TrendMicro PC-Cillin Internet Security Review

By: Joel Smith

Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security is the best Internet
Security software in its market. This release combines
award-winning antivirus security and a personal firewall for
comprehensive protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, and
hackers. It also detects and removes spyware and blocks spam. It
even guards against identity theft by blocking phishing and
pharming attacks. PC-cillin also protects your wireless network
with Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection, an innovative security feature
that alerts you when an intruder uses your Wi-Fi connection.

Major Features That Make TrendMicro PC-Cillin Internet Security
2006 so effective include:

Comprehensive Antivirus Security that detects and removes
viruses from emails, Internet downloads, removable media, and
your personal computer's hard drive. The improved Outbreak
Warning System sends alerts to warn you of new threats. Security
updates automatically execute as soon as they are available.

Powerful Spyware Protection is assured using Trend Micro's
leading anti-spyware technology that blocks spyware and grayware
in real time. Manual and scheduled scans detect and remove
spyware that may already be installed on your personal computer.
New Exception Lists and improved Quarantine Management give you
more control to keep, delete or restore programs.

Phishing Fraud Defense allows URL filtering, anti-spam, and
patent-pending technologies to work together to block fraudulent
websites, phishing emails, and pharming attack. These scams are
designed to attack financial data, user names, and passwords.
The Anti-Fraud Wizard makes it easy to configure and the new
Anti-Fraud Toolbar helps you avoid future scams by displaying a
credibility rating of Web sites in real time.

Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection is the industry's first alert system
for wireless home networks and is now faster and better at
sending rapid alerts as soon as an unauthorized user intrudes
your wireless network.

Improved Spam Filtering employs advanced spam-filtering
technology that blocks spam from flooding your inbox and new
integration with Microsoft Outlook makes it easy to set
preferences. New user-friendly tools and more reports make it
very easy to view and manage.

Enhanced Personal Firewall is your personal firewall that
prevents intrusion from hackers, and blocks network viruses like
the well-known ZOTOB worm that targets network vulnerabilities.

Home Network Control is a centralized management console makes
it easy to configure, update, and manage all aspects of security
for every computer on your home network or wherever PC-cillin
2006 is installed.

Vulnerability Assessment is provided via PC-cillin as it
performs regular scans of your computer, alerts you to operating
system/browser vulnerabilities, and provides one-click access to
Windows Update.

System Requirements for TrendMicro PC-Cillin Internet Security
2006:

Hardware - Microsoft Windows XP/2000: Intel Pentium 300MHz or
above; Microsoft Windows Me/98/98 SE; Intel Pentium 233MHz or
above; Microsoft Windows XP: 128MB or above; Microsoft Windows
2000/Me/98/98SE:128MB or above. Requires 120MB available hard
disk space

Software - Operating System: Windows XP Home
Edition/Professional SP 2 or above; Windows 2000 Professional SP
4 or above; Windows Me, Microsoft Windows 98/98 Second Edition;
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP 2 or above; Netscape 7.1; AOL
7.0 and Firefox 1.0; Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0; Microsoft
Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003; Netscape 7.1; Eudora Pro 6J; AOL
Mail; Yahoo! Mail; MSN Hotmail and Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0;
Windows Messenger 4.7, 5.0 and MSN Messenger 6.2; ICQ 5; ICQ
Lite; AOL 5.1; Windows XP SP 2 or above; Microsoft Outlook 2000,
2002, or 2003; Microsoft Outlook Express 6, SP 2

Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 with an MSRP of
$49.95 offers a broad range of protection for your PC. It is a
feature rich, powerful choice in Internet Security protection
your PC.

About the author:
Joel Smith recommends reading the TrendMicro PC-Cillin Internet Security review at Identity
Theft Spy.