See our Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 6.0 Review for a review of the latest version of WFBS.
Trend Micro's Worry-Free Business Security Advanced truly lives up to its name. WFB provides a centralized server protection for your entire business. With a centralized server and the Client / Server Security Agent, your entire network will be protected from malicious websites (drive by downloads), malware, spyware, and spam.
Trend Micro’s latest version has Windows Vista support for 32 and 64 bit edition computers. This support adds Microsoft’s latest operating system flawlessly (My installation was on Server 2003 and Windows Vista).
Behavior Monitoring which is also included helps to protect computers from end user changes to the operating system, registry along with files and folders. Protection of computers also includes Web Reputation evaluates the potential security risk of website URLs just prior to a website visit. Web Reputation works by querying Trend Micro’s Security database. This prevents end users from picking up viruses and malware.
I tested this by traveling to several hacking sites and was promptly warned . Kudos to Trend for having an up to date database. I had several dark websites that are not well known that I research that made their list! (TrendSecure™ ) TrendSecure was added with the Client Server Security Agent as a plug-in to my web browser.
With PoP3 Main Scan and IM Content Filtering, Trend Micro lived up to their history of quality. I also tested Intuit™ Protection which protects the files and folders of your Quickbooks installation from unauthorized changes by other programs. I ran this test on a sample Quickbooks install and felt comfortable with installation and protection. Trend Micro’s Worry Free Business Advanced is truly an all in one security suite that meets the needs of all businesses.
The administrative logistics behind the installation and operation are minimal and can save time and money for network and system administrators. With the insecurity of the web, Trend Micro's WFB Advanced is a top rated performer that takes the worry away from any system administrator.
After making the initial 700+mb download for this review, the installation went flawlessly. With the installation of the client/server, sql and Apache Server, the installation including updates took approximately 25 minutes.
During the initial installation, I was impressed with the all inclusive installation that took customized settings for a proxy server. This was particularly an important part of the installation on a Windows 2003 server that was configured behind a proxy. Many programs fail because this small but critical setting is required in many organizations.
Equally impressive was the automatic uninstall of my current antivirus software. Trend put this important step in to avoid conflicts from other antivirus software vendors.