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Bottom Line: 555

xrayiiz reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Sep 25, 2007

Terrible! Firewall couldn't pass GRC's LeakTest. Interface is awful.

robmanic44 reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 21, 2007

A resource hog even on my high powered systems. I see an obvious slowdown in my desktop with this installed.

mickrussom reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 20, 2007

I not consider this software virus. I recently had to repair a system that would blue screen on boot due to this software. The removal process was ridiculously complex. If malware simply attacks this product by trying to circumvent or disable it the failure mode isn't simply sneaking past the product but a full-on unbootable system.

I think that using UBC4Win or ERD 2005+ or some other method of booting the machine and scanning it offline is the only way to be sure a machine is clean, the windows WIN32 api offers limitless ways for malware to root and hijack a box and this crap where software tries to get between every method of infection and every attack vector is silly.

Psychlone reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 19, 2007

I'm a little partial to the TM PC-cillin Internet Security Suite...I've been using it for about 2 years and it does everything that I need it to do. Sure, some are faster, some have smaller footprints, but in the end, having everything in one place is not only convenient, it all works as described...and smaller than if you had to separately install an AV, AS, PF, as well as email security, etc.
As for the *HUGE* memory leak on PCCSCN.SRV, there's been a fix for that for months - it has to do with SpyBot S&D's immunizations...go into SpyBot, then to Immunize, then click UNDO. Done. It drops the memory usage from a *very* large 100MB+ down to the standard ~6MB that it's supposed to be. - This would be one of my only gripes with the software - better functionality with SpyBot.
Another that I don't care for, as mentioned below, is the inability to scan only new and/or changed files since last AV run.
One last thing that I would like to see implemented is a clearer and easier interface to block/allow specific programs and ports as well as ability to block ICMP (seems no matter what I do, I cannot completely block ping at all!)
Last thing is that I'd like to see a 'Power User' interface available...seems like TM 'dumbs down' the GUI with every release (I'm sure it reduces call-center help line issues, but for those of us that pretty much know what we're doing, it would be nice to have the ability to change all the settings we need without having to deal with the current GUI)

All in all, I give it a 4 - good programing, small footprint (considering all that it does vs. installing 6 different softwares to cover all that), excellent antivirus/antispyware control - (-)1 for the above mentioned issues.

Tao2005 reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 18, 2007

I use to use, Trend Mirco Anti-Spyware, till they got bought out a couple years ago. As a matter fact, it was the first AS that i have ever had. Sense they got bought out, Trend Mirco has been going down hill.

Sorry guys, your just not on my support list any more. Webroot took your place. Avast On-Access Protection will defeat any virus.

Use to be a time when I respected Trend Micro. PC-Cillin bought TM out when they had a bad rep.. Well from the looks of things, that rep. didn't improve much.

toasale reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 18, 2007

Nice suite for a family - that's as far as it stretches. I do NOT understand folks who rave about scan speed, when you've got Kaspersky's ability to "Scan new and changed files" only. This setting blows by ANY AV and the footprint is much lighter than anything they've ever offered and most competitors.

Promitheas reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 18, 2007

I've tested almost any antivirus in the market. I am DataCenter Administrator and i would like to tell you my opinion. Trend Micro is a reliable antivirus and it can find expecially many spywares that others can't do... BUT the best antivirus for me is NOD32! Nothing compares to it! (Speed,High Detection,"Light")

Uriel reviewed v16 Build 1237 Beta on Aug 17, 2007

Excellent product. Trend Micro does it's job very well.

Trend Micro is also easier to uninstall unlike Symantec's security suite which is harder to get rid of than a trojan.

GhostSailor reviewed v15 Build 1329 on Jun 4, 2007

Absolutely kills my PC's and laptops with a process named PcScnSrv.exe alone using over 85% of CPU continually, and 120 MB+ memory, just for this process. Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2007 is terrible. I've used PC-Cillin since version 2003, and until this version is has been a good product. Even 2006 was fine. 2007 is a bomb, so do not purchase it or upgrade it. Just delete your registry keys for Trend and reinstall your 2006 version, and you will be better off, until Trend Micro fixes this disastrous problem. I've been working with technical support every day (the "Customer Escalation Team") since 04/05/2007, with no end in sight so far, and it is now 06/04/2007!

jamn reviewed v15 Build 1329 on May 16, 2007

I have 25 machines in my world with 21 of them running PC-Cillin Internet Security. I ONLY have 3 of them running version 2007 with all the rest of the 21 on version 2006 - the other 4 are on Norton. I can already tell you that we will not move to version 2007 at all and we are starting to investigate other products to move all our machines to. The problems with 2007 cover everything from forgetting the exceptions after an update is done to it, over utilization at the CPU level, a consistant error message across the machines of "The feature is still loading ...". Consistant on how it moves around before we can figure anything out.

jdurban reviewed v15 Build 1329 on Feb 5, 2007

I have been a Trend micro user for years until now. Last year's version along with the new 2007 pccillin is just not serious protection. I coined the term "IBM Deathstar" a few years ago in regards to the worst hard drive ever made, the IBM Deskstar. The drive that produced near 100% failure and led to a class action suit.

My new name for the pccillin is "PC villain". This product is a complete waste of time and money and went from a mediocre product at best to one that should be removed at once as it is just a boat anchor with zero support. After considerable research I have found that there si no better product on the market than NOD32. It has the smallest memory footprint and catches everything. Trend micro missed several viruses and 2 keyloggers on one of my many systems I used as a test bed. Trend Micro is simply junk product with customer service so bad that they don't even respond to trouble tickets anymore. NOD32 is the real deal and not a toy like pccillin.

backusk reviewed v15 Build 1329 on Feb 4, 2007

I've been a Trend PcCillin user since 2000, and I'm so unhappy I was unable to even get Internet Security 2007 to install. It seemed to get all the way through the install process, then BAM! my computer just rebooted itself. Then, it would almost be done rebooting, and BAM! it would reboot itself again! I had to boot from my Acronis boot disk and restore my C: drive - there was no other way! I'm so disappointed - I thought I had gotten bad software (I downloaded it from a cheap price site - $18) so I went to NewEgg and downloaded it, but same result. Now I'm out over $50 and I have no virus protection!
I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a (granted) very old computer - but I haven't had problems with other software like this.

shadow98fl reviewed v15 Build 1329 on Jan 1, 2007

I have used Trend PC-Cillin Internet Security for three years. Until installing the 2007 version, I have never had anything negative to say about them. Their product has been absolutely great.
The 2007 version, however is causing some major headaches. The worst, for me , is the problem with the PcScnSrv.exe using an un-Godly 50% of my CPU, more ram than it needs too, and slowing my normally speedy machine down to a crawl! Programs load & start slow, and it makes online FPS games virtually impossible. From what I have read, it is a conflict with another wonderful program, Spybot Search & Destroy. That program lets you "immunize" your computer against lots of the threats out there. Well, right now, Trend's solution to the problem is to "un-immunize" your computer, & just trust that PC-Cillin will do the job. NO WAY! I had learned in the past that no one program is fool-proof, and Spybot Search & Destroy has proven it's worth to me in the past.
Hopefully, Trend will address this problem quickly, otherwise I will re-install 2006 using my 2007 key. (but I did not update the 2006 version, I bought & paid for 2007. I hate to feel cheated!)
Before this, I would have given them an absolute "5".