Windows Internals, 5th Ed Posted

Amazon.com just posted my five star review of Windows Internals, 5th Ed by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon, with Alex Ionescu. Microsoft Press provided a free review copy. From the review:

Windows Internals, 5th Ed (WI5E) by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon, with Alex Ionescu, is a remarkable technical achievement. I read the book to better understand Windows to improve my security knowledge. I am not a Windows programmer, but I thought WI5E would provide context for some of the exploit and vulnerability information I occasionally encounter. I absorbed as much of WI5E as I could, but quickly found the scope and depth of the material to be incredible. While there is no substitute for reading source code, the explanations in WI5E come close! So many aspects of Windows are described, to such a deep level, that you might find yourself wanting to use Windows just to see WI5E's descriptions at work.


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Outpost 7.5 Release Candidate is re-scheduled for May, 17

Outpost PRO 7.5 (Performance Edition), currently being in Public Beta #2 stage, is expected to become Release Candidate on May, 17.

Since May, 17 you will be able to download Outpost 7.5 (Performance Edition) Release Candidate and enjoy new protection level with Agnitum SmartDecision technology.

And now you may take part in our open Public Beta testing and share your feedback.

NB! By the way, don't forget to tell your friends that they may get 25% OFF for Outpost 7.1 now with a free upgrade to Outpost 7.5! Don’t Delay — in few hours, on April 29 the discount goes down to 15%!

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Agnitum joins Top10 list of companies achieving 6 VB100 in a row

Agniitum wins sixth VB100 in a row - now on Windows XP! http://goo.gl/FXiql 

We are glad to announce the results of the latest antivirus tests carried out by the Virus Bulletin testing labs on Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.1.  Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.1 praised for effective virus protection under Windows XP SP3.

That means that Outpost Security Suite Pro commits to virus-free zones under all widely-used Windows platforms — all of the last six entries having resulted in passes. Results are applied also to Agnitum’s free Internet Security Suite 7.1 and 7.1.1 and standalone Outpost Antivirus Pro 7.1.

Outpost Security Suite also has shown impressive results in Reactive And Proactive malware detection testing — 88.8% in this testing. That means that... Read more

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Outpost 7.5 enters Public Beta #2 phase

Yesterday, on April 13, Outpost 7.5 - Performance Edition became available as Public Beta #2. Second Public Beta is based on first public beta feedback and internal work-outs.

As always, you’re welcome to check out Outpost 7.5 Public Beta #2 and share your impressions.

What’s new in Outpost 7.5 Public Beta #2? 
- New Auto-Learn and optional security alerts on trusted application activity
- Allow Once / Block Once options restored
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Check out the Public Beta #2 versions of Outpost Pro 7.5 today and provide your feedback.

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Outpost Security Suite FREE 7.1.1: registration issues were fixed

Agnitum presents 3rd iteration of the 1st comprehensive Internet security suite to protect PC users at no charge - Outpost Security Suite FREE, version 7.1.1.

What's fixed?
- Some registration issues were fixed

- Incompatibility issues with OS optimization utilities are fixed
- Most commonly reported crashes are fixed


Check out http://free.agnitum.com or use direct links:

• For regular (x86, 32-bit) Windows: http://free.agnitum.com/OutpostSecuritySuiteInstall.exe (94,7 MB)
• For 64-bit Windows (basically most new PCs under Windows 7): http://free.agnitum.com/OutpostSecuritySuiteInstall64.exe (104,0 MB)

Why install modern OSS Free 7.1.1?

OSS Free 7.1.1 includes all anti-malware engines for OSS Pro (Antivirus and Antispyware) as an integral part of Agnitum’s comprehensive Anti-Malware brings more targeted security to Windows users.

Outpost Firewall Free 6.5 users are receiving upgraded Firewall and Proactive Protection modules after 2 years of hard development - now with unlimited number for manual rules and with regular updates for firewall/proactive protection rules databases from ImrpoveNet.

Users of the OSS Free edition can switch between Automatic (default) and Manual update settings. Automatic updates arrive for Outpost Free when available at Agnitum’s update servers, and can be downloaded at any time. The only difference between Outpost Free and Outpost Pro in this instance is that the Pro product is assigned greater bandwidth and operates in Priority Update mode.

As the previous edition, the new Outpost Security Suite Free 7.1.1 brings English and German interfaces.

As soon as it’s installed, OSS Free provides robust, easy-to-use protection with optimal default settings to address web-borne threats including known and zero-day viruses, spyware, hacker attacks and intrusions, spam, and more. That means that, by default, OSS Free is installed in Auto-Learn mode (no-alert mode for Proactive Protection which remembers user's behaviour as "good") that can be switched off by right-click for OSS Free icon in systray - "Exit Auto-Learn mode".

Limitations

1. Outpost Security Suite Free can be used during 2 days without registration. After this period the product should be registered with a FREE key. Outpost will provide you with instructions on how to get a FREE key.

2. Outpost Security Suite Free canot be installed on Windows Server (2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 editions) or in corporate environnemt (domain infrastructure). When trying, you will be offered to install OSS Pro packed in the same installation executable file (without additional downloads).

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