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Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 Scores High in Comparison Tests

mary | 05 February, 2008 11:53

Cupertino, California – January 30, 2008 – Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, announced today that its consumer product, Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, top scored in a comparison testing of 28 other antivirus products conducted by a leading, independent testing organization.

AV-Test.org (www.av-test.org), an independent testing group at the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany,reported that Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 was 1 of only 4 other products that detected all 12 active rootkits in the test. A rootkit is a type of malicious software that takes control of a computer system and is difficult to detect because it is often activated before a system boots up. Trend Micro was given the highest rating of “Very Good” in this testing category.

Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 also achieved the highest possible rating of “Very Good,” in its signature-based, on-demand detection capabilities. According to AV-Test.org, products were tested against more than 1 million samples of Trojan horses, backdoors, bots, worms and viruses found spreading or which were distributed in the last six months.

With Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, consumers get proactive, seamless protection from threats that compromise their personal digital identity and the private, important files and images stored on their computers. The product features: antivirus security, anti-spyware protection, personal firewall, fraud defense, wireless network monitoring, home network control, and advanced parental control.