Tiny Personal Firewall represents the next generation security solution which integrates several protection layers for the ultimate safety of the desktop and server computer running Microsoft Windows operating system: Traditional Firewall - blocks the network traffic based on protocol, ports and application Intrusion Detection and Prevention - blocks the network traffic based on the content of packets. Malicious packet content is frequently used by hackers exploiting vulnerabilities of otherwise trusted applications, such as Windows kernel components, IIS and others. Application Security controls the behavior of applications and controls whether the application may start itself or whether it may start others. Also limited are accesses to specific internal resources such as hard disk, cd-rom and system. Files and System protection protects your valuable data against to damage by other untrusted programs or by trusted programs run by untrusted users.