Operation Manual

Setting up Outpost Firewall
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Tip: In a Rules Wizard prompt for the changed component, shared components are marked
red and components of a specific application are marked green.
3.7 Anti-Leak Control
There are several advanced penetration schemes that allow malicious software to bypass
the security perimeter of a PC. Outpost Firewall Pro provides proactive security
functionality called Anti-Leak Control that blocks all currently-known penetration
techniques that are often used by malicious programs to bypass firewall software (for
details, see
Appendix C: Penetration Techniques). This prevents sensitive data leakage
from individual PCs, gives more control over what’s happening on a PC, and alerts you to
spyware programs that use sophisticated techniques to hide themselves. However, some of
these techniques can be used by legitimate applications in their regular activity, so it is
necessary to be able to flexibly control them as simply blocking the activity can affect
system stability and interrupt user work.
To enable Anti-Leak Control, click Options on the toolbar, select the Application tab,
click the Anti-Leak button, and select the Enable Anti-Leak Control check box. The
available settings allow you to configure which actions all applications in your system are
allowed to perform. All actions are divided into dangerous that are critical and most likely
will result in system instability and data leaks; and suspicious that sometimes can be used
by legitimate applications for their common activity.