Trend Micro HouseCall (32-bit) for Windows

User Reviews

• Too many scan errors (false detections)

  llamalucasJune 3, 2015

  Pros

  It is free as in beer

  Cons

  You can easily being fooled to remove perfectly safe files due HouseCall telling you the file is infected, but they turn out to be perfectly safe with other a/v.

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• you need this

  ChoiceVoiceJanuary 30, 2014

  Pros

  -excellent detections -portable -respectable japanese company -been using for years with no problems. -

  Cons

  -none really. its a good product.

  Summary

  use this as a backup demand scanner to make sure your regular antivirus hasn't missed anything.

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• Excellent virus cleaner

  siriuscanidJuly 19, 2013

  Pros

  Desinfected my pc, and other anti virus could not do it, combines with avast

  Cons

  None I can see

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• Easy to Use as a backup Malware cleaner

  bion99February 3, 2011

  Pros

  Scan is Good as secondary tool since it is not always running in background

  Cons

  None I know of.

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• Trusted app for finding malware

  Darney53November 9, 2010

  Pros

  Works much faster that previous version

  Cons

  have a to always download

  Summary

  use it as a part of my weekly virus scanning

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• Quick review of malware

  cmkellOctober 25, 2010

  Pros

  Survey was relatively quick.

  Cons

  Did not find any problems, so I'm not sure that was a good or bad sign.

  Summary

  Efficient survey tool.

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• Antiquated

  gimpm3October 21, 2010

  Pros

  It's free.

  Cons

  Old definitions.

  Summary

  It's definitions need to be updated. I first ran HouseCall and it only found 1 infection, I then ran Malware Bytes and it found 30 more infections. It's an antiquated program.

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• Pretty Decent I suppose

  andrewpmathiasMay 15, 2010

  Pros

  Good for going to houses and scanning computers from USB drive, Pretty good scanning, nice GUI

  Cons

  Scanning could be MUCH better, threat detection is low, have to connect to internet for updates unlike Spybot S&D

  Summary

  Definately work trying but wish TM would make threat detection on HouseCall as good at their Internet Security Suits or Anti-Virus. I was using TrendMicro RUBotted on a PC (SUPPOSED TO GO TOGETHER WITH HOUSECALL WELL) and it said that RUBotted detected a Bot and it said clean with HouseCall. So I went straight out, downloaded lastest version of HouseCall, Applied updates, changed scan settings to FULL SYSTEM SCAN, and it found no bots..... Thats okay because my Avast fround it! =)

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• THE BEST

  erich41October 20, 2007

  Pros

  This fine scanner finds everything that the others don't. The only thing b etter would be Trend-Micro Pc-cillin Internet Security Suite. I prefer to use free Avast! with Housecall as a supplement. It finds all problems and even checks for Microsoft vulnerabilities. It'll refer you to a MS-Bulliton that needs to be addressed.

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• Not that good.

  Zane77August 13, 2007

  Pros

  When I clicked on try it now I got redirected to trendmicro.com. Then I have to accept terms of use and launch house call. Next I have to choose java based kernel, or browser plug in kernel, to get it to download. <p>After it downloads it has to update malware, greyware and spyware information. Now it starts scanning and while I'm waiting for the scan to finish, they offer a 30 day free trial of pc-cillin internet security. <p>It scans all files and folders, and scans both c and d drives. After the scan finished it detected 15 cookies, cookies are harm less text files stored in my broswer.

  Cons

  It did not detect any spyware malware or any other infections at all. The scan takes over one hour to finish the scan, and gets stuck on a lot of files while scanning.

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