antiphishing test, which uses extremely new real-world phishing sites. This time
around it caught 96 percent. That’s still a good score, but half a dozen products
have done better. In particular, Bitdefender Total Security McAfee, and Norton
all caught 99 percent of the samples in their phishing tests.
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Shield prevents unauthorized programs from making any changes in the folders
you choose to protect. It monitors all processes for signs of ransomware-like
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group of ransomware samples that were hand-tweaked to avoid simple
signature-based detection, Trend Micro caught them all based on their
behavior, tagging half as ransomware and the rest as suspicious.
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transactions; Mute Mode, which suspends all security-related interruptions; a
booster for Windows Firewall that targets network-level attacks; Fraud Buster,
which sends your email to Trend Micro for analysis and fraud detection; and
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That impressive collection of features is what puts the “plus” in Trend Micro
Antivirus+ Security.
SHARED SUITE FEATURES
Trend Micro’s antivirus comes as a single license for Windows or macOS, with
no multi-license discount. Upgrading to Trend Micro Internet Security gets you
exactly three licenses that you can use on either PC or Mac.
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space, traces of your browsing history, and startup programs that slow the boot
process, among other things.
For another take on privacy, the social media privacy scanner checks your
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts, reporting any settings that might
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