I would rate this 0 stars - DO NOT BUY THISJanuary 4, 2007 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This program causes my computers to blue screen. Trend Micro has been contacted twice, but have not responded.
Finally a Great Antivirus!October 9, 2006 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used to have Norton for years. After all it was the industry standard, but after it let many a virus slip on through; I had enough. I knew I would not get McAfee as I have repaired many computers with Mcaffee in the past (working in the computer field.) So I checked all the ratings and saw that Trend Micro and Kaspersky did the best in all of the ratings. I dediced to go with Trend Micro since their software edged out Kaspersky. Well two years later I have not looked back. I got a Trojan recently, but I called the free tech support at Trend Micro (they are the only antivirus company that offers that)- and they bailed me out. They were very helpful, spent a lot of time with me, etc. After following a few quick instructions I was back in business and my computer was clean as a whistle. When I had Norton, I would have to email them or be charged $40 for a phone call after their software let a virus in. Talk about nerve. No more, Trend Micro is head and shoulders above the rest!
I think some of the reviews here are unfair...September 15, 2006 9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I work in IT, for a Cable ISP. I used to swear by Norton's products, until 2003. After the 2003 Antivirus, their products have been junk, however with the only other mainstream security software out there pretty much being McAfee (which is wretched, stinking garbage and I've never known anyone who had it to NOT get a virus), I considered it to be the lesser of two evils. At my work we frequently refer people to Trend Micro's Housecall, and the consensus amongst my colleagues seems to be that it does the best job of cleaning up infected systems for those of our customers whose service is suspended due to virus activity. I found that dozens of people were recommending the housecall scan over those of Norton, McAfee, and even the program that our company partners with to provide our free customer security suite. Upon finding out about Trend Micro's 30 day free trial, I decided to give it a shot.
I think it's a great program, and is as user friendly as possible for the amount of features it has. It loads quickly and isn't a resource hog. I think it's really cool that you can see the mac ID's of people connected to your wireless network.
The bad reviews of this program frustrated me. You can't fault a product for having 'larger updates than Norton'... I'd RATHER have a suite that was releasing more updates that were greater in size than Norton - how novel to find a security suite that does its job! It's not Trend Micro's fault you live in the boonies and use dial up. And I don't think it's fair to give it a 1 rating just because you have a particular type of epilepsy where that is what sets you off... If I am eating at a restaurant, and somebody next to me is wearing perfume that triggers a migraine headache for me (also a recognized medical condition), I don't give the restaurant a bad review. After all, the food was great.
The only thing I don't like is that if you are trying to change the licence key for the version you have on a machine, there isn't an apparent way to just change the key... so I took the ten minutes to uninstall and reinstall the program, and then enter in the new key (literally, I think it took less than 10 minutes).
Keep in mind kiddies, installing ANY security suite on an infected pc or one that has scores of junk left in the registry from McAfee, Norton (or both - some people think that if you install 2 it "protects you more" - SO NOT TRUE) makes you much more likely to experience problems with the install. I NEVER had problems with uninstalling Norton (on the 5 pc's that I did it on) and installing PC Cillin, even without deleting the registry entries that Norton left behind. And as always with a security suite, It's always best on a fresh install of windows.
Overall, it runs quickly updates often and has almost every component you could want out of a suite. I personally think it's the best option out there - but keep in mind, you can get a flu shot but it doesn't guarantee that you're not going to get the flu, it just highly reduces the likelyhood. It's a great program and I think it's cool they give you a specialized area on the website to manage the licences and get access to personalized info based on the products you have.
Also - Norton charges 30+ bucks for support. McAfee only has online support. PC Cillin is free (not that I've ever had to call since I've never had a problem with the program).
P.S.: For the person who reviewed in broken english that they couldn't log into yahoo mail, ten bucks says your security and privacy settings in IE (only someone who uses yahoo mail would use internet explorer) are probably set at "high" and that's why you can't log in.
So Far So Good!July 26, 2006 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Absolutely no trouble installing on 2 computers,(I use Windows XP)!! Total Protection, plus you can block many websites very easy, which is great for the computer the kids use. Came with 3 licenses.
Great product - I think?July 11, 2006 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
So, the interface for the new version of Internet Security is very nice and is very easy to use. I have used the previous version in the past upon the recommendation from CNET as the one of the best internet security suites available. I have not been disappointed. The software was very easy to setup and start up and seems to be very secure with regular updates and scans. Fortunately, I have a prety isolated network so I don't worry too much about virus contamination but I do want to monitor my network's usage - especially since I have a wirless system. The software allows me to monitor such activity easily and alerts me to anyone trying to get on without permission. The one time I did have a virus, the realtime scan function caught it before it could embed itself into my system and deleted the malicious code immediately. I haven't seen too much activity overall from the sentry software which is a good thing (I think) and attests to the overall functionality of the software (I think). Either this is a great piece of programming or my computer has been taken over by spyware gangsters in Russia and I'm none the wiser. I hope this helps
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