Trend Micro is a newcomer to my list of recommended Anti-Virus / Internet Security software, and Titanium is a new brand. It  continually achieves a perfect malware detection score, protecting against 100% of threats. 

The firewall is not the best around allowing access to a TCP port known to be used by Trojans but this is not a deal breaker.

The software is average on resource usage, 121Mb RAM footprint which adds around 1 second to the actual boot-time and then an additional 8 seconds to finally initialise.

The spam filter and email scanner are useful if you use a desktop mail client. The parental controls let you restrict web browsing on a per-user basis, but doesn't offer anything that can't be had for free via Windows Family Safety.

Finally, data theft protection prevents certain information from being sent from your computer, except to authorised destinations. You can ensure your credit card details can't go anywhere except to approved online retailers, for example. It's a neat idea, but a chore if you deal with lots of websites. Despite these issues, Titanium Internet Security 2011 is a very good program due to impeccable real-world protection, a clearly labeled and logically arranged interface, and the price at around £22 for up to 3 PC's per 12 months.

You can try Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2011 for 30 day free of charge by clicking the following link: Trent Micro Titanium

The box says 2011, but the software itself is identical to the 2010 edition.  McAfee Internet Security 2011 could do with an interface upgrade though.  In the user interface, for example, all the program controls appear in dropdown menus and pop-up panes in the main window, in theory, that should keep everything neat and tidy, but in practice it's simply confusing to navigate.

The software's also incredibly slow to initialise and it will add approximately 4 seconds to the boot-time on most PC’s, it takes a further 22 seconds of further CPU usage before the software is ready to go. Thankfully, at 117MB, its memory footprint isn't too shocking.

McAfee performs quite well in detecting viruses but he worst part is McAfee's performance in malware protection which is terrible.  The firewall is not very effective either.

McAfee Internet Security 2011 does have a few plus points though,  one being the built-in backup module with a gigabyte of online storage, it's all fatally undermined by poor performance in most common malware tests and it is one of the most  expensive suites currently available too.

There are much better performing Internet security programs available that do not add as much time to your boot-time, and which start much quicker once you are in Windows.