Thread: Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2010

Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security 2010 is considered to be one of those top antivirus and security solution developers for more than a decade. Many of us might know Trend Micro from Hotmail's official email scanner for a long time. Their desktop security suite uses around 25 MB of RAM over three services. With the scans running, this goes up t0 50 MB. The Trend Micro interface doesn't simply show all of the advanced settings in one big window leaving the user lost. It has separate menus and windows for each of the components.

The Parental control feature is built into the suite. It's easy to use because it allows you to simply allot a set of rules for a particular user account in Windows. The data theft protection feature stops you from giving away sensitive and important
information. Like Comodo, Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2010 also allows creating of customized scans and scheduled scan tasks.



The Pro version of the same suite is also available. Some of the features of that version come with the option of backing up of up to 2 GB of data online, instant messenger protection and also wireless network security. We feel instant messenger protection should have at least been part of the package since almost every computer user today on the internet uses some kind of instant messenger or the other. There's also the included network management tool to remotely control other PC-cillin suites. This is a growing trend with many security suites.

Like many other companies moving towards the cloud and using their software users to contribute information about suspicious files and services, Trend Micro too has a similar system up called Smart Protection Network. This is another suite that uses the cloud to its advantage. A few missing features but other than that, it's a solid suite to consider especially for easy operation.