Outpost: my spyware database has expired.

I don't know how but turn it off.

You should find something else that's less complicated.

Duane :)

I'm not sure if you're using the latest 3.5.xx version, but this used to be an issue in the older 3.0.xx versions. You might make sure you have the latest first, otherwise, it's probably just more Outpost bugs.

This unfortunately is one of the annoyances of personal firewalls when they get overly complex and try to do too much. It's probably just nonsense unless you suspect you have some malware/spyware on your system. I would take Duane's advice and try something simpler. You have to ask yourself, do you really need all this crap anyway...

What firewal alternative, please? I'd like a good alternative. thanks

ZoneAlarm is probably the easiest and most popular one.. Kerio 4 is another one that's easy out of the box.

Ok, I like to use Kerio 4 but I know it doesn't work fine with P2P like eMule. Is it true? Thanx

bye Jones

This sounds like Component Control, a relatively late addition to the Outpost armoury that seems to cause more trouble than it eliminates. I, too, found that I was either putting up with annoying dialogs every five minutes, or labelling every component as 'shared' even when I wasn't certain that they were, just to get rid of the pop-ups.

Because this was more or less self-defeating, I disabled Component Control altogether (Options | Application | Components). I figured it wasn't a feature of the original firewall when I bought it, so I was losing nothing by turning it off. YMMV.

For what purpose?

Yours, VB.

To use with eMule.

eMule and Firewalls? Are you sure that you want to combine this two concepts on one machine, which are mutually exclusive? ;-)

Well, of course, with the Windows-Firewall there is no problem... (beside the fact, that what will you receive with eMule and possibly execute afterwards? ;-)

Yours, VB.

Hello Jones,

I had the same problem with the spyware data base. I searched the Outpost forum without success. Then I used the procedure to ask the Support Team how to solve the problem. Two days later they fixed it on line and since then my spyware data base is updated without problem.

As for your second question I suggest a search on their forum. My solution is to make their component updates shared and since then the annoyance is much less frequent.

In my opinion Outpost is an excellent firewall but not the simplest to use. Their forum is a great help, particularly for rules creating.

I hope this will help.

Rik

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Yes, Kerio 4 is known to have some GUI unresponsiveness with p2p apps and many connections.

I'm sorry but I don't understand. Can you explain better, please? Thanks