reason for the update failure is that a number of ISPs have had no access to the Agnitum's update server since September 19, 2011. We have already fixed it and bring our apologies to all of those who had faced this issue.  

Best regards,

Natalia Solovyeva

Outpost Security scores two gold awards for PC protection against internal attacks

We are pleased to announce that Outpost Security Suite Pro with the acclaimed firewall built-in has won two gold awards for protection against internal attacks.

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.

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Best regards,
Natalia Solovyeva

Anti-Malware whitepaper updated

We've just updated the recently released "Anti-Malware in Outpost 7.5" whitepaper and encourage you to check it out right away.

Best regards,
Natalia Solovyeva

TELL YOUR FRIEND: Not happy with your Antivirus or Internet Security suite? Get Outpost PRO for FREE!

Agnitum's free competitive upgrade program, originally launched in late July, is valid for 20 more days until September 30, 2011.

Not only Internet security suites, but standalone antivirus products can be traded in for Outpost Security Suite Pro. 

As of today, the number of upgrade requests has already surpassed 10,000 and is growing at a fast pace. 80 percent of the upgrade requests came from Kaspersky, Norton, BitDefender, Avast, McAfee, Avira, and Eset Internet security suites users (see the chart below).

 Top7 security vendors actively exchanged for Outpost Pro, %

The offer is valid for residents of 15 largest English, German and French speaking countries using Internet security suites and antivirus products from any of 21 vendors on the list. For more information please check the competitive upgrade offer page at http://www.agnitum.com/lp/competitive-upgrade-to-outpost.php.

Save up to $100 and get better PC protection or help your friend to benefit from this unprecedented opportunity.

Best regards,
Natalia Solovyeva

Whitepaper Published: Anti-Malware in Outpost 7.5

Would you like to get more information on how Outpost security solutions keep malware off your PC? It's the right time – we've just published an Agnitum technical note focused on the Outpost anti-malware capabilities enhanced with proactive security tools in the latest version 7.5. The whitepaper is to the point and has all answers inside for you!

What's covered?

• Comprehensive file scanner
• Resident virus protection
• Removable media protection + USB/CD/DVD virus protection
• Rootkit defense
• Email security
• Heuristics analyzer for auto-started objects (HAX engine)
• New SmartDecision technology
• ImproveNet and expert file analysis option
• Scanning performance benchmarks

Read now (English)
Read now (Russian)
Read now (German)

Best regards,

Natalia Solovyeva

Outpost geography: where do Outpost customers come from?

The geography of Outpost product expansion has reached more countries and continents this year. Now we can proudly say that representatives from 101 countries have already become Outpost clients in 2011.

So where are you from, our customers?

Traditionally it is North American and European countries, we put Russia and Ukraine aside. We noticed a significant sales growth in Latin America, South America and Africa – these regions let us expand the list of 'exotic' countries of our sales.

A number of countries came as a true surprise for us. So let us share :)

• Andorra – maybe Russian fans have settled in this small country in the Pyrenees, who knows.   
• Bahrain – it is an island in the Persian / Arabic Gulf known not only as a place for Formula 1 but its citizens buy lots of Outpost licenses. 
• Dominican Republic, Bahamas – we've got clients over there, even in this Caribbean paradise Internet threats and hacker attacks exist. 
• Zimbabwe – its capital Harare is known to be the most uncomfortable city in the world, but we've got clients there.
• Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Pierre and Miquelon – French by passport, Americans by the geographical location like Outpost almost as their European fellow citizens. St. Pierre and Miquelon is also the North American French territory near Canada.
• Mauritius and Reunion – neighbors in the Indian Ocean, near South Africa. Different in political systems and dominating religions, these islands provide relaxed style living for tourists from all around the world. Tourist needs meet additional attention from IT security personnel.
• Sri Lanka became well-known lately since Sri Lankan branch of Anonymous announced that they have hacked famous companies, including Facebook, Google, Apple and Symantec servers.  So, our business is to provide you with the full-packed products to analyze your PC behavior and prevent your PC from becoming a "bot".
• San Marino – almost independent Italians (don’t tell them they are Italians!). This summer the Pope has visited them while some of Agnitum employees stayed there on vacation.
• Latvia – the Baltic state, mostly populated by Russian-speaking non-citizens, the 2nd world’s country in terms of average Internet connection speed after South Korea.
• Tanzania is one of the fast growing countries in Africa that is expected to become the 2nd country on the continent in terms of population by 2050.
• Trinidad and Tobago is the most southern country in the Caribbean, the piratical republic near oil communistic Venezuela. 

We wish a good start in the fall selling season! While we are studying sales geography, Outpost has been expanding on the planet adding more countries to the sales list and preventing Internet threats expansion.  

Best regards,

Natalia Solovyeva