- Apr 1, 2019
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This is like people on r/browsers asking if Chrome or Edge fits a certain use case better. Half the responses are Firefox. None of the 3 selections the OP mentioned here are bad choices.
which one to choose and why?
- Thread starter bikabod423
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- May 29, 2018
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G-data is bit heavy for my liking, it also inteferes with other software easily , even the protection is good i wouldnt use it. Its also high priced value wise
So its trend micro vs f-secure then
- both are very light on system resources
- both have excellent web filter
- both have simple interfaces, f-secure is ready out of box, with trend micro you want to use hypersensitive mode or set web filter on high
So if you want good VPN and deepguard go with the f-secure total security, it costs more than trend micro thought
If you dont need VPN, and dont like paying that much for antivirus, go with trend micro
I prefer trend micro because of excellent web protection, it has mobile version of antivirus too. I have it installed on every family device: dekstop, mobile phones and tablets, it also has filter for kids to not visit shady sites. Licenses are cheap, only 9 eur for 3 years/5 devices from kinguin
So its trend micro vs f-secure then
- both are very light on system resources
- both have excellent web filter
- both have simple interfaces, f-secure is ready out of box, with trend micro you want to use hypersensitive mode or set web filter on high
So if you want good VPN and deepguard go with the f-secure total security, it costs more than trend micro thought
If you dont need VPN, and dont like paying that much for antivirus, go with trend micro
I prefer trend micro because of excellent web protection, it has mobile version of antivirus too. I have it installed on every family device: dekstop, mobile phones and tablets, it also has filter for kids to not visit shady sites. Licenses are cheap, only 9 eur for 3 years/5 devices from kinguin
kailyn
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- Jun 6, 2024
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Best advice is to use VirtualBox or VMWare Workstation Pro (now free) and configure Windows system virtual machine and then test trials of each to see which one works best for you personally.
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Out of the 3 Trend - F-Secure recently has tended to be a bit heavy & I'm not sure why though I have a 10 installs from my ISP - G-Data's firewall can slow VPN's down & again heaver than Trend which for me is about as good as AV's get.
- May 29, 2018
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I had to choose few days ago between trend micro wich i have 8 years license and f-secure wich i have 3 years license.
I went with f-secure just because
- i have many devices including my mothers android phone, when blocking malicious site f-secure completely blocks the site and wont let you continue, with trend micro you can choose to skip and continue.
- F-secure is finnish company and the languange of ui is fluent finnish, easy to understand for my family
- banking protection works like charm, automatically gets enabled when visiting bank site
- new site rating can avoid fake/low reputation webshops.
If it wasnt about my family and their devices i wouldve gone with trend micro, because of cheapish licenses , lighter on desktop
Atleast both f-secure & trend micro will work with other apps like adguard and probably you can harden system to make overall protection stronger, i have not done that yet
About g-data i bought year of license once and used it for day or two and gave up since it would not work with other software at all.
I went with f-secure just because
- i have many devices including my mothers android phone, when blocking malicious site f-secure completely blocks the site and wont let you continue, with trend micro you can choose to skip and continue.
- F-secure is finnish company and the languange of ui is fluent finnish, easy to understand for my family
- banking protection works like charm, automatically gets enabled when visiting bank site
- new site rating can avoid fake/low reputation webshops.
If it wasnt about my family and their devices i wouldve gone with trend micro, because of cheapish licenses , lighter on desktop
Atleast both f-secure & trend micro will work with other apps like adguard and probably you can harden system to make overall protection stronger, i have not done that yet
About g-data i bought year of license once and used it for day or two and gave up since it would not work with other software at all.
- May 9, 2019
- 349
All three a good products. At the moment it is though choice (for me atleast 
).
G data has a great detection rate, good webdetection and Beast and Deepray are great components. Webprotection is good. But I had some strange things with it when I tested it. Sometimes the BB terminates the explorer process and in the end the VM was a little dead. There is sometimes an issue with the firewall but you can choose not to installed it.
Trend Micro seems to be improved the last couple of months. It runs smooth and has a good webprotection. The option to block untested sites is great, but can cause some frustrations. It needs some customizations to allow sites or send the sites to Trend Micro. The support tickets I opened were solved in 1 to 2 business days so no complains from that department. In the past I had big issues with that. The malwareprotection seems to be better than last year. Also the secure browser (Pay guard) is a nice feature. On the FP department the only issue I had was with Cyberlock. I had to add it to the exclusion list.
F-secure reacts quick, no performance issues and the banking protection is a nice feature. No issues with other software. I only noticed that F-secure has a slight drop in the detection of malware. I my own tests of the last 3 months it had a decrease in detection rate compared to other products. Even the webprotection scored medicore. It could be temporary. I cannot test it at the moment. My license ended. I used F-secure for more than 2 years and the only problem I had was a issue with the updates.
).G data has a great detection rate, good webdetection and Beast and Deepray are great components. Webprotection is good. But I had some strange things with it when I tested it. Sometimes the BB terminates the explorer process and in the end the VM was a little dead. There is sometimes an issue with the firewall but you can choose not to installed it.
Trend Micro seems to be improved the last couple of months. It runs smooth and has a good webprotection. The option to block untested sites is great, but can cause some frustrations. It needs some customizations to allow sites or send the sites to Trend Micro. The support tickets I opened were solved in 1 to 2 business days so no complains from that department. In the past I had big issues with that. The malwareprotection seems to be better than last year. Also the secure browser (Pay guard) is a nice feature. On the FP department the only issue I had was with Cyberlock. I had to add it to the exclusion list.
F-secure reacts quick, no performance issues and the banking protection is a nice feature. No issues with other software. I only noticed that F-secure has a slight drop in the detection of malware. I my own tests of the last 3 months it had a decrease in detection rate compared to other products. Even the webprotection scored medicore. It could be temporary. I cannot test it at the moment. My license ended. I used F-secure for more than 2 years and the only problem I had was a issue with the updates.
- May 10, 2019
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I have used the three of them
F-Secure is the lightest on system resources.
If you want peace of mind, use Trend Micro on Hypersensitive mode. I believe that would deliver the maximum protection among the three.
The three product are great, so feel three to trial them and choose the one you're most comfortable with.
F-Secure is the lightest on system resources.
If you want peace of mind, use Trend Micro on Hypersensitive mode. I believe that would deliver the maximum protection among the three.
The three product are great, so feel three to trial them and choose the one you're most comfortable with.
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