Trend Micro Antivirus 2008

by Trend Micro, Inc.

Product Features

• Essential security software for safeguarding data and files
• Defends against viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware
• Easy to install and use; ensures ongoing protection
• Automatically scans, updates, and provides outbreak alerts
• Allows for safely sharing files and downloading files from the Internet

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000U83YKA
• Item model number: TAV085772
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 24, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,766 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2008 is the essential security you need to safeguard all your data and files. With automatic scans, updates, and outbreak alerts, you can rest easy knowing you have systematic, ongoing protection against the latest malicious viruses, worms, Trojan horse programs, and spyware.

Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2008 installs easily and allows you to safely share files via email, download files from the Internet, and install files from removable media. There’s a reason millions of users are already protected by Trend Micro. When your privacy and security is essential to you, you want proven technology.

Product Description

Trend Micro� PC-cillin Antivirus safeguards your PC with advanced protection from threats such as viruses, worms and Trojans. Award-winning Trend Micro PC-cillin mail messages, instant message attachments, Internet downloads and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fast file scan, but dooooon't use it for email !!!, May 20, 2008

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Honest Opinion (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trend Micro Antivirus 2008 (CD-ROM)

Trend Micro's antivirus is very fast and, although it does tend to use up RAM, the real time virus scanner uses very little CPU resources on your computer.

But unfortunately you will find this product completely unsuitable because the limitations of this antivirus make it unusable for scanning email.

Trend Micro's antivirus will refuse to download emails with attachments larger than 3Meg. Let me repeat that - emails with attachments larger than 3Meg will stay on your server. And you won't even know it.

Anybody who works for a living knows that emails with big attachments are almost always important emails.

This makes Trend Micro useless for any work environment, whether you work for a big company or a home office, because your important emails will remain on your server and you'll have absolutely no idea that they are there.

Imagine your boss or your client emailing you a PowerPoint presentation that demands your attention - and you never know it's there. Talk about an anxiety attack!

To download an email larger than 3M, you've got to disable the email scan which can only be done in administrator mode on Windows XP/2000/Vista. Of course, that's assuming that you know there's something for you to download in the first place.

Also, since V-COM's products license Trend Micro's antivirus engine, V-COM has the same limitation.

Now, here's the really scary news: neither Trend Micro or V-COM will tell you about this extreme limitation.

And if you search their documentation, you won't find this anyplace at all.

If you call in with the problem of "some of my emails aren't downloading" (and this assumes that you have someone smart enough to tel you that the virus scanner is causing this mess), Support will tell you the same thing: "uninstall the email antivirus". Duh!

Only if you press them, will they finally confess that their email antivirus unfortunately won't allow all of your emails to be downloaded, AND it always has had this limitation, AND there are no plans to change it. And no, they won't refund your money.

Can you hear them laughing at us?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great, December 17, 2007

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John (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trend Micro Antivirus 2008 (CD-ROM)

I purchased the 2007 version of Trend Micro for Vista. It installed easily and is very simple to use. It doesn't slow my computer down like Norton antivirus did. And it isn't as expensive as Norton. The reason I changed from Norton is because after installing the last version of Norton my computer worked much more slowly than before.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trend Micro AntiVirus & AntiSpyware, September 18, 2008

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Kitty (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trend Micro Antivirus 2008 (CD-ROM)

The Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware was reccommended by our IT employee. He felt it was the best out there at the present time. I found it easy to follow the instructions on the CD for installation and so far--so good! It is also nice to have a CD if you need to reinstall the program (which you can't do if you have downloaded a program from the internet) You also have the help from Trend Micro if needed, by email, phone or chat.