Sygate Personal Firewall Pro

Platforms:  Windows XP, Me, 98, 95 and 2000

Min. System Req.: Pentium 133

Awards:

Rated 4/5 by C|NET download.com

Rated 5 cows by tucows

Publisher: Sygate

 1-user license (with 1 year Upgrade Protection*): US$47.95

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Features:

1. Network Layer -- Secure Internet Connections
   Halt Trojan Attacks
   It is the first personal firewall that offers real protocol driver-level protection, preventing hostile programs such as Trojan Horses and malicious mobile code from accessing the network using their own protocol driver. With newly added network layer protection measures and existing application level protection, Sygate Personal Firewall Pro provides complete security from the network to the application layer.

2. Content Layer -- Secure Trusted Traffic
   Prevent Fraudulent Traffic
   It is the first personal firewall with an application-based intrusion detection system (IDS). Network layer protection can ensure the inbound network packets are legitimate, but it can do little about the contents hiding in the packets. The high performance intrusion detection engine in Sygate Personal Firewall Pro monitors network traffic content, and uses pattern matching to detect a variety of attacks and probes, such as buffer overflows and stealth port scans.

3. Application Layer -- Secure Component Integrity
   Stop Application Hi-Jacking
   It secures systems from intrusions that exploit vulnerabilities in applications to execute attacks. It verifies the integrity of every application that attempts to communicate through a fingerprint that includes a MD5 checksum. In addition to that, Sygate Personal Firewall Pro authenticates application dynamic link libraries (DLLs), preventing hostile programs that masquerade as authorized applications from compromising users’ data or system.

4. Operating System Layer -- Secure Process Interactions
   Secure System Start-up
   It is the first personal firewall that integrates meaningful operating system layer protection, guarding the legitimacy of outbound traffic. It blocks any traffic generated before its own service starts up, eliminating the brief security policy vacuum. It can automatically terminate known attacks such as Trojans, Denial of Service (DoS) Zombies. Sygate Personal Firewall Pro also has defense mechanisms that prevent malicious code/and or users from disabling or exiting the personal firewall.

1-user license (with 1 year Upgrade Protection*): US$47.95

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