Review by C. Jong

I have been using a computer since the days of the Amiga and CP/M, and I haven’t ever had a virus on my computer in all that time (though I have had a couple on computers at work). I have had spyware on my machines though, and it seems that Trend Micro AntiVirus & AntiSpyware is effective at preventing and removing that. I would, therefore, assume that it is equally efficacious at preventing and removing viruses as well.

I have tried other anti-virus tools in the past, and some of them (Symantec’s product in particular) noticeably slowed my machine. I didn’t notice any slowdown with Trend Micro’s product.

Installation time seemed a bit long. I would expect installation to take a couple of minutes, but it took a little over 10, I think. Once the product was installed, it was very easy to use, and seemed like it would be easy even for computer novices.

Trend Micro’s product seems pretty complete, but it did lack some features I’ve seen in other products; namely a battery power mode and a gaming mode. Other than that, I’d have to say Trend Micro has done a pretty good job with this product.