Review by Canis Majoris

To get to the point, instead of rambling on about why I chose to try this product out and what other products I have used, I will say that I had no problems with its functionality only with its speed.

I installed this on a 32-bit system (Windows 7), and that probably had an affect on whether or not there were bugs or not with the program itself. Moreover, I had no bugs and the typical abilities of this program (Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware etc.) worked without any problems. However, the breaking point for me, which is what takes off the 2 stars, is that this program was very very slow. The installation took 30 minutes to an hour with multiple restarts. You would think that one update would download all of the previous missed patches as well as the newest one, but with this program it seems to download each and every update missed one at a time.

After the installation, I noticed my computer noticeably bogged down–and with other products I did not feel this effect (so it wasn’t just my computer). Browsing the internet seemed about 50% slower and the actual scan itself (I use probably 30gb of space) took about 3 hours. I would say the scan worked pretty well, but it will make you wait for it.

All things speed aside, I felt the program was easy to navigate through and easy to set up. I would not really say go out and buy it, but rather maybe getting a 1 or 2 year old computer first and then trying it out (if you are adamant about Trend Micro). My only warning is: be prepared to have a slow computer.