App Review Trend Micro Maximum Security 2024

[Shadowra]

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Trend Micro is a well-known Japanese IT security company.
Relatively widely used in companies and schools, it was one of the first to bet on the 100% Cloud in 2011, switching its software from PC-Cillin to Titanium products (recently modified).

For 2024, Trend is keeping to this philosophy of betting everything on the Cloud, but strengthening its protections against unknown scripts and threats, while offering a product totally suited to novices.
Let's take a look at all this together.



User interface :
Trend Micro's interface hasn't changed at all over the last few years, but that's not a detriment, as it's still clear and very suitable for novices.
You can even customize it! (which I did with an image of my current anime character ^^ ) . The lack of adjustment may irritate geeks, but the product is not aimed at them.
The software is very light on RAM consumption.


Web protection: 10/10
Trend Micro has powerful Web filtering because it uses a system that I really like: blocking at source!
Even if the URL or threat changes, Trend Micro will continue to block it until the server is changed!
I did go and retrieve some new URLs during the test, but Trend Micro didn't mind, blocking them without a hitch.


Fake crack : 1/1
Trend Micro blocked the file launch because it had little information about the file's reputation.
This is a good thing, but if you're sure of the file, Trend may also block it...
I tried to force the file to open: Trend Micro detected the attack and blocked everything.
Congratulations!

Malware Pack : Remaining 16 files out of 113.
Trend Micro has at last improved its anti-malware engine to match the competition.

As for the rest, Trend maintains its fine reputation. It blocked every launch I tried, and also blocked a GuLoader installation using PowerShell. Trend actually detected the action and stopped the malware installation.
The machine was rendered infection-free.
Congratulations, Trend!


Final scan :
Trend : 0
NPE : 0
KVRT : 0

Final opinion:

Trend Micro retains its fine reputation: light on the system, accessible to a computer novice, automatic and high-performance.
One thing I really appreciated was Trend Micro's improved anti-malware engine, which was the software's biggest drawback...
In 2024, I'd be hard-pressed to find a negative point, as I was really surprised.
Trend Micro is obviously highly recommendable.

@Claudio66 request

 

[Bot]

Thanks for the comprehensive review of Trend Micro Maximum Security 2024. It's great to hear about the improvements in the anti-malware engine and its high performance. Your feedback will be helpful to users considering this product.

 

[Claudio66]

Thank you !
Your review is very helpful and comforts me that I chose Trend micro over one of my machines.

Claudio

Trend Micro is a well-known Japanese IT security company.
Relatively widely used in companies and schools, it was one of the first to bet on the 100% Cloud in 2011, switching its software from PC-Cillin to Titanium products (recently modified).

For 2024, Trend is keeping to this philosophy of betting everything on the Cloud, but strengthening its protections against unknown scripts and threats, while offering a product totally suited to novices.
Let's take a look at all this together.



User interface :
Trend Micro's interface hasn't changed at all over the last few years, but that's not a detriment, as it's still clear and very suitable for novices.
You can even customize it! (which I did with an image of my current anime character ^^ ) . The lack of adjustment may irritate geeks, but the product is not aimed at them.
The software is very light on RAM consumption.


Web protection: 10/10
Trend Micro has powerful Web filtering because it uses a system that I really like: blocking at source!
Even if the URL or threat changes, Trend Micro will continue to block it until the server is changed!
I did go and retrieve some new URLs during the test, but Trend Micro didn't mind, blocking them without a hitch.


Fake crack : 1/1
Trend Micro blocked the file launch because it had little information about the file's reputation.
This is a good thing, but if you're sure of the file, Trend may also block it...
I tried to force the file to open: Trend Micro detected the attack and blocked everything.
Congratulations!

Malware Pack : Remaining 16 files out of 113.
Trend Micro has at last improved its anti-malware engine to match the competition.

As for the rest, Trend maintains its fine reputation. It blocked every launch I tried, and also blocked a GuLoader installation using PowerShell. Trend actually detected the action and stopped the malware installation.
The machine was rendered infection-free.
Congratulations, Trend!


Final scan :
Trend : 0
NPE : 0
KVRT : 0

Final opinion:

Trend Micro retains its fine reputation: light on the system, accessible to a computer novice, automatic and high-performance.
One thing I really appreciated was Trend Micro's improved anti-malware engine, which was the software's biggest drawback...
In 2024, I'd be hard-pressed to find a negative point, as I was really surprised.
Trend Micro is obviously highly recommendable.

@Claudio66 request

 

[superleeds27]

Interesting. Wonder if it'll manage to keep up with the others and become a household name

 

[Khushal]

Good results but i still find this AV inconsistent in my own tests so can't whole heartedly recommend it.

 

[TuxTalk]

Always loved TM, did not know they improved the Engine.
Thanks @Shadowra

Just bought 5 licenses for 3 years, going to Enjoy TM again.
Thanks Shadowra !

 

[bikabod423]

thanks alot for youre awesome test.
based on this:Trend Micro Internet Security Data Collection Notice will you recommend tm?i plan to get new av for my pc and one of them in my list is trendmicro internet security.

 

[andytan]

Having purchased it last week I got a little nervous seeing this come out; glad to see it performed well!

I've found it to be a quite light application and coming from G-DATA I'm certainly noticing applications are opening/launching faster and overall fewer instances of things feeling bogged down.

 

[Shadowra]

thanks alot for youre awesome test.
based on this:Trend Micro Internet Security Data Collection Notice will you recommend tm?i plan to get new av for my pc and one of them in my list is trendmicro internet security.

Thank you for your message

The information collected by the antivirus is within the standards of its competitors. Anonymous data is collected as Trend Micro operates in Cloud computing mode, so exchanges are made on a fairly regular basis (suspicious files that Trend may encounter are not sent in their entirety, it only sends bits of code for analysis).

Regarding IP address, MAC address, etc., it's just like any other AV, since you can manage protection online with a console (Sophos, for example, sends much more information).

 

[iodio]

Happy to see this perform well. Was between this and McAfee earlier on in the year. Ended up going with a multi year license for Kaspersky only for it to get banned.

 

[CyberPanther]

Thanks for the review of Trend Micro. It shows how it reacts to unknown threats.

 

[Trident]

I am glad to see that TM has improved both in terms of protection and performance. Trend Micro for home users doesn’t allow very granular configuration but still, web blocking and anti-malware can be tweaked to be more aggressive.

The experience that TM provides to home users is clean, easy to absorb and understand, and without too much going on.

All in all, definitely a product worth considering.

 

[vtqhtr413]

Trend Micro has been around for ages hasn't it? 25 years ago it was the darling in enterprise, it's hard to beat the Japanese at anything, they think longer term and that really matters Imo.

 

[Jonny Quest]

I am glad to see that TM has improved both in terms of protection and performance. Trend Micro for home users doesn’t allow very granular configuration but still, web blocking and anti-malware can be tweaked to be more aggressive.

The experience that TM provides to home users is clean, easy to absorb and understand, and without too much going on.

All in all, definitely a product worth considering.

And in general, TM has been pretty good at keeping up with world threats, in finding or exposing malware samples etc. in some of the articles posted (i.e. Bleeping Computer) on the forum.

 

[Trident]

And in general, TM has been pretty good at keeping up with world threats, in finding or exposing malware samples etc. in some of the articles posted (i.e. Bleeping Computer) on the forum.

They've got a lot of patents too, specially in the field of behavioural monitoring. Also, Trend Micro employs a performance-efficient memory scan, once a process is initialised, it's memory content is quickly scanned for malware. Unlike some competitors that have little to no visibility over the memory of processes (Sophos and Avast being 2 examples at the moment).

Patents Assigned to Trend Micro, Inc. - Justia Patents Search

Justia - Patents - Patents and Patent Application Resources

patents.justia.com

 

[RoboMan]

Lovely test, and great performance by Trend Micro! Glad to see it's still the beast it used to be (maybe even better!)

 

[way hodge]

I have been using Micro Security Antivirus for the last 3 years, and I haven't encountered any issues with it. It quickly fixes and detects spam, phishing attacks, and ransomware attacks. Additionally, it helps with bank transactions and provides substantial protection against hacking, ensuring that your system doesn't get hacked.

 

[cartaphilus]

Is it's system impact on par with ESET and F-

 

[vonvon]

At home, on an old computer, the impact of Trend Micro is very weak, comparable to F-Secure or Eset. Almost imperceptible.

 

[way hodge]

At home, on an old computer, the impact of Trend Micro is very weak, comparable to F-Secure or Eset. Almost imperceptible.

Really