Product Description

Trend Micro� PC-cillin� Internet Security 2007 Comprehensively safeguards your computers, your files and your identity. Email, shop, share pictures, bank, and instant message, confident you're safe from malicious attacks and time-consuming interruptions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3091 in Software
• Brand: Trene Micro, Inc.
• Model: TIS085871
• Released on: 2007-09-17
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 1.40" h x 5.30" w x 7.50" l, .15 pounds

Features

• Internet security software that delivers comprehensive protection
• Safeguards online transactions, identity, and irreplaceable files
• Identity-theft, data-theft, and transaction protection; Wi-Fi validation
• Remote security management; secure system recovery
• Confidently email, shop, bank, or share photos online

From the Manufacturer
At home or on the go, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro safeguards your online transactions, identity, and irreplaceable files with the most comprehensive protection available. Get all the benefits of our proven Internet security plus enhanced identity-theft and transaction protection and remote security management.

More flexibility, more features, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro delivers the best in protection. With premium features for identity-theft protection, Wi-Fi validation, data-theft protection, and system recovery, you can confidently email, shop, bank, or share photos online no matter where you are, knowing your privacy and data are secure.

Customer Reviews

I think Trend Micro has a nice product here
(This is the same review I posted for Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, since that's basically the same product as the Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008, minus a few bells and whistles. I am posting it in both places because I see the review prior to this one was posted for both products also, and I don't think that reviewer gave the product a fair shake, as I expand upon below.)


I haven't bought this product yet, but I have just downloaded and installed the free 30-day trial version Of Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008 and am VERY pleased with it so far. Running Vista, I have had problems with some security products in the past (including Trend Micro) but it appears they have now corrected those problems with this newly-released product.

Frankly, the review immediately prior to mine seems dubious. He submitted reviews for TWO Trend Micro products, claims he purchased them both on the same day, and submitted identical (and very negative!) reviews for both products! Why would he buy a second product from the same company if he was so disappointed with the first one?? He panned both Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 AND Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008. I smell a fish.

What I found was that the free 30-day trial version of Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008 installed flawlessly and has a VERY clear user interface. It detected and removed numerous spy cookies. It scanned my files quickly and found no viruses. No surprise there because I had been running a competitor's product for the past month, which kept my PC clean. I've been evaluating several competing security suites for my new Vista system until I decide which one I want to purchase. ZoneAlarm seemed to work well, as did Bitware. My impression is that the Trend Micro Pro is the most complete of the three, and has the clearest user interface. All three cost about the same. I'll give the Trend Micro another week or so of use and then make my purchase, which at this point I think will be the Trend Micro, probably not the "Pro" version but instead the simpler Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 version. It lacks a few of the features of the "Pro", but they're not features I'm apt to use and it costs about $20 less.

Based on my use so far, I really don't have any idea what the prior reviewer is talking about. If you go to the Trend Micro website, there's a link, in plain view, right on the order page which allows you to select whatever renew option you desire - automatic or not - as well as allowing you to select either 1 year, 2 year, or 3 year. And it clearly says "3 user" also, not "1 user" as he claimed. Frankly, his review sounds like sour grapes. Maybe he works for a competing security product? Else why would he submit two identical reviews for two different products from the same vendor, and both reviews claim that he dislikes that vendor intensely???

I don't work for Trend Micro (although I have used their product in the past when I had XP and was pleased with it) nor do I work for any other software security company. I'm just your typical PC user, trying to find a good product for my Vista system. I encourage others to try the free Trend Micro trial products (they offer several versions to pick from) for themselves. But as I said earlier, my impression is that it's now the best of the lot, and I have tried Bitware, Microsoft's suite (I forget what they called it but it was "Onestop" or "TotalCare" or something like that), Norton's version for Vista, and ZoneAlarm, so I have a pretty good basis for comparison.

Lots of compatibilty issues
I have been using both Norton and McAfee security products for years on my PCs and decided to try out Trend Micro due to the positive reviews from the consumer report magazine. I purchased both the Trend Micro Internet Security and Internet Security Pro for my 5 PCs at home (4 uses XP and 1 uses Vista).

First of all, the good news was that it installed successfully on 4 of the 5 PCs and it seemed to work well on the Vista PC. The bad news came when I noticed that a few of my programs actually either crashed and/or not working properly after the software was installed. I verified that Trend Micro was the culprit by uninstalling the software and then all the problems went away. I believe there were clearly issues with Trend Micro not thoroughly testing the software on a variety of applications. I switched back to the latest versions of Norton and McAfee security products and none of them had any problems.

I would also suggest that no matter which security products you choose, it would be much better to uninstall all other security and spyware products beforehand to ensure a clean install. This would save you a lot of trouble with installations due to incompatibility issues.

Clean install necessary
I've been online since the 1990's and have always been security conscious. I've been using Norton since it came pre-installed on my first PC. Later I added Spybot Search & Destroy and Zone Alarm. Keeping them co-existing in peace has required some tweaking over time, but all was well until a couple of months ago when I updated Zone Alarm. My fast pc slowed down and start-up took forever. I tried all sorts of fixes and nothing worked. I decided I had to find one security suite that could handle most issues. After researching lots of sources I decided to go with Trend Micro Internet Security 2008. My install went flawlessly and I've been extremely pleased with the ease of use and unobtrusive nature of this software.

Here's a play-by-play version of what I did: first, I defragmented my hard drive; next I uninstalled Spybot (in the uninstall help file they even tell you which file you need to manually remove and where to find it!); after that I uninstalled Zone Alarm; and finally, the real pain, I uninstalled Norton System Works. This has to be done carefully and involves a number of different steps. (Norton has an uninstaller online, but I've had a problem with that in that past.) You must do the uninstall in the proper order and be certain that you do all the separate parts ie the automatic updater. Also, Norton files are hidden all through the computer so they have to be searched out and deleted manually. When that was done, I defragmented my hard drive again. My final step was inserting the Trend Micro CD, re-enabling my internet connection when it became mandatory, updating the software and running a scan.

It took a long time to do the above, but I think it's a good way to install any new security software. I think some of the problems people have had with Trend Micro might be related to not starting off as "clean" as possible. Hope this is helpful.