Review of Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security (Page 2 of 2)

Article by Steve Mallard (12,177 pts ) , published May 19, 2009

Client / Server Agent

The Client / Server Security Agent Console for each workstation and server is an excellent tool that offers an agent for the Apache server and database information installed. This console is easy to operate and offers status, scan, security and log information. TrendProtect and Transaction Protector can be installed as toolbars and plug-ins in this console. With TrendProtect protecting you as you surf from malicous websites, Transaction Protector helps to encrypt information that you transmit to the web. This console offers the ability to update your WFB automatically or manually. All in all, the Client / Server Security Agent is a great tool and an asset to businesses with multiple computers. The agent answers to your Apache server when queried and reports vulnerabilities and exploits that may make your computer's security weak.

WFB Agent Status

WFB Agent Protection

WFB Server Console

During my installation, I elected to install Apache Server to challenge the installation. WFB installed flawlessly and Apache started immediately. Upon opening Internet Explorer, I added the port 4343 after the local ip address for a secure login (this port was established during the installation).

WFB Apache Login

Live Status Information

The Live Status information tab give information about the status of each of the components included with Trend Micro's WFB. The information includes information about virus database, updates, license information, unusual system events, behavior monitoring, web reputiation, outbreak defense and spam information if you have an exchange database installed.

Live Status

Security Settings

The Security Settings tab allows you to add groups, computers and configure your settings for your server. As the illustration below shows, file extensions. firewall information, client priviledges and information about each component can be configured.

Server and PC List

Server Settings

Outbreak Defense and Scanning

The Outbreak Defense and Scanning options offer a complete scan of each computer and server using the WFB agent. I was really surprised and impressed when the scan returned that my laptop had a vulnerability. This scan from the server across your network is an invaluable tool that saves administrative overhead. The scan and defense allows you to manually scan at anytime or to schedule a scan. Exceptions can be created with rules for common information and services allowing an administrator to have full control of this valuable tool. The results from reports and information can be viewed under the report section.

Scanning Information

Conclusion

Trend Micro's Worry-Free Business Security is an excellent resource for your information technology team. The low administrative requirements holds down overhead and the ROI (Return of Investment) can be immediately seen by the easy to understand consoles. Trend Micro is on target and the protection this product supplies is superior and excellent.

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Comment

Aug 18, 2009 5:46 AM
Andrew Brazier
WFBS, not very good.
MY WFBS experience has been pretty poor. We needed to upgrade to cater for Vista. Ran the upgrade, very very smooth so full marks there. Directly after the upgrade completed, Exchange died and file system access to the server failed. Phoned Trend, "nothing to do with us"! Speechless! A server reboot resolved it but only after two hours of frantic troubleshooting.
The next piece of fun was disk space, WFBS can take up to 10GB (yes TEN GIGABYTES) of disk space in normal operation. That caused us problems almost at once and in my book puts it firmly in the "virus"category. Take signature files, there are about 97MB each currently and our Trend installation has not one, not two but about 30 of them including old versions which it likes to salt away for some reason. Trend say this is by design, I say this is by BAD design. Their support have been reasonably helpful but beware of them escalating a case. That means it gets ignored for 2-3 days.
Overall we are very disappointed with the product, when it eats all the disk space the Web Console breaks and Message scanning stops. Clearing disk allows for Message scanning to be restarted but the WC is still broken despite Trend's best efforts to fix it.
 
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