It may not make as many headlines as some rivals, but Trend Micro is a security giant, with a wide range of enterprise, virtual, business and consumer products bringing in an annual revenue of more than a billion dollars. The Trend Micro home product range starts with Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security, a simple package which focuses on the fundamentals, yet still manages to deliver more than you might expect. There's real-time antivirus protection and blocking of malicious URLs, of course. A Folder Shield feature offers extra ransomware protection, warning about unauthorized access to specified folders. Setting up gmail in outlook 2016 for mac. Trend Micro Pay Guard launches a secure version of your default browser (as long as it's Chrome, Firefox or IE) to protect online banking and other sensitive transactions. Trend Micro Antivirus is a powerful malware detection tool that works to boost your Mac's efficiency in identifying and blocking unwanted software and intrusive processes. There's even a spam filter for Outlook, something that just about every other security vendor reserves for its security suite. • It's a very solid set of features, yet the price is surprisingly low at only £20 ($26) for a one computer, one-year license. Extending the subscription to three years costs just £40 ($52), and a three device, three-year subscription looks great value at £53.27 ($69.25). Trend Micro Maximum Security is a full-strength security suite which adds features like a password manager, parental controls and social media protection. It can protect PCs, Macs, Android and iOS devices, and again, it's better value than most. Covering any mix of three devices for one year will cost you £50 ($65), while a five device, three-year license can be yours for £173.20 ($225). Setup The Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security web page doesn't have an obvious link to a trial, instead referring to a '30-day money-back guarantee'. The company may be hoping you'll buy now and worry about any issues later, but don't be fooled, clicking the Download > Free Tools link at the top of the page leads you to a Free Trials area. There's only a trial build for the full-strength Trend Micro Maximum Security suite, unfortunately, but the interface is very similar, and it'll give you a good idea of how Antivirus+ Security looks and feels. The trial lasts a full 30 days, too, which is more generous than usual. Downloading is easy, and setup largely automatic. You're prompted to enter your email address at the end of the process to get product news and updates, but this is optional. We left the box blank and the installer didn't complain. Once setup is complete, the package added an icon to our system tray but otherwise stayed mostly in the background. This is an antivirus which doesn’t get in your way, and most of the time you can forget it's there. You may want to do a little initial exploring, though, as the default settings may not be quite what you expect. Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security includes a spam filter, for instance, but this wasn't enabled on our system after installation, and it's not clearly highlighted in the interface. We only realized after browsing our Outlook interface, looking for a toolbar, not finding it, and subsequently checking the Settings dialog for answers. Still, these minor hassles aside, Trend Micro makes it easy to install its core antivirus engine, and the 30-day trial gives you more than enough time to assess its abilities for yourself.
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