This firewall offers a good level of protection for home users, and ispowerful enough for advanced users yet simple enough for beginners.

The firewall can be used without any user-intervention, although for the moreadvanced user there is a configuration page to increase or decrease theprotection level(s).

Outpost Pro has some useful features, such as ad-blocking (all types) andimage blocking which can mean you can avoid hidden images within your email andother spamming attempts.

It protects your PC against hack attacks, viruses and Trojan horses. Also, itcan make you invisible online. It has network monitoring too, as you'd expectfrom any powerful and professional firewall.

A neat feature of Outpost is its ability to be used as access control foryour family. You can block specific websites or simply all websites contaning alist of keywords. It can also block access to applications.

Note that this is the final official release of the 2009 edition whichcontains a whole host of new features, including better overall protection, auser-interface that will enable you to switch between basic and advanced mode, aprocess activity monitor and much more.