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Trend Micro Antivirus Plus Antispyware 2007

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Pros
Low false positive rate
Cons
Poor virus detection
High renewal cost

Full Specifications
Download price, 1-year license	$40 (3/31/07)
Renewal cost, per year	$40 (3/31/07)
Ease of use	Very Good
Malware detection rate	82%
File viruses	91%
Macro viruses	100%
Script viruses	97%
Polymorphic viruses	99%
ActiveX controls	100%
Back doors	81%
Bots/zombies	91%
Trojan horses	74%
Adware	90%
Dialers	56%
Number of false positives (out of 20,000 harmless files)	0
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures)	43%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures)	38%
Detection rate of malware within archived files	32%
System disinfection
Detection rate of existing infections (10 infections)	90%
Disinfection rate (files, Hosts changes, Registry items)	77%
Average time (in hours) to deliver signatures for new malware	6 to 8
Features
Right-click manual scans in Windows Explorer?	No
E-mail protocols scanned	POP3
Scan Web traffic?	No
Scan speed with standard settings, in seconds	50
System slowdown
With Firefox 2	18%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2	5%
With Microsoft Office 2003	9%
Support policies
Daily support hours	15
Saturday support hours	0
Sunday support hours	0
Free phone support	Yes
Toll-free phone number	Yes
Cost of phone support	0
Live chat support?	Yes
E-mail support?	Yes

Trend Micro AntiVirus plus Anti-Spyware 2007 Review

by Ryan Naraine

- Trend Micro's AntiVirus plus Anti-Spyware 2007 came in dead last in our "Virus Stoppers" antivirus roundup test of eight products. Its disappointing finish was primarily due to its lackluster performance at detecting malware samples: The program missed almost one in five samples, for a poor catch rate of 82 percent.

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User Reviews for Trend Micro Antivirus Plus Antispyware 2007

Reviewed by: WayneW

Duration of ownership: 1 Year

Strengths: None

Weaknesses: Total Junk

Overall Evaluation: I purchased the suite last year w/ a new Dell. Trend Micro Security 12 The firewall was " grayed" out, so it was unclickable. Therefore useless. No help from dell or trend micro. Just wasted $70. If you're smart, read and don't deal w/ dell or trend micro. They are both junk.
Reviewed by: airforce90

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: Not a resource hog. Easy to use and set up for the average user instead of a "geek". The "0" false-positive rate during the PC World test should speak for itself compared to others!

Weaknesses: None.

Overall Evaluation: I definitely never had a "high renewal cost" nor does it have "poor virus detection" like Norton did when I used it and which was why I dropped Norton like a hot rock! Convesely, Panda (and Norton) had too many "false-positives". If you keep yourself off of crummy websites and quit downloading questionable crap you won't have much of a problem anyway!