Trend Micro Antivirus+

Navigating on the Internet comes with certain risks, due to the continuously expanding malware threats. Every computer user knows that having an antivirus solution installed is no longer optional, since viruses and spyware can damage the integrity of your computer and result in data theft.

Trend Micro Antivirus+ is one of the many protection solutions out there that promise to detect dangerous content or viruses and safeguard your PC against phishing attempts or spyware.

The application provides real-time cloud-based protection, displaying warnings before you access links that are considered dangerous, whether it is in your mailbox, a web browser or an instant messaging client.

In addition to this, it can be used for performing on-demand scans and in this case, three options are available. The ‘Quick Scan’ only analyzes important areas of the PC, while the ‘Full Scan’ option looks for malicious content throughout the whole system. Custom scans can also be performed, in case you just want to analyze a certain folder.

The application displays a simplified security report, where you can view the number of scanned files, the detected threat types and the scanning history.

Trend Micro Antivirus+ can scan for malware when opening, saving or downloading files and detect any unauthorized change made by a program to the system settings. It scans for suspicious behavior at system start and can be set to automatically remove the files that can threaten your security.

It comes with script blocking capabilities for multiple web browsers, spam filtering and attachment scanning options, as well as a detector for potentially unsafe networks or hijacking attempts. Users can adjust the protection level to meet their needs, schedule full or quick scans and set file and folder exceptions.

Trend Micro Antivirus+ aims to help you protect the computer against identity theft and other online threats. It is a proactive security application that can reveal phishing scams, providing the necessary features for blocking threats before they reach your system.