Software Update: Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2.0

After we mentioned 4.20 beta 6 is earlier, Kerio has now released the final version of its Personal Firewall. This program is able to filter pop-ups, cookies, scripts and content in order to protect the computer. New in this version is the addition of a so-called Host Intrusion Prevention System. Simply put, this means that action is taken when suspicious behavior of programs is detected. Another notable change is that Windows 9x and NT are no longer supported. The full changelog looks like this:

Changes in 4.2.0:

• added Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS). HIPS prevents attacks that reach vulnerable applications from succeeding by blocking any illegitimate behavior attempted by the affected applications. This feature is available in registered version only.
• simpler configuration window
• System Security was renamed to Behavior Blocking to meet current industry conventions.
• Intrusions were renamed to NIPS (Network IPS) to distinguish between network intrusions and new Host Intrusions (HIPS).
• New Intrusions pane was created. It includes three types of intrusion blocking – NIPS, HIPS and Behavior Blocking.
• ‘System’ and ‘Intrusions’ logs were renamed to be consistent with new Intrusions pane.
• dropped support for Windows 98, ME, NT4.
• many improvements and bug fixes

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