Honestly, though, the best internet security is smart browsing--teach Mak to recognize fishy sites when he sees them, and all the other fundamentals of digital security.
^this. I recently cleaned some foreign cyberweaponry off someones computer. Well, it couldn't be cleaned, I had to smash the HDD. How the >word< does someone get a disease on their PC like that? And he was running a really expensive antivirus at the time.
As I've noted In my quotes archive, Science can't stop stupid.
Also, @truth, what's wrong with trend micro? They've been pretty reliable in the past, tho I have to say my only experience with them is the free Housecall scan.
I had to help someone who got a fake VLC on their computer. Couldn't be fixed.
Trend Micro tends to be slow and rarely actually finds problems.
Their free stuff isn't bad, but their paid stuff is pretty worthless.