Small Office and Home Users Protected With Trend Micro Internet Security Software 2009

Advanced features designed to provide smarter and safer protection against online threat for families, children and busy professionals

India – March 20 2009 – Trend Micro, Incorporated (TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security launched its 2009 versions of its flagship consumer products in India. Trend Micro™ AntiVirus and Trend Micro™ Internet Security keep consumers’ data and personal information secure from online threats by delivering smart security solutions that can respond and adapt to users’ needs. The products are powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network, a cloud-client security infrastructure that correlates Web and email threat data by using reputation technologies that compare threats against in-the-cloud threat databases.

India is still a growing country for broadband usage and while we have 81 million internet users and about 10 million broadband connections more and more people will be using the internet both personally and professionally – there is a need for better and integrated protection for a lot of SMB and SOHO customers with new features that could have a bearing on the way they do business on the net.

“2009 is going to see new and advanced areas of online criminal activities driven by profit. Keeping that in mind we focused on developing products that offer smarter protection against data-stealing threats, along with the minimal impact on computer resources. Customers will experience up to over 40 per cent lower memory usage and nearly 50 per cent faster boot-up time,” said Amit Nath, Country Head Trend Micro India. “With the Smart Protection Network, Trend Micro offers our customers the strongest real-time protection against the latest Internet threats while enjoying online activities to the fullest.”

Trend Micro is uniquely positioned to provide automatic and immediate protection by instantaneously correlating threat data collected in real time through a global network of sensors. This threat information is analyzed using the global knowledge of over 1000 dedicated content security experts at TrendLabsSM locations worldwide. The results of the threat analysis are correlated in the cloud across three types of reputation databases—web, email, and file—which protects across all types of attack delivery mechanisms.

Amit Nath further added, “Trend Micro is constantly looking at new ways to help users address key online security issues. One example is by assisting parents in dealing with the rising challenge of protecting their children from the dangers that lurk online,” “The 2009 new and enhanced features help consumers get smart about Internet-usage.”

Advanced Parental Controls

With advanced parental controls, parents can better tailor controls for each family member. New functionalities include the ability to restrict the date and time each child can go on the Internet while blocking undesirable content with more than 20 categories of website filters to choose from. Parents also have the option to specify categories of information (such as home addresses, telephone numbers, passwords, etc.) they do not wish to be sent from a computer.

Enhanced Home Network Protection

The enhanced Home Network Protection enables users to manage security of multiple computers easily. Users can see and remotely manage other computers in their home network through a graphical home network map while blocking intruders from accessing their network.

Advance Warning

Trend Micro’s enhanced Web Threat Protection now warns users of malicious content received via email, IM and Web Pages. The email, IM and Webpage rating features provide colour coded alerts to advise users of potentially dangerous links and websites that they should avoid, even before they click on them.

In addition, the Security Activity Dashboard gives users a comprehensive and customisable snapshot of all the security activities on their computers through easy-to-use charts and graphs. By learning more about when and how their computers can be attacked, users can surf more securely and intelligently.

Uninterrupted Usage

With State Aware, users no longer get interruptions from scanning and pop-up during full screen mode activities such as watching a DVD, conducting a PowerPoint presentation or playing a computer game.

Trend Micro Mobile Security

For those who would like to extend Trend Micro protection to their smart phones, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro offers mobile security against viruses, SMS text message spam, malware attacks, data theft and service disruptions – especially useful for busy professionals on-the-go.

20GB Online CarboniteTM Backup

With 20GB* worth of CarboniteTM Online Backup, users now have an additional option of protecting their sensitive data.

* Up to 20GB of Carbonite Online Backup per computer, for 12 months

Pricing & Availability for India

All products is currently available in stores and online at apac.trendmicro.com.The subscription prices for one year are:

Trend Micro Anti-Virus – Rs 1400 (1 Year 1 User)

Trend Micro Internet Security – Rs 2000 (1 Year 3 users)

About Trend Micro:

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. Trend Micro was recently named the Top Global Brand in Taiwan for the fifth time since 2003. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats. Its flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe. A transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro’s trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide.

Please visit apac.trendmicro.com.