Trend Micro Security for Best Buy

Protects against web threats like malicious websites, phishing attempts, and online email fraud. Reveals social media privacy risks.
What is Trend Micro Security for Best Buy?
"Trend Micro Security for Best Buy" is an Edge add-on that enhances web safety by protecting against threats like phishing, scams, and identity theft. It features web threat protection, ad-blocking for faster browsing, and tools to check social media privacy risks. Additionally, it screens your emails for fraud, ensuring a safer online experience. Some features require an active Trend Micro Account subscription for full functionality.

Add-on stats

Rating: 3.40 (44)
Version: 1.7.1509.0 (Last updated: 2024-06-25)
Creation date: 2024-06-25
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • cookies
  • tabs
  • storage
  • nativeMessaging
  • management
  • scripting
  • declarativeNetRequest
  • declarativeNetRequestFeedback
  • system.storage
  • system.cpu
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 8.47M

Ranking

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Trend Micro Security for Best Buy (v1.7.1509.0)
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Add-on summary

Analyze keywords

Trend Micro Security for Microsoft Edge makes browsing the web safer and more enjoyable. Its innovative cloud-enabled security provides an extra layer of advanced protection against major web threats such as malicious websites, phishing, banking, and technical support scams, as well as identity theft. Trend Micro Security also blocks annoying and intrusive ads to make websites load faster. It can check your Facebook, X, and LinkedIn accounts for data privacy risks, as well as screen your Gmail, Outlook.com, and Yahoo Mail messages for signs of fraud. Features*: • Web Threat Protection helps insulate you against online threats and identity theft • Ad-blocking for faster, more enjoyable web browsing • Email Defender reveals fraudulent messages in your webmail accounts • Privacy Scanner finds privacy concerns in social media accounts • Pay Guard works with our desktop app to protect your data in your financial transactions against any security and identity threats

Note: Some features of this extension require a Trend Micro Account with an active subscription.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effective in detecting and eliminating malware and adware.
  • Has been used successfully by some users for years.
Cons
  • Not user friendly and difficult to determine if it is installed correctly.
  • Repeated prompts to install the extension despite it being already installed.
  • Does not provide adequate protection against significant web threats.
Most mentioned
  • User interface is not intuitive and hard to navigate.
  • Frequent prompts and issues with installation.
  • Confusion over the protection capabilities of the add-on.
Recent reviews
Most of the time it is ok. But sometimes it blocks what I perceive as ok web sites. Most of those are requesting political donations. Especially on my phone.
by Stephen, 2024-03-09

Has not been working.
by Danilo, 2023-02-10

I have not been able to update my new version
by Shirell, 2022-01-14
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Trend Micro Security for Best Buy requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Trend Micro Security for Best Buy is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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