Others say...

"What a nightmare! This is horrible software"
A warning to anyone thinking of buying this software - DON'T DO IT! I have previous versions of Trend products on several machines that I have been very satisfied with, so when I got my new laptop (intel dual core, 2G ram, 160G harddrive), the first thing I installed was the latest and greatest from Trend.

Immediately I started having mystery problems with the machine - it was dog slow, I couldn't keep more than a couple of programs open at a time, I'd get "insufficient resources" or "not enough quota" errors, and most disconcerting, random video errors where text would simply not display in windows and dialog boxes. I spent six weeks wasting time trying to track down problems, installing Microsoft patches, adjusting system settings, searching for memory leaks and even going so far as to have the laptop manufacturer replace the RAM. Nothing cured the problem, and worst of all, when the errors would happen, there was no record in the task manager of problems - no RAM consumption, no CPU hogging, no thread tie-ups - NOTHING. I didn't even consider that Trend could be the source of the problem - why should I, their previous products had been excellent, right?

Finally, as a last resort before reformatting the drive, I tried taking Trend out of the boot list (not just turning it off after boot, but making sure it doesn't run at all during boot) and guess what? NO MORE PROBLEMS!!!

Ever since I removed Trend Internet Security 2008 I've had no problems, real dual-core performance and no abnormal video or resource issues. I've been using Avast for virus protection, which has a very small footprint, and it's FREE.

So, in review, even if you've had good luck with Trend products in the past, AVOID TREND INTERNET SECURITY 2008 LIKE THE PLAGUE. If you've got Trend 2008 and any sort of inexplicable system behavior problems, try taking all Trend executibles out of the boot list and see what a difference it makes. Don't lose time and productivity like I did.


"Better than most antivurs!"
I'm a fan of trend micro antiviruses. And is better than norton, kaspersky, panda, etc. For me at least! Is simple, functional, is always up to date, and really protect your notebook from everything bad. And work faster than other do

"Great. Less strain on system resources"
After using Norton, McAfee, etc. that came preinstalled on my computers, I have settled down on Trend Micro in the past three years. I found Trend Micro to be the only security suite that would work well with both my old and new computers. Trend Micro compared to other leading brands, keeps memory consumption to a minimum. This latest version (2008) works well with your latest software such as Office 2007. Installation was intelligent, it asked me to exit Microsoft Outlook and also asked me to uninstall (Lavasoft Adaware 2007). In sum, TrendMicro is superb at catching virus and spyware.

"Not worth the money"
The only reason I give this two stars is because I'm nice and it installed without problems. After that, it was everything but...
Outlook Express would hang every time. The software did something to my video driver software and so any graphics based software which included games would no longer work. I know it was the Trend Micro software since each time I uninstalled, everything worked just fine. I'll give customer support one thing, they would return my e-mails, but they couldn't figure out what the problem was. No suggestions they sent back worked. I've never had a problem with an anti-virus before this. I think they need to take their software and start over.

"A very user-friendly product"
I installed Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 on our family's main PC. The laptop is running all free software (AV, Firewall, Antispware), in contrast. Installation of Trend's IS suite was easy and the startup was flawless. I detected no noticeable drag on the system, and a firewall test run at the "Shields Up" test site showed that port blocking was excellent. The firewall went through the normal learning period with the PC's programs with no issues.

The only feature missing was "online game mode" setting which can be found in some other security suites.

Considering the price for which I bought this suite at Amazon, I believe it was a very good product for a bargain.