MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 73so you’re unlikely to
notice anything except
maybe under the heaviest
loads on a mid-range PC.
Verdict
Trend Micro’s pricing is
great and its protection
is viewed as excellent by
three different testing
outfits. To get that level
of protection, Trend
Micro employs a variety of different protection layers
including regular scanning, behavioural analysis, and
artificial intelligence – a common theme for security
suites these days. While its protection is good for
standard malware threats, the data protection feature
needs a little work. It ignored activity inside some
well-known desktop programs, allowing me to send
out purportedly protected data. The social networking
privacy features could also be more reliable.
Still, the price is right for Maximum Security, and its
subscriptions fall in line with what many of the other
top security firms are charging. Strongly in its favour is
how simple its interface is. The app itself is very easy
to understand and navigate. It also didn’t bother me
with a lot of notifications and updates, which is always
a plus. Security suites work best when they only bother
you for, you know, actual problems. Overall, Trend
Micro Maximum Security is solid security software, and
well-worth the money even if a few of the extra features
could use some further polishing. Ian Paul
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