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.