MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 71Data tab
The Data tab is the meat of Trend Micro’s security
features. Folder Shield protects specific folders against
ransomware, and you can specify as many or as little
folders as you’d like. Secure Erase gets rid of sensitive
data, while Password Manager is a browser-based
password manager for saving passwords, form filling
data, and secure notes. Vault lets you encrypt sensitive
data. There’s also an interesting – and perhaps
controversial – feature called Cloud Storage Scanner.
This feature scans Microsoft Office and PDF files stored
in your cloud storage services for threats. To do this,
however, the files have to be sent to Trend Micro and
afterwards the company says they are securely deleted.
Once the scan is done, you can get an email report
letting you know the results. This feature works with
OneDrive right now, while Dropbox is in beta. In my
tests, the OneDrive scan failed after a few seconds.
Family tab
Finally, the Family tab lets you use Trend Micro’s
parental controls for on-device limitations, such
as restricting web pages or placing time limits on
computer time. Trend Micro also has a settings section
accessible via the settings cog next to the big Scan
button on the main dashboard. Here you can adjust
options for scanning and the PC Health checkup.
There’s also an exceptions list to prevent Trend Micro
from monitoring certain programs, and whitelisting
websites and certain Wi-Fi networks.
Returning to the dashboard, next to the settings
option is a button for displaying security reports that