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Review by Dmitry Kristal
The Good:nn* Set it and forget itn* Traditional firewall and scanners you expect from a suite and then somen* Innovative features like anti-theft protection, keystroke encryption and wi-fi detector on your browser(tested on IE and Mozilla)n* Provides Mobile security for many PDAs as wellnnThe Bad:nn* Anti-Theft protection could’ve been extended to do much morennThe Bottom Line:nnA great product from Trend Micro. Once you install it, you forget that its even there. It doesn’t bug you for every little thing like other suites tend to do. It provides a powerful protection silently in the background. Of course you may choose to do scans manually. It has firewall, virus scan and a tune-up scan. This is also a great suite for laptops as its easy on the resources and provides Wi-Fi security on the browser’s toolbar. It will let you know if the Wi-Fi you are using secure or not, in addition to whether or not the website you are on safe or not. The anti-theft lock feature is a mixed bag but is still a good addition to the suite. In a nutshell, you set up a master password(which if you ever forget, they will email it to you.) You have the option to lock a folder where supposedly you keep all the private data in. If your PC/Laptop gets stolen, nobody will be able to access that folder. All you need to do is go to Trend’s website and report your computer stolen. Once your lost computer goes online, that folder will always remain locked, even if they know the password to the vault file. My only gripe is: If its possible to lock one file, why not have the ability to lock the entire computer while you’re at it? However, that minor ding will not stop me from recommending this product to others as I hope I never get to use the benefits of anti-theft features.