The launch of the Outpost Pro 2009 product line has been announced today by the security experts at the leading personal firewall provider, Agnitum. With its new generation security solutions - Outpost Firewall Pro, Outpost Antivirus Pro and Outpost Security Suite Pro 2009, Outpost 2009 strikes a one-two-three blow against cyber-threats. Outpost Pro 2009 is intended for individual users and small businesses running on Windows operating systems.

Outpost Security Suite 2009, as with the previous version (Outpost 2008), is centered around Outpost's acclaimed personal firewall, with added integral host protection, anti-virus, anti-spyware, web control and anti-spam. Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost AntiVirus Pro offer subsets of the suite's functionality - the former lacks the suite's anti-spam capability, while the latter omits both anti-spam and web control. The standalone firewall, as might be expected, leaves out the anti-virus and the anti-virus lacks firewall functionality.

Chief Software Architect at Agnitum, Alexey Belkin, stated: "Outpost 2009 has been designed with optimization in mind. This principle touches just about every aspect of the program, from performance and appearance to control and accessibility. The main focus overall is on creating the optimum user experience."

"Gain without pain" was the goal here; as resource hogs and eliminates a number of potential slow-downs, Outpost 2009 challenges the stereotype of security products.

SmartScan now runs up to ten times faster than in earlier versions, and data stream processing is much more efficient. This is achieved by storing the history of past malware scans in a single secure location, instead of all PC folders, as in Outpost 2008.

Delivering the ultimate in transparent, hands-free security, computers protected by Outpost now start faster, scan faster, run faster, and use fewer system resources.

Outpost 2009 is not just a pretty face. To withstand latest internal sabotage attacks and addresses the most lethal leak techniques employed by undetectable malware, the core security layer in all three products has been further reinforced.