The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Trend Micro AV? Is it worth using my free 1 yr subscription?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by 133794m3r, Apr 2, 2009.

  1. 133794m3r

    133794m3r Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    262
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    as stated is it worth it? I got this 1 year free subscription with my laptop after i got it back from repair so is it worth using that key to get it for 1 year? or should i go with my fav and tride and true Avast! Home Edition.
     
    133794m3r, Apr 2, 2009
    #1
  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

    Reputations:
    14,217
    Messages:
    15,406
    Likes Received:
    87
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Oh I had TrendMicro on my 1530...and it caused *nothing but trouble* for me... :eek:

    So, I removed it..finally. :( And, installed Avira AV..and that was a FTW for me!! I will never, ever use Trend Micro..even if you paid me.

    Use Avira, it's a great *free* app' :D

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Apr 2, 2009
    #2
  3. Signal2Noise

    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

    Reputations:
    445
    Messages:
    1,970
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Agree with Cin'.

    An 18-month sub of TM came on my XPS laptop. I tried it for a month and it was problematic, unintuitive, and weak in detection routines. Needless to say I removed TM and went with the tried & true Kaspersky. Sorry, but I'm a disbeliever in the free AV apps.
     
    Signal2Noise, Apr 2, 2009
    #3
  4. 133794m3r

    133794m3r Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    262
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well i use Avast! Home b/c well it's free and it's never given me any troubles and also you have to sorta of register it with them aka product key and it's scan speeds are nice plus the resident shield and such so it keeps me happy ^^
    and i'm glad that i removed it @.@ i saw it and was like is this thing. Uninstalled it but then wondered if it was even worth it. On the upside they gave me a lojack thing for a year :/ like i'll let this thing get stolen XD
     
    133794m3r, Apr 2, 2009
    #4
  5. RangerXML

    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

    Reputations:
    211
    Messages:
    1,437
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I like Avast! its not so intrusive and will run when you PC is idle or using a screen saver.
     
    RangerXML, Apr 2, 2009
    #5
  6. xenon2k9

    xenon2k9 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    48
    Messages:
    346
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Using Avira here, no problems so far. There is a paid version if you feel obliged to pay for your antivirus, or else the free version is quite excellent.
     
    xenon2k9, Apr 2, 2009
    #6