Review by Nathan A. Edwards

I have been using Maximum Security ‘12 for almost a year now, and I have to say that I prefer Trend Micro products.

It is undeniable that Trend Micro catches some flak from industry critics, which concerned me at first. I utilized Trend Micro in ‘10, saw some of the reviews for the company, and subsequently tried a few of the critically acclaimed heavy hitters for my PC protection in 2011. The fact is, almost every other program I tried annihilated my computer’s performance in comparison to Trend’s light load. What’s more, because of the rather typical use of my machine, Trend seems to do just as good of a job protecting my PC as the big gun programs that bring it to a grinding halt.

All in all, I don’t seem to require more security than what Trend provides, and I definitely require more performance out of my computer than what many other programs permit. This being the case, Trend Micro’s PC security options will be my go-to preference moving forward.