PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 (10/28/2003)

TREND SENDS OUT BUG; CRASHES CPUsby Bigpappapunk - August 2, 2005

Pros: You get rid of the product

Cons: Your computer gets hosed

Pretty darn good.by insomnia976 - June 12, 2005

Pros: Firewall, spyware, anti spam, and antivirus support.

Cons: Poor management of the firewall.

They respond!by wkb4447 - June 1, 2005

Pros: Almost perfect

Cons: Only lacks spyware killer

Beware!!! And be warned!!!by AlexBrian - April 26, 2005

Pros: Better than Norton or McAfee but eTrust is the best!

Cons: Poor support, closed on weekends. Instead of guarding your computer, creates problems and sends them to you!

Excellent antivirus programby billmeister - April 8, 2005

Pros: Great value, feature laden, easy to use

Cons: Nothing I'd really complain about

It is not what you think it is!by iamconan - March 13, 2005

Pros: Fast Anti Virus Scan

Cons: Junk Firewall

I rate this product===FAIR!by - May 14, 2004

Pros: I purchased the Trend Micro Internet Security 2004 after reading about how good it was. After installing it, I was receiving so many conflicts, the ScanDisk function would not complete. I control/alt/del almost everything except the needed ones and it sti

Cons: See the above, thank you.

Tremendous product. Beats McAfee hands down.by - May 13, 2004

Pros: This product covers me on all bases. Virus scan, firewall, etc. I'm very pleased.

Cons: None

I won't use anything elseby - May 11, 2004

Pros: I ahve been using PC-Cillin since 1996. I have never had anything slip past the scan. It works without having to think or worry about my protection being there.

Cons: Some versions have been a little difficult to get serial number installed. Support has been slow sometimes in the fact that you don't get something going with one person but you will be getting a response from someone different everytime, making it harder

Works Horriblyby - May 9, 2004

Pros: Comes with good antivirus programs.

Cons: The firewall is horrible. As soon as I got on the internet, my homepage had changed and I was bombarded with ads.

The Best so far in the Marketby - May 8, 2004

Pros: Every function in this bundle is extremly user friendly, especially for beginer. Aim with automatic update for the lastest virus definition.

Cons: None

No more Norton Script Error messagesby - May 7, 2004

Pros: Bottom line: I bought this because I kept getting script errors with Norton's product. Results: zero script errors! I don't use the firewall because I have ZoneAlarm.

Cons: None so far

Worst support in the industryby - May 6, 2004

Pros: Works well

Cons: Don't expect to simply pay your renewal and get another year of updates. Miserable support.

50% of SPAM is not identifiedby - May 2, 2004

Pros: Cheap, but you get what you pay for.

Cons: This software is junk. 50% of all SPAM is not identified. Technical Support is just a buzz word...you will get no support. They have a pitifully deficient knowledge base that they tout as having answers. Yeah, right. This is the last time I'll use

FAST, RELIABLE, STABLE, AND DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND WEB BROWSINGby - May 1, 2004

Pros: Had Norton Internet Security 2004 pre installed in my new Dell Dimension 8300. Switched to PC-cillin three weeks later. Kept getting ERROR messages with NIS 2004 when scanning and updating virus definitions. Even did a reinstall but did not help one bit.

Cons: None so far.

pretty impresive so farby - May 1, 2004

Pros: After testing so many AVs and firewall, I am pretty happy with this one. Also thinking of putting ZoneAlarm too just in case since it can block separate programs.

Cons:

Nie features, wish they workedby - April 27, 2004

Pros: It has all the right features

Cons: SPAM detection is a joke - it misses 9/10 spams, and it gives false positives. Outgoing mail virus check causes Outlook to not send any mail for two days until I disabled this "feature". It hasn't detected one virus since I installed it (and yes, I hav

Greatest, Most Effective, Reasonable Costby - April 27, 2004

Pros: Catches more than Norton & McAfee; auto updates definition files (user config); doesn't conflict with my programs

Cons: None so far

Totally, its EXCELLENT indeed among all other Antivirus, AntiSpam, and Firewall programs...by - April 27, 2004

Pros: I have been using all PC-cillin versions since the year 2000. That times I used PCC because in most PC magazines I read : "TrendMicro PCC is a very powerful antivirus and it resides in RAM...". But today that I have experienced it for more than 3 years, I

Cons: I think every program has some negative points, although I don't consider the following points negative. I hope TrendMicro will solve them in next versions if thinks expedient : 1) The event logs can be deleted just together and we cannot delete one opt

Bad interface and responseby - April 22, 2004

Pros: update virus info automatically

Cons: report wrong information, firewall keeps report non-exist over-flow atk, poor option for user if it found virus, the pop up windows will drive you mad

The Antivirus Professionals use !by - April 21, 2004

Pros: What a great product! I have it on my home computer network and always recommend it to family and friends. When you tried all the rest...this is the best !!!

Cons: Not much to say here. Tried others such as McAfee & Norton but they just don't compare to this. Kudos to Trend Micro and their great technical support team who have helped me out more than once.

Terrible firewallby - April 13, 2004

Pros: The anti-virus engine is fast.

Cons: The product requires you to uninstall other firewall products and then provides you with a very low quality firewall. From my other PC, I could see that the computer running PC-Cillin was sending out data without even alerting me that it was doing so. T

PC-cillins #1by - March 29, 2004

Pros: Love the new Int Security 2004, used for 3 years with no problems. This package will do it all! They also send updates out very quickly (responding to viruses). Highly recommend!

Cons: None

The Best Virus Program on the Marketby - March 28, 2004

Pros: Catches all activity and does not let nothing effect the computer at all. This is by far the best product for your money. It comes with everything(Virus scanner, firewall, antispam etc)

Cons: Nothing There is no cons on this product

WONDERFUL!!by - March 23, 2004

Pros: easy to use,very affective virus protection

Cons: had a few bugs, but with the help of the wonderful tech support the problem was resolved

I've tried the rest, this is the bestby - March 19, 2004

Pros: I'm running PC-Cillin since 2001 and you can not only have automatic updates but a choice of times as well! Norton did't recognize "harmless viruses." that for example changed you home page. I know because we called them on it! That's when I switched over

Cons: PC-Cillin 2003 "passes" on some viruses so you have to delete them manually.

No problems...smooth as can be!!by - March 17, 2004

Pros: This virus scan is extremely easy to use...only had it for 2 weeks but it is the best so far!!! no slow down and all that jazz i've read from the mcafee or nav reviews...

Cons: none as of yet (knock, knock)!!

Get It Now!by - March 13, 2004

Pros: I've been using Trend's Anti-virus solutions on my home PC for eight years now. Not once have I ever had a virus get past this program. I disagree with the negative posts which claim system crashes and difficulty downloading the program from the web. Yo

Cons: If you can't read simple English or follow the most basic instructions then this product is not for you.

The Best Anti Virusby - March 6, 2004

Pros: Fast Scanner, 100% Detection rate. Built in firewall (even though I deactivate it and use ZoneAlarm 4.5 Pro. Your sytem will see very little in the way of slowdown compaired to Nortons (Bloatware) or Mcafee's Unrealible scanner.

Cons: Firewall is a bit weak.. while easy to use for the home novice. for a user like me who likes a "fort knox" of a computer. its lacking. the anti spam is a bit useless as well.

i got it about 2 mths agoby - March 6, 2004

Pros: its fast but dose crash. happy (no).spyware it hardly gets.viruses had to go to norton to fix but its far from the best... avg to helped.I thought it was the best,i read the reviwes form cnet and i say dont belive the hype.do your own testing (more then o

Cons: dose not always do what it says firewall sucks.

Truly the best anti-virus out thereby - March 4, 2004

Pros: The installation went very quick and easy - no need to reboot. The speed of this anti virus product is brilliant, you don't have to wait 10 seconds for the control panel to appear, it appears straight away, and navigating through all the features is very

Cons: None so far.

Probably the most under-rated product available.by - February 28, 2004

Pros: I've primarily used McAfee VirusScan for years and it works, I was just not impressed with their 8.x interface. This product has a user friendly interface and it just works.

Cons: Still don't like the subscription service, but I will likely have to get used to it now that more and more homes go with broadband. Firewall seems weak and it won't let you install unless you remove ZoneAlarm... You have to disable the Trend Micro firewa

Buy this and never look backby - February 28, 2004

Pros: Can’t say enough. I will try though. I have eyed Trend Micro for about three years now. I always liked the speed of their software. So after my recent experience with Mcafee 2004 and Norton 2004, I decided to give them a try. All I can say is why did I no

Cons: I would like to see a fire wall at least as good as the free Sygate stuff. The current firewall is a port only blocker. Would like to see an optional installer for the features so I can choose what to install.

Doesn't actually protect you from anythingby - February 27, 2004

Pros: Yeah right

Cons: This product hardly catches anything. It's real time engine is a joke. I'd recommend PANDA or McAfee 100 times before PC-Cillin. The absolute worst is their corporate "solution" Officescan. It doesn't catch ANYTHING. Or if it does see it, it can't cl

Pretty Good programby - February 18, 2004

Pros: Very good antivirus and easy to use.

Cons: You will probably need Adaware for detecting spyware and a separate firewall like zonalarm which are both free to do a better job. As long as you keep up with pattern files and make sure that it is compatible to your system i dont see that you will have

Excellent Product to use!by - February 17, 2004

Pros: EXTREMELY user friendly. Automatically downloads updates. Scanning your hard drive or specific folder is easy to do. A cool feature is how you can set up a schedule to scan your computer for viruses. Has everything you need.

Cons: The Anti-spam thing isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Still get plenty of spam in my inbox using Outlook. All the spam function is is that it marks email as being "spam", it does not block it.

PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 worksby - February 15, 2004

Pros: Logical and easy to understand, user should have no problem with interfacing. Screens do not read like a dictionary and very effective realtime updating and alerts.

Cons: no popup ad/adware blocker etc,a minor problem.

Roses are red, violets are blue, PC-cillin WE LOVE YOUby - February 11, 2004

Pros: Smarter and faster and cooler than other products, protecting us completely since our first ignorant days online. We just lucked out that Trend Micro came pre-installed on our Vaio. Now we are devotees!

Cons: Zero. (To previous posters: If a glitch arises, be patient, They Will Fix It.)

It Really Works!!by - February 9, 2004

Pros: I have been a NAV user for years until my machine was affected by the latest round of viruses. NAV didn't detect several viruses. Used Trends online virus scanner to clean my system. Have switched to PC-Cillin 2004 and have been very happy. The scans are

Cons: None

Couldn't be happyby - February 9, 2004

Pros: Easy to install. Doesn't bog down the system. Simple and effective update process. Much easier to live with than McAfee.

Cons: I wish the firewall traced attacks with a visual interface.

A smartly designed and comprehensive suite.by - February 8, 2004

Pros: More than a top-notch antivirus program, PC-Cillin provides firewall, URL and SPAM filtering. For users complaining about the need for color coded alerts when signatures or engine components are out of date, PC-Cillin can be set to automatically update co

Cons: N/A

Not bad, definately not the Best!by - February 5, 2004

Pros: Value...You get alot for the money. Fast scan low CPU utilization and easy on the system resources

Cons: Yes you get alot but it's the old saying "Jack of all trades...Master of none!" The firewall is basic not to feature rich, the Antispam...forget it didn't caught much if any. I'm a Symantec Client Security User...it's an Anti-virus and Firewall program.

I have tried them allby - January 28, 2004

Pros: I used PC-cillin on my old computer for 3 years after having a bit of frustration with NAV. Our new computer came with MAV and we have spent a year with that program along with their firewall which is a pain to say the least for the kids. Oh how nice

Cons: None at all... it does the job.

THE BEST PERIOD!!!by - January 27, 2004

Pros: Fast, reliable, awesome detection!!! I have used Norton Antivirus for many years but no more, since Trend Micro detects viruses that the other antivirus programs say isn't there like the VBS_INOR.U virus. Trust me This one is a Winner!!!

Cons: NONE

Complications..>by - January 27, 2004

Pros: Effective virus removal, quick scans.

Cons: Heavy memory usage, if you have a router the firewall will djwbd, too many features for its own good. Interface is overly simple and could use some style.

Better than Norton or Macaffee (I've had problems with these two)by - January 27, 2004

Pros: * Very stable - no conflicts with other software * Notifies me when a new viruses found "in the wild" so I can get the latest definitions * Firewall shows rebuffed cracker attacks * Webmail scan: clear/easy to use * Lets me shut down all Internet traffic

Cons:

Having Problems With 2004 Versionby - January 25, 2004

Pros: I've been using PC-Cillin for several years and have reason to believe this is a great product.

Cons: I'm having trouble since loading 2004 on my new Dell PC. We have 3 different "users" on XP. It will only update new patterns on one user and the real-time scanning agent will often disappear on all users. I've also had a virus attachment come through w

Excellent security suiteby - January 22, 2004

Pros: Very simple to use and set up, very secure firewall, very effective antivirus, spam filter is a bonus, not too much drain on speed, automatic updates can be easily scheduled

Cons: Default 'medium' setting is a little insecure (does not restrict outbound traffic), firewall rules don't allow access on a program-by-program basis.

Marvellous!by - January 20, 2004

Pros: This antivirus software has done it where other antivirus softwares has left-off.I was a Norton User for the past years and ended up formatting my pc atleast twice in a month.They don't protect you except unprotect you.Pc-cillin detected spywares as well

Cons: Price is ok but more of features could be added but in all and all this is the best Antivuirus software I have ever used and recommend peope worth buying it

Can't get it to work without crashing my PCby - January 17, 2004

Pros: The review was great, and I was excited. During the serial disasters, Tech Support has been great, but...

Cons: It blocks my Internet connection. It crashes the PC; I've seen more blue screens of death in the past week than in my whole PC history. I even went into Regedit and deleted every trace of Norton IS I could find, since they thought that was the problem,

it is the best out.........by - January 10, 2004

Pros: this is the the one that holds the crown of all antivirus king cillin. it is the best tryed them all it is the best.

Cons: none it is the best hacker killer you want to try your antivirus software go to kazaa and and mess around spyware will give you a hint not with pc cillin it is the best trust me ive try them alllllllllllll.

I HATE IT !!!by - January 9, 2004

Pros: Easy to install & use, BUT,,,,,

Cons: The Firewall is useless if you are behind a router. This program made it impossible for us to access other computers on our network. If you have a stand alone computer, this program works great except for Java Streaming programs. If you are behind a ro

Used to be the Bestby - January 8, 2004

Pros: Absolutely the best virus scanner available....

Cons: Till now. They added the firewall and the spam filter and the other extras which is great if you want(need that. The only thing I have a use for is the Virus software. and in order to get it now I have to buy the entire package which I won't use.. which

Just replaced McAfee w/ PCCillin- WoooHOOO!!!by - January 8, 2004

Pros: huge system speed performance great desktop to configure

Cons: can't think of any now

The Best there is!by - January 3, 2004

Pros: I have used Pc-Cillian for a long time and it has given me nothing but great service. Trend Micro just keep making it better every year and they don't cut you off if you don't upgrade when your year's license is up. Excellent tech support!

Cons: Nothing - they just keep making things better!

Beat others on my machine...!by - December 27, 2003

Pros: @#$! - I just paid for Norton 2004 and think I wasted my $. Since Norton's using online activation I was trying to find something on multiple machines at home. As a test I ran BitDefender and PC-cillin on the same machine that I had Norton 2004 on. Bot

Cons: None so far. Will repost if I have any in the future.

what a joke.by - December 20, 2003

Pros: The have payed very well to C-net to have this review.

Cons: Get norton or McAfeee and forget this poor antivirus.

TRIED AND TRUE FRIENDby - December 15, 2003

Pros: I have used Pccillin for many years. I hear always the praises of others but from those who don't know this product. I know and I pass the word. Like others, I have had my system lock up from Norton. But never from Pccillin! The best solid protection your

Cons: Not for sale in most stores.

Finally someone did it right!by - December 13, 2003

Pros: Kiss Norton and McAfee goodbye. I just did after using Norton products for six years. I patiently put up with declining quality and usablility with SystemWorks and Norton Internet Security, but I kept wondering why. When I determined that Internet Securit

Cons: None that I am aware of.

The BEst available no doughtby - December 11, 2003

Pros: all in one pkg, does not slow your pc, easy to use for any one or advance users,made from a japan company top folks that knows what they are doing it.

Cons: none

Well integrated security package.by - December 10, 2003

Pros: Easy to use firewall, excellent spam filtering, effective anti-virus, privacy protection of credits (etc), and stops the more severe malware from installing onto your system.

Cons: The interface could use a little more streamlining and better descriptions of the virus in the activity log would have been nice.

Excellent value, excellant productby - December 10, 2003

Pros: I got PC-cillin 2002 with my Asus motherboard.. Found it always worked a treat. This new update is even greater. The firewall will let you know what is doing what, if you tell it to, is easy to configure. Everytime I logon to the net, hte software is upda

Cons: The privacy function is a little useless but hey its nice to have the option

better than nortonby - December 7, 2003

Pros: I tried norton internet security 2004 which had more feature than pc-cillin but when i changed to PC-cillin internet security i noticed the difference with my system now all the programs work perfect(norton hade conflict with many programs) it does not us

Cons: You must upgrade the product evrey year it will be good idea to buy virus diffination only. the firewall does not alert you when a programe try to use the internet or when there is an attack on your computer it will be better to put spam into junk folder

Any possibility to make it betterby - December 4, 2003

Pros: No Comments at the moment.

Cons: Downloaded trial version. My goodness. My pc was infected 10 network viruses and not able to clean/delete, all the 10 nt viruses were being quarantined. The only solution is for me to format my local HD and resinstalled the Windows.

A good all-around toolby - December 1, 2003

Pros: I really like the integrated virus, spam, firewall, and privacy tools. You buy and install one product, and you get the functionality of four. I also appreciate the fact that it uses fewer system resources than other products. As others have noted, if y

Cons: As someone else noted, the interface is a little "busy," but it's still usable.

upgrade every year and have yet to be dissapointedby - November 29, 2003

Pros: literally transparent realtime scanning. safe and low system overhead. unmatched feature set

Cons:

Excellent solution for (internet) securityby - November 29, 2003

Pros: Oh my little doggy in Pc-Cillin 98... :) It was also the best antivirus in 1998, Still the best. Pc-Cillin 2004 Internet Security uses very little system resources compared to Norton and McAfee. It's firewall received the best scores - better than Norton'

Cons: Privacy data protection is excellent, except it needs to be turned off and on again, when you need your data to be used for a safe site that you know.

Everything is great except ease of useby - November 28, 2003

Pros: great speed and it never misses a virus. Well worth the money. $50 bucks to start and about $24 for every subsequent upgrade once every year.

Cons: I found the privacy feature a little hard to use. Sure it's great when you want your name,phone number, credit card, username and password protected from websites gathering them, but it is a little annoying that you have to disable the privacy feature e

Good anti virus, need improvement in SPAM filteringby - November 27, 2003

Pros: Basically an all in one product. This ensure that all components work well with one another without conflict. For the record, I have been using PC Cillin anti-virus software since 1989 (the "dongle" years), it has yet to fail me. :-)

Cons: The anti SPAM module is rather weak. I would recommend that the K9 anti SPAM freeware (at http://keir.net) be used instead. It seems to be more effective in filtering out SPAM than PC Cillin Internet Security. For the firewall, it should incorporate sim

Easy-to-use, novice-oriented, effectiveby - November 25, 2003

Pros: The interface is pretty simple to understand and, in my opinion, is great for us novices. Works very well "right out of the box," as they point out. Pre-set firewall profiles help, so configuration is not overwhelming to start.

Cons: Seems somewhat slow in doing full computer scan, but is certainly adequate.

The only one for meby - November 24, 2003

Pros: Found a very nasty trojan that others had missed (one that had resulted in my cancelling all my credit cards, and bank accounts becuase my keystrokes were logged).. theothers missed it!

Cons: Nothing new..it slows performance, they all do

Great Product, but firewall is weakby - November 24, 2003

Pros: Easy to set up and update.

Cons: Firewall is weak. Most firewalls can protect incoming, but the key is outgoing if an intruder or spyware gets in. If the firewall is improved to compete with Zonealarm, then this would be a killer package.

Superantivirusby - November 24, 2003

Pros: Antivirus combined to one! Real Time Monitor and Personal Firewall! It is like Combining McAfee Virus Scan Pro 8.0 and Zone Alarm's Latest! Nothing bad happened, virus and hacker attacks are useless against this thing! Scanning Engine is Excellent at 1000

Cons: It can't outwit NOD32 Version 2.0's 60 second long scan engine which also never miss a virus!

Blows Norton Away -- for less $by - November 24, 2003

Pros: I manage multiple computers for a small business, and I have used TrendMicro's PCcillin products for about two years now. PCcillin is simply the best product in the internet security/antivirus category. Each of our business computers ran either Norton or

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Great product!!! GO buy itby - November 19, 2003

Pros: Fast scan Easy updates Easy Firewall Very Stable Great value for the price

Cons: None.

Quick and painless, easiest firewall I've seenby - November 19, 2003

Pros: In my own timed tests with various application loading time, Pc-Cillin outperforms McAfee by 50%. In addition, I've never - not once - had this program lock, obstruct access to my email, or otherwise interfere with system operation, something I cannot say

Cons: It would be great if the spam filter integrated a little better with Outlook Express via a toolbar option to flag entries that should be added to the whitelist.

Great AntiVirusby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Finally a AntiVirus program that lives up to the hype. PC-Chillin 2004 is faster at scanning your pc then Nortn and Mcafee. PC-Chillin 2004 comes with a firewall and spam filter built in and the best part about PC-Chillin 2004 is you get all the goodies f

Cons: None.

Updates are automaticby - November 7, 2003

Pros: This review says that virus patterns are not automatically updated and that the programs nags about registering. My experience with previous versions of PC-Cillin is that updates are not automatic until you register the product. So register the product

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All I need from a Virus Scannerby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Very good and powerful virus scanner. Just load it up and let it do it's thing. Virus Updates download in the background, has good quarantine of infected files and emails. All in all VERY happy with my purchase.

Cons: Nothing so far

PC destroyerby - November 7, 2003

Pros:

Cons: Program put PC into blue screen. Could not uninstall. Had to do system restore. No tech support.