Trend Micro Maximum Security 2017 (11.0)

[rosendalek]

Trend Micro Maximum security 11 is the perfect companion as you explore the world wide web, play games and work. It keeps children safe, and vulnerable seniors from falling victim to cyber criminals. Average price is $79.95AUD or $61 USD. Because 90% of the products work is done in the cloud, Trend Micro only pushes physical definition files out once a week, which is perfect for those users who have a limited data allowance.

 

[LabZero]

Thanks for the review!
I hope that ransomware protection is improved, since about two years ago, half of the company where my father works has been infected by Cryptolocker.
They used TM Enterprise Security.

 

[Aura]

I didn't, and as someone who works for a company using TrendMicro OfficeScan... I can tell you that I probably never will use TrendMicro products at home.

 

[Ink]

Unless you've turned it off, Windows Firewall is enabled by default and Trend Micro works with, similar to Avira security.

 

[rosendalek]

Windows Firewall is enabled by default and Trend Micro works with, similar to Avira security.

correct, and while I acknowledge that Windows Firewall in Windows 8.1 and 10 has improved its still not the greatest

 

[CMLew]

Thanks for the review.

Voted no for the poll. I don't use AV/IS anymore on my main system.

However I believe it is a very good security software. My previous company uses Trend Micro Enterprise Solution. Tweak abit more to enhance.

 

[kev216]

Thanks for the review
Strange that multiple people here in this thread are telling that Trend Micro failed at cleaning and detecting certain malware. In what I've seen in videos and in other reviews, it always performed very good. But I never tried it myself, so I can't tell if its good or bad.
@LabZero That is not a good score at all for TM, but I know enough other AV's that are failing terribly when it comes to ransomware. Trend Micro isn't the only one that needs to improve in that field.

 

[LabZero]

Thanks for the review
Strange that multiple people here in this thread are telling that Trend Micro failed at cleaning and detecting certain malware. In what I've seen in videos and in other reviews, it always performed very good. But I never tried it myself, so I can't tell if its good or bad.
@LabZero That is not a good score at all for TM, but I know enough other AV's that are failing terribly when it comes to ransomware. Trend Micro isn't the only one that needs to improve in that field.

Agreed, that's not just a problem of TM because a ransomware often use process hollowing, so it is running a legitimate Windows process, but in suspended mode. At that point, it empties the memory in use by the same process and injects the payload.
In this way, the code runs under the legitimate proces, this doesn't allow the antivirus to detect it, even when it is beginning to encrypt or delete files and shadow copies.

 

[rosendalek]

, so it is running a legitimate Windows process, but in suspended mode

I have seen ransomware use svchost.exe, explorer.exe or isass.exe as a "ghost" process

 

[larry goes to church]

I wouldn't mind looking at comparison charts for This product vs deep security.