Review by Bryan Carey

Personal computers are under constant attack and users nowadays need a product that will keep their pc protected ²⁴⁄₇ without fail. Trend Micro Internet Security is a product designed to act as a watchdog for your computer; keeping unwanted spyware, dangerous viruses, and identity thieves away from your personal computer so that it maintains the integrity of your personal information and runs smoothly without errors.

I haven’t had many issues with computer viruses, but I have had problems with Spyware and I am always wary of internet identity theft. These latter two problems are the main reasons I decided to give Trend Micro Internet Security a try. I like that Trend Micro Internet Security is there, protecting my computer and I like that I can schedule it to run updates and a full scan at the time of my choosing. It will run in the background on its own regardless, but scheduling it to run at regular intervals is best because you have control over when it will run and when you will get updates. This provides greater peace of mind, in my opinion, and it lets me control when it runs to better ensure that it won’t run when I have important internet work to complete.

The most important quality of any internet security product is its ability to protect from viruses, spyware, cookies, and other potential hazards. From my use so far, I can honestly say that this protect is flawless in this regard. It quarantines spyware, viruses, and other harmful intruders and it displays them on a report that is available for view at any time. Just a few minutes ago, I opened up my Trend Micro Internet Security and looked at my latest stats. It tells me that a full scan was conducted earlier today and no instances of any threats were discovered. It also tells me that, in the past seven days, my computer has been protected against 31 incidents. I can also look at a log that will tell me exactly what problems were prevented. I like this statistical report because it lets me see, at a glance, what viruses, spyware, etc., have tried to attack my computer. I like keeping a step up on these things because, considering the amount of time I spend on my computer, infections are something I cannot afford to have.

One common complaint that consumers have with internet security software is that they slow down computers and/or interfere with the usage of certain web sites or features. I have had some bad luck with other brands with slowness, but Trend Micro Internet Security causes no such problems. Of course, I schedule the scans for those times of day when I won’t be using my computer, but even if a scan starts while I’m using the internet, the interference is minimal. There is an ever-so-slight slowdown, but it is too insignificant to matter. And with interference with web sites, I have only experienced one small problem thus far: The tendency of Trend Micro Internet Security to block certain features in web sites. Sometimes, it will prevent me from watching a video and I am forced to lower the protection level temporarily to get past this interference.

Taken as a whole, however, Trend Micro Internet Security is a very useful product and I am happy to report that it has held down all forms of spyware, viruses, and other problems while keeping my peace of mind at a record high level. It is a nice, all-in-one package that offers multiple levels of protection and multiple features in a single package. I like it better than Norton and some of the other brands and it has plenty of positive qualities to earn it an easy recommendation.