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Trend Micro develops security software for home, business and cloud computing environments. The company offers a free 30-day trial, and its software is compatible with PCs and Macs as well as iOS, Android and Kindle devices. Additional features include web monitoring and ransomware protection. Security software pricing starts at $39.95.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2017

    I'm a computer tech and I've used this software for many years. It stops all intrusion attempts into my computers and is much better than all other similar software.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2017

    This software is fabulous and the support team can't be beat. It was the ONLY antivirus software that was able to clean a virus off my computer. At the time that I got the virus I did not have Trend Micro, however, they provided a FREE virus scan and cleaned my computer. I have been with them for about 12 years now and have not had a virus since then. They are the best!

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2017

    I get their premium pack for 3-5 P.C.s (it's been so long now), PLUS I am protecting 2 Smartphones! IF I feel something has gotten through I do a quick scan with both "MalWare Bytes" as well as "Avast!" & wham-bam, thank you ma'am.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017

    Great product, no spam emails, and it gives a monthly report. Have used it for about 4 years for all desktops and has worked efficiently and quick. Excellent, highly recommend.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017

    I've recently had my laptop completely overhauled and so I wanted to make sure I got safe, predictable antivirus protection. I went to a officeworks store and purchased trend micro maximum security internet protection and followed the directions in the packet. I got this problem straight away saying that although it recognized my validation code, it was unable to be activated until I called the number on the screen.

    I called it and it all seemed kosher until this guy said it wouldn't work and could he remotely access my pc as there were some problems with the settings and he could fix them. I thought this was possible since my computer was like new and I hadn't done anything to it yet. So he was bringing up all these complex looking system files one after the other and said that I had a serious problem, a few of them, firstly my IP address has been compromised, and that the settings showed a bunch of insecured violations from somebody who had accessed my computer and kept saying complicated jargon that totally freaked me out. My hair was standing on end!!

    He said he could fix it all up, and also give me another year of trend micro free for the bargain price of $299!! Isn't that wonderfully generous! I nearly swallowed my tongue, and just said, "No I can't afford that." He then gave me $100 off so a bargain price of just $199. I said I still can't do it, he basically just hung up on me. I spent the next few days trying to find out what was wrong with my computer, my IP address and wondering what the hell I was gonna do with this internet security that I had just wasted $40 on.

    I went on their site (not the one listed on the pack) and lo and behold the site looked different, the phone number was different. So I called them and they had no reference to me having ever calling and trying to activate my license, at all. I was able to activate my antivirus with no problem. I then told him about my experience and he didn't seem overly concerned at all.

    I had to really emphasize the fact that I purchased this pack from a very large, well known chain and it was obviously a scam. He asked me for the link address and once I told him said that it was an old expired web address that they no longer use. He really couldn't have cared less. I emphasized again that he needed to tell the manager or something. He said okay and hung up.

    I kept getting emails from Trend Micro, I'm not sure why but they were driving me crazy with them. I ignored them and finally after 2 weeks, for some reason it's asking me for the activation code again, like I never even had it, or purchased or activated. I had returned the pack to the store and they are dealing with the fake packs as well they gave me a refund, so I uninstalled it and will NEVER use it again or recommend it to anyone.

    VERY suspicious, it's possible the whole company (Trend Micro) has been compromised by either disgruntled ex-employees or employees who are moonlighting for extra cash. Dangerous anti virus, seems a new way of these scumbags to get to us and our hard earned money. I work 3 frickin jobs to make my ends meet, I don't lie and cheat and pretend to be someone I'm not. I no longer trust these Asiatic call centre types. They cannot be trusted.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017

    I have used Trend for over 6 years. I have only had to call their CS department once. It is very easy to install on your cell and laptop. We have it downloaded on 3 of our devices.

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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2017

    Trend micro seems to keep viruses off my laptop. It offers a choice of a quick scan which takes only a few minutes or a thorough scan which takes about an hour or more. I feel the full scan offers good protection.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2017

    I am glad that I changed to Trend Micro for my antivirus and ransomware protection. I use it on all my devices as well as my phone and have had good results. On occasion it has found that someone was trying to gain access to one of my computers and I was alerted immediately. Another reason I am pleased with Trend Micro is that I have control of the software on my computers and that application on my android devices. I would highly recommend Trend Micro for home or for a business.

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2017

    I had been a long time user of Trend Micro products... on 5 PCs. Because Trend Micro's antivirus protection was slipping and because their price per seat was rising, I went with Norton Antivirus. Well, guess what's been showing up on my PC and displaying unwanted popups, Trend Micro! I had run Revo Uninstaller and tried to get rid of them. They won't go away. Question, do you want to trust your data to a company that gets into your computer and won't go away? I no longer trust or respect Trend Micro.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2017

    Well I got Trend Micro with a new computer. It worked initially, but then nothing on the Internet would load, until I took Trend Micro off of the computer. Then, when I did that, everything went back to normal. I do not recommend it, Norton is much better!

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    Reviewed July 20, 2017

    Trend Micro has been ripping us off for years. We just learned that Trend has been charging us for their Antivirus software renewals for 3 years even though we don't even own that computer anymore. It crashed 3 years ago under the watchful protection of their great software so there was no way to cancel the renewal that we unknowingly signed up for. This type of "fine print" authorization should be against the law and Trend should be ashamed of scamming people that have not even updated their software in years. They lost a customer for life and I will trash them every chance I get unless they refund our money.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 17, 2017

    When adding additional licenses on Trend Micro they will charge the full term cost, but short term end your new added licenses to the expiration date of your previous licenses. They only show the short term end date of the added licenses after payment and check out. Called customer support but they would not adjust the price to fit the short term of the added licenses. Trend Micro scams their own customers!

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    Ease of Use

    Reviewed May 12, 2017

    This software was inefficient and hard to use so I canceled it 2 years ago and replaced it with Avast, which is excellent. Trend Micro charged my bank card $80 without any notification a month ago. When I called to reverse the charge, they claimed it had exceeded a 30 period (whatever that means) and would not reverse the charge. This is FRAUD. A charge of this kind should always be accompanied by a notification email. Don't buy this product!

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    Reviewed March 5, 2017

    Badly slows down PC, for few minutes after boot, the PC is effectively useless when TM starts. And the user is NOT able to kill TM process at that stage. Then when TM stabilizes it non stop eats ~ 50% of the CPU. The only way to make the PC functional again is to EXIT the TM (luckily at this stage this is at least possible). So in summary on the fly security protection is gone (after exiting TM) which denies the purpose of buying security SW for an online protection. But I must admit that at least the SCAN run manually yielded 100% clean PC so far. I contacted TM about the amount of CPU that it steals and I have received NO REPLY - They simply do not care!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016

    Someone with a computer name ** used my name, license number, etc. to install the software. I don't know this person and have never given my information out to anyone. TM customer service was EXTREMELY unhelpful in this regard - quite rude actually! Refused to issue me another license #. Also, the software is largely useless - lets hackers through Internet Security AND slows down my computer significantly. I changed my PW several times, with no effect whatsoever. I wish I could rate it a ZERO or even minus zero.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2016

    Purchased premium cover for up to 6 devices. It causes Windows devices (laptops and surface pro tablet) to run at snail's pace or freeze completely. Forget about the master password protection - it expects some complicated master password to be created, that you have to use every time for it to log you in... Instead of the easily accessible, saved password that you would otherwise be using. Forget using it on your iPhone, it wants to be running in the background ALL THE TIME to do anything (such as tracking your data usage). Totally a waste of money - I had never before paid for antivirus software, having always been well catered for by AVG free. Cannot say the Trend Micro product is worth paying for, in fact, totally the opposite.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2016

    Sadly, I have been infected a twice with a virus and had to pay good money to have them removed. The most recent occurred May, 2016 and it cost me $159.99. I contacted Trend to discuss this, and, in short got nowhere. However, I did find out, after being a subscriber for 4 years that I could have contacted them for help. Who knew! I found out the hard way. I have been getting monthly reports from Trend telling me my PC is threat free. Yet I have been infected. Trend security has failed me miserably. I will not renew and most likely switch to Kaspersky's. Too much to explain here, other than NOT HAPPY with Trend's lack of customer care.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 8, 2016

    I am unable to get to my Facebook account. Thanks to Trend Micro. I understand Facebook's concern over internet security but this is ridiculous!!! I already use Malwarebytes and I have no interest in using the other company. I let them scan the system for viruses but I think I made a mistake. When I had an online chat with a representative about the situation they wanted my phone number. That's when I knew the whole thing was a scam and I refused. I am not going to give them money for something I don't want!! Now I'm not sure what to do.

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    Price

    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    The only times I had issues with this software was when I was renewing my subscription. For whatever reason the renewal either did not reload properly, or wanted to charge for another download. In each instance I communicated with the vendor and always had complete satisfaction with the fix. It was mostly annoying not trouble. After bad experiences with another brand I went with Trend Micro (was called Guard Dog back then) because of good reviews I had read. Trend Micro caught them all and always let me know what it was they stopped and provided a detailed report.

    In the early days the price was less than the competition with what I considered to be much better protection. Like I have said; never did I have any kind of malware get through to my system & I used this software at least 10 years, maybe longer. The only reason I stopped is in 2011, I went with a Mac system and did not feel it was necessary any longer. I considered it to be quality software at a reasonable price. I used my Windows PC extensively for both business and personal use and never had any malware that made it into my system. I never had to professionally clean my system up of unwanted programs either. I especially liked that Trend Micro did the work I needed it to do without being very intrusive like many of the competition.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    Whether I forgot my password or switched the activation from one computer to another one, it can be done promptly without a single phone call. It protects but not blocks even a suspicious website. If I confirmed that wasn't, the software will remember. It's powerful with half the price that I paid for other name brand antivirus software. It caught a lot of viruses without bothering me for 2 years in a row and I am still using it. Try it yourself to believe, I prefer not to hot sell it to other.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    They're very helpful and knowledgeable but lack a sense of genuine concern. I would have rated them better, but recently they made changes which do not allow other anti-spyware systems on my computer. There is no single anti-spyware is going to, by itself, catch more than 70-75%. I want the flexibility of using other programs such as Malwarebytes. Because of the aforementioned problem I will not be auto-renewing this year. I have always liked Trend Micro. Their Housecalls was the ONLY thing I found back in the late 90s which identified, helped me to isolate and then dispose of the WIN95CIH virus.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2016

    I was careless about access to my Facebook and Trend Micro has hacked my Facebook. I cannot sign into Facebook unless I purchase a Trend Micro product. I'm getting no help from Facebook and it appears that Trend Micro has invaded my network and massively slowed down my computer.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed March 12, 2016

    I bought Trend Micro Maximum Security for 3 computers. On one computer I continued to get a pop up to download the system. I am not tech savvy and downloaded about 3 of these pop ups. Finally, I realized that I was already downloaded and should of ignored these pop ups. After an experience with malware or some malicious intrusion on my computer, Trend Micro turned off. I tried to download the programs and was informed that I was out of downloads and had to buy the program again! There was never any instructions about the downloading so this took me by surprise! I called the phone # on my receipt and the tech person was deceitful. He helped me download one computer then told me to do the rest by myself and got off the phone. Well, guess what... The other two computers won't download unless I buy new programs! I won't use this company again!

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2015

    I bought Trend Micro Maximum Security 10 as I was conned by a salesman at Best Buy. This is WORSE than junk as its practically Malware in itself! You get no CD only a card with "instructions". When you go to the website recommended, the card becomes worthless as I had at least 10 additional steps that are not stated on the card and most required making choices with no explanation at all. When I backed out of it for the "Help" it was even worse. No phone number of any kind whatsoever.

    I watched their "help video" which was even more worthless. Instead of telling you how to get through the 15 or so steps just to download, it only told you about the product once it was downloaded. After an hour or so, I got to where I input the password to "activate" the product.. And even that DID NOT WORK! I checked the code 3 times and even had my girlfriend look to see if I missed a digit! It just did not work.. Period! I immediately took this piece of crap back to Best Buy. Total garbage! This company should be put out of business!

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015

    I bought the Trend Micro product at Best Buy and there was no disc. I tried to install it from the paper instructions, to no avail, so I requested a disc be sent via mail. Two weeks went by, and no disc. In the meantime, I have a new laptop computer without virus protection. I called Trend and spoke to a technician, who supposedly was going to help me install it. He took remote control of my computer, and told me my laptop had corrupted firewall, and in order for him to install the program, I had to pay $249. I told him I didn't have $249, and he said I could pay some then, and then pay the rest later. Today, 10/2915, I called customer support and they gave my info to a technician, who came on the line and asked for my email address. He supposedly sent me a link for the installation. I waited several minutes, and no email, so he sent it again, and told me to check the spam folder.

    I ended up having to get online and access the website with his instructions. I told him about my prior experience with a so-called technician (I did call Trend Micro), and he told me there was no way I talked to a Trend technician - it had to be a scam. He was very rude, and I just dropped it at that point. The installation completed, and 30 minutes later, I got 2 emails from him with directions about what to do - AFTER it was already done! I have used Trend for years, but this is the last time.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015

    I have used Trend Micro Internet Security for about four years, and I had always been satisfied. My subscription came up for renewal in August of 2015. I renewed and downloaded the package again. Maybe it's a coincidence, but ever since that day, my computer has slowed down to a snail's pace, and Mozilla Firefox started crashing at least three times per day. I can't even use Mozilla anymore. I called Trend, and of course they blamed it on my operating system (I still use Windows XP). Okay, but then why didn't I have all these problems the day before I downloaded the Trend package?

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2015

    Been a client between 12 and 15 years - used auto renewal for many of them. Was satisfied. Approximately 18 months ago started getting malware infections (run a web based business with sensitive financial data and contracts on my home desktop), am very, very software savvy. When received notice that my Trend Micro Titanium was renewing on the 19th, phoned the company, spoke with sales and they recommended I upgrade to TM Max Security and save $20 the first year - that was on 12/18/14. Have always purchased premium support in addition. Was promised by sales that my auto renewal for the next day would be refunded with 7-10 days. I also canceled my auto renew at that time (new product wanted to be sure it worked as promised - which was it protecting me against malware as they said it would).

    Received my bill and was billed for both products. Called TM and they said check next month's bill, we will process. In March 2015 it was still not refunded. Called back, emailed multiple times, have all the correspondence since December 2015 with PROOF I paid for both. Their offer is, since I did not cancel within 30 days - actually I cancelled the SAME day it was charged - that they will give me a "free" year. Not sure it's free if I've already PAID for it, is it? That's not my concern, my concern is I am still getting malware and they say their program does not work with the #1 malware program out there - which I had to cancel that annual subscription (which was credited immediately to my card) - and cannot recommend ANY malware program to remove the issues TM cannot. When asked for a customer service review, TM refused to post it as it was against their "policies".

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015

    Problem deleting Plan Renewel Message - When I recently bought a new laptop, it came with a free Trend Micro software trial offer. That offer has now expired, and I don't want to renew it. The reminder to renew the plan shows up whenever I log in and I cannot close it or delete it.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    Last year I signed up for a year of security and paid with my bank debit card. Never could get a hold of anyone as I couldn't get it downloaded and wanted a refund. Blew it off. Just found a "recurring debit charge" on my account. 1) I never ever allow a recurring debit charge from anyone and I never approved a recurring debit from Trend Micro. 2) Lost that debit card got a new one. 3) How did they manage to get that money out of the bank since it was a new card. Yes I am checking with the bank to find out why it was allowed and will looking into filing fraud charges. If this has happened to anyone else please contact me as it only takes 3 for a class action lawsuit.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    I bought this security program from Best Buy and installed it on 3 devices. I never had such a nightmare with a piece of shotty software. The security shut down when I turned off my computer and I would go into my settings and find them on public network and share all. I could never get a hold on the phone with Trend and when I called on the phone I got Trend Micro supported by iyogi which is another company who tries to sell you more protection. I ended up having to buy the system discs to a Toshiba and HP laptop which cost me &100 plus because when I uninstalled the software it ripped the Microsoft product key from the computer. Don't buy this because you will be very very sorry for trusting this company with your devices.

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    Trend Micro Company Information

    Company Name:
    Trend Micro
    Year Founded:
    1988
    Address:
    225 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 1500
    City:
    Irving
    State/Province:
    TX
    Postal Code:
    75062
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.trendmicro.com