It's best known for basic antivirus protection and also has antiphishing.
The user interface isn't our favorite: we found it small and cramped, even though it looks clean and modern on the surface.
Digging deeper reveals a clumsy navigation with too many separate windows to open and close.
Add to all this poor technical support that could cost you anywhere from $119-$179 per year for more serious issues like manual virus removal. Far overpriced, in our opinion.
All in all, Trend Micro Antivirus doesn't stack up well this year.
In the most recent tests, we've found that Trend Micro Antivirus provides improved protection compared to what it offered in previous years.
While the virus removal, virus scanning, spyware detection, and malware scanning performed fairly well, and succeeded in blocking significant threats, the real-time virus blocking wasn't particularly impressive compared to other similarly priced antivirus products.
Trend Micro Internet Security 2017 delivers the same basic features as the standard antivirus package, but offers greater online protection.
The parental control feature performed adequately and there are built-in identity theft protection features that aren't available on the standard Trend Micro antivirus program.
There's also a feature that scans emails and a social media privacy setting monitor that scans Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, and Twitter accounts.
Finally, Trend Micro Internet Security has a system optimization feature to help the operating system perform its best.
