Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012 - 3 Users (3 PC, 1 Mac)

by Trend Micro, Inc.

Product Features

• All-in-one Internet-security solution for protecting you, your devices and your data
• Cloud technology proactively stops viruses and spyware before they reach your computer
• Parental controls, data theft prevention, smartphone security and more
• Easy-to-understand user interface; 10 GB of online storage for secure backups
• Set and forget security--no distracting alerts or pop-ups

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.5 x 5.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B005AAWOT0
• Item model number: TRE021800F545
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 5, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #13 in Software > Web Development > Internet Utilities
  • #13 in Software > Computer Security > Internet Security

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Titanium Maximum Security 2012

Strong, fast and easy-to-use security--Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security provides maximum protection for everything you do online. It's your all-in-one security solution for protecting you, your devices and your data. Titanium uses cloud technology to proactively stop viruses and spyware before they reach your computer, so it won't slow you down. It's the same technology we use to protect some of the world's biggest businesses, now available to you. Includes parental controls, data theft prevention, secure online storage, smartphone security and more. With Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security, your digital life is protected.

Detailed Features
View larger. Strong Antivirus Protection Made Simple From the main Titanium Maximum Security console screen, you can easily run antivirus scans or get up-to-the-minute status reports on your computer's security.	View larger. Easy to Understand Security Reports Easy to read graphic reports provide you with all the details about the Internet threats that attack your computer. You can drill down into detailed logs with just one click.
View larger. Socialize Safely Social Networking Security automatically scans your wall and identifies safe and malicious links so you know it's safe before you click. Works with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Mixi.	View larger. Friendly, Adjustable Parental Controls Without having to look over their shoulders, you can easily protect your children from inappropriate websites, limit their time on the Internet, and see detailed activity reports about what they do online. The Parental Controls can be quickly customized.
View larger. Data Theft Prevention Prevent hackers and spyware from stealing credit card numbers, passwords, email addresses, and other sensitive data.	View larger. Securely Erase Documents Deleting a file just removes the directory information used to find it, but not the actual data. The Secure Erase feature overwrites deleted files with random data, so that the contents can't be retrieved. For even more security, the Permanent Erase option overwrites files seven times and meets United States government data security standards.
View larger. Trend Micro Vault The Trend Micro Vault is a password protected secure folder that can safeguard your sensitive files. If your computer is lost or stolen, you can remotely lock this vault to keep these files safe.	View larger. Maximize Performance The System Tuner feature can help you recover disk space, make Microsoft Windows start faster, clean out your instant messaging history, and optimize your computer's performance. You can even schedule automatic tune-ups that will keep your PC running smoothly.
Backup and Sync Automatically keep your irreplaceable digital files backed up, synchronized, and secure with 10 GB of online storage. Enjoy any-time access to your multimedia and private files from any online device anywhere. You can even share files you choose. View larger. Easy UI Skinning Customize your Titanium with a favorite photo or image.	View larger. Smartphone and Tablet Protection Extend your protection to smartphones and tablets including Android devices, Symbian, iOS (iPhone & iPad) and Windows.

All-in-one security
Antivirus Antispyware Web Threat Protection Antispam Data Theft Prevention Parental Controls System Tuner Secure Erase File Shredder Remote File Lock Social Networking Security Security for Android devices 10 GB of Trend Micro SafeSync--secure online backup, sync and share

Protect Your Digital Life

It's a digital world and you have a digital life. You and your family are online all the time--emailing, searching, shopping, banking, socializing, playing games, and even preparing your taxes. And you know you have to keep your guard up because there are lots of new, stealthy and well-targeted cyber threats out there that can make your digital life a nightmare. They can steal your identity, your data, or your money while you're not looking--or even when you are! That's why you need a trusted, industry-leading security partner helping you stay safe online.

With Trend Micro Titanium, your digital life is protected. Titanium provides powerful, easy-to-use, and efficient Internet security, so you can connect safely and with confidence. It's the same technology that Trend Micro uses to protect some of the world's biggest businesses, now available to you.

• Better protection--Titanium's core technologies provide state-of-the-art protection from a wide variety of threats.
• More efficient--Titanium scans faster, uses less CPU, and has a smaller footprint in memory and disk space than competing security products on the market today.
• Easier to use--Titanium's user interface is easy to understand and use with simple screens and reports
• Set and forget security--Titanium won't hassle you with alerts and pop-ups

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security protects every aspect of your digital life:

• Your Devices--Titanium protects your PC, your Mac, and even your mobile devices
• Your Privacy--Titanium protects against malware, spyware, spam, and other threats that allow cybercriminals to steal your private information like passwords, credit card numbers, or even your home address
• Your Family--Titanium provides customizable tools to help you keep your kids safe online
• Your Data--Titanium protects and defends your data with tools like the Trend Micro Vault, Secure Erase file shredder, and SafeSync secure online storage
• Your Social Network--Titanium automatically shows you what links are safe and malicious on Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace

Titanium Products Feature Comparison Chart

			Antivirus +	Internet Security	Maximum Security
Get Essential Protection	EXCLUSIVE	Utilizes Trend Micro Smart Protection Network to proactively stop threats before they reach you	•	•	•
	IMPROVED	Protect your PC from viruses, spyware, worms, trojans, botnets, and rootkits	•	•	•
	NEW	Fake AV Cleaner--eliminates malware posing as antivirus software	•	•	•
	IMPROVED	Prevent unauthorized changes to your applications	•	•	•
	EXCLUSIVE	Includes a copy of Trend Micro Smart Surfing for Mac*	•	•	•
	EXCLUSIVE	Customize your Titanium with a favorite photo or image	•	•	•
Surf the Web Safely	IMPROVED	Block downloads and access to and from malicious websites	•	•	•
		Find and block malicious links in emails or IMs	•	•	•
		Block email and image spam		•	•
	IMPROVED	Windows Firewall Booster		•	•
Protect Your Children Online	IMPROVED	Restrict Internet content and set an access schedule for your kids with Parental Controls		•	•
Maximize your PC's Performance	IMPROVED	System Tuner improves PC performance by cleaning up browser history, cookies, temporary files, registries and more		•	•
Protect and Defend your Data from Loss and Theft		Data Theft Prevention keeps your sensitive personal information like credit card numbers and passwords safe		•	•
		Secure Erase- shred computer files with sensitive information		•	•
	EXCLUSIVE	Includes Trend Micro SafeSync- secure online backup with sync, sharing and mobile access features		2 GB	10 GB
		Trend Micro Vault- store sensitive documents in a password-protected folder			•
	EXCLUSIVE	Remotely lock vault files in case of computer theft			•
		Authenticate wireless hotspots and WiFi networks			•
Protect your Smartphone or Tablet	NEW	Extend your protection to smartphones and tablets, including Android devices, Symbian, iOS, and Windows			•
Socialize Safely	NEW	Social Networking Security for Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Mixi			•

*Based on twelve months of aggregated U.S. retail sales data reported by the NPD Group in May 2011

Product Description

Titanium Maximum Security 2012 - 3 Users

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Security Software, October 7, 2011

By 

Dr. Bojan Tunguz (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012 - 3 Users (3 PC, 1 Mac) (CD-ROM)

(What's this?)

Over the years I have used several different computer security packages: McAfee, Norton, BitDefender and most recently Kaspersky. With the exception of one version of BitDeffender, I have been generally satisfied with all of them. Nonetheless, I like to change my computer security every once in a while. Each implementation has its own strengths and weaknesses, and it's likely that one software package will be able to detect a few files and threats that the other had ignored. The number of different virus protection and online security solutions has dramatically increased over the years, so it's important to do a little bit of research and familiarize yourself with various options that you have. Over the years I've greatly benefitted from the Amazon customers' reviews, and I hope that my review will help you with your shopping decisions.

I installed Titanium Internet Security on three Windows PCs: Dell Windows 7 Ultimate desktop with AMD 3600+ 2.00 GHZ CPU, 3 GB RAM and 250 GB hard drive, HP Windows 7 Ultimate laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00 GHz CPU, 2.00 GB RAM and 250 GB hard rive, and Acer Aspire 1 Windows XP Home Edition netbook with Intel Atom 1.60 GHz CPU, 1.00 GB of RAM and 160 GB hard drive. The installation was for the most part straightforward. Since I don't have a DVD rom on my netbook, I had to transfer the installation files from the CD onto a USB stick. This too was more or less straightforward, but it would be useful if this software came on a USB stick to begin with (they are getting really cheap these days) or if the installation program gave you an option of creating a USB installer the way some other three-computer software packages do.

After installing it on all of my computers, I had run a full security scan of all of my files. This takes between five and ten hours to perform, depending on the number of files that you have and the processing power of your machine. Titanium Security was able to detect a couple of malicious programs that my other security software had missed, but this is to be expected: the definition libraries vary, as do tolerances for various kinds of malware. However, Titanium Security flagged a few files as threatening for which I am pretty sure are in fact innocuous. This was the case even when the tolerances were set on medium level, but it only happened on one of my computers. Still, this little annoyance prevents me from giving this package full five stars right now. I'll keep monitoring this issue, and if I notice anything different in the future I'll report it back here.

The security program runs in the background, only demanding your attention in the event of suspicious behavior by a program or a service. So far I have not noticed any slowdowns in the performance of my computers. I have been able to run all the programs and open all the files in the same manner that I had always done. It seems that Titanium has a very small "footprint" when it comes to the amount of computational resources that are needed.

The Internet Security package helps you with your online browsing safety. It detects malicious malware and cookies, and alerts you to suspicious websites. In your browser you'll now be getting an icon next to each link that suggests how safe that site is. From what I've seen Titanium has a fairly comprehensive list of websites in its database and this part of the package works fairly well. The only issue I have with it is that now all the webpages that I visit have the very prominently color-coded links, which detracts from the web page's aesthetic appearance.

Smart Surfing for Mac is a Mac version of the online Internet security. It also serves as a rudimentary virus and malware protection. Macs have traditionally been very immune to computer viruses, albeit that has to a large extent been the function of their low market share. Today when that market share has increased well above 20% it is likely that there will be a corresponding increase in threat from malicious software. In other words, it's good to be cautious. Smart Surfing did not detect any viruses or malicious software on my Mac mini, but it's good to have it around just in case.

This software package comes with SafeSync, which is an online file backup solution. Using SafeSync you can sync important files and documents across all of your computers, and access them remotely from almost any device, including the iPhones and Android devices. You are automatically given 10 GB of online storage free, and for higher storage capacities you need to pay extra. The syncing and backup work quite well: I was able to access the files I uploaded from several different computers and my iPad, and the online interface looks very professional and well designed. Unfortunately you can only use the free storage for one year, and after that you'll either have to pay for it or purchase additional Titanium software license. There are many other good online syncing solutions available, so SafeSync is something that is nice to have, but it's not a major selling point in my opinion.

**** Conclusion ****

Overall, I am fairly satisfied with this computer security package. It's a bit on the expensive side, and its virus detection seems to be overzealous, but for the most part it has worked just fine for me. If I discover anything new in the upcoming months I'll make sure to mention it here in the update of this review.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trend Micro Max Security, October 20, 2011

By 

K. Hill (Windsor, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012 - 3 Users (3 PC, 1 Mac) (CD-ROM)

(What's this?)

PROS: Installation is fairly fast and easy. I like the page ratings. Links that are good are green with a check beside them. Norton does this also. Trend Micro also rates links within emails.

It can be installed on three computers.

You can download SafeSync for free. With this software, you can sync the data of all your computers. It must be downloaded to each computer.

CONS: During the installation, it uninstalled Spybot Search & Destroy, claiming that it was incompatible. Spybot S&D had a few choice comments about that. When choosing to uninstall, a window pops up which states: "We were not able to reproduce the alleged incompatibility and Trend Micro is not able to produce an explanation either. We therefore have to assume its request to uninstall Spybot S&D is just unfair competition. The Anti-Spyware Coalition defines software that uninstalls other security software as possible malware. Do you really want to trust software that reduces your system's security to improve their shareholder value? You can re-install Spybot S&D after installing Trend Micro should you tolerate their patronizing and want to continue uninstalling Spybot S&D." After all that, I received a message when it was over that all elements had not been removed. Strangely enough, it did not remove Spyware Blaster, which I also have installed.

The option to not receive news and offers from Trend Micro was grayed out. I really don't appreciate that.

The license expires in year. That doesn't seem fair.

4 STARS: I actually like security so far. It doesn't slow down my computer. I've no glitches or other issues since I installed it at the beginning of the month.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars take up resources and slow down older computers, January 5, 2012

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K. Lin "yesuaini99" (Walnut, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012 - 3 Users (3 PC, 1 Mac) (CD-ROM)

(What's this?)

It's an easy install and works in the back ground.
But I noticed the CPU is running most of the time and my computer is running a bit hotter and a bit slower (i5 with 8G RAM).
It downloads new virus definition every time you are online in the back ground.
It also slowed down my boot time.
As for protection, I really can't say that it offers any significant improvement over what others are offering.
When I visit sites searched, if they are questionable, Google will alarm.
When using this, it doesn't do anything.
When downloading emails, this slows down the email download due to scanning.
As for home network, I don't see how it can prevent intrusion (at the router end) when it's installed on my laptop.
For web filter, I let my kids use Mac computers which has web filter built-in.
It doesn't alarm me (or I didn't set up properly) if there's any intrusion attempts on my computer.
When I used other firewall software, it actually alarms me of the IP addresses of the intrusion is coming from.
I haven't installed on my Asus tablet because it's already slow enough, I didn't want to brick my tablet.

I really don't know if I should recommend this or not because I really haven't benefited from it in a obvious sense.
Please review more and if your daily web usage involves going into compromised sites, maybe it is a good thing to use.

Good luck.