Friday, January 28, 2005
PC world recommends Trend Micro PC-cillin
The PC World review of Internet security suites picks "PC-cillin", by Trend Micro, as the best of the three they tested. Does their recommendation make sense?
They recommend it for the best spyware detection. But you should be using single-purpose products for that (yes, I mean "products". You need to install more than one).
They also point out that it works better with Windows XP's Security Center. But I know the details behind what they're talking about. The only difference is the day you first install one of the security suites, before you download your first set of updates. During those few minutes Trend Micro tells XP that it's not up to date. Their competitors jump the gun a little by saying they're up to date a few minutes before they are. After that there's never a difference again.
It's a good product but the review falls short of justifying its conclusion.
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They recommend it for the best spyware detection. But you should be using single-purpose products for that (yes, I mean "products". You need to install more than one).
They also point out that it works better with Windows XP's Security Center. But I know the details behind what they're talking about. The only difference is the day you first install one of the security suites, before you download your first set of updates. During those few minutes Trend Micro tells XP that it's not up to date. Their competitors jump the gun a little by saying they're up to date a few minutes before they are. After that there's never a difference again.
It's a good product but the review falls short of justifying its conclusion.
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