InterScan VirusWall from Trend Micro Voted Best Virus Protection — Takes W2Knews Target Awards 2000

Business Wire, Oct 11, 2000

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Internet Gateway Solution Selected by NT System Managers for

Best Price, Features, and Overall Value Among Antivirus Applications

Trend Micro Inc. (NASDAQ:TMIC), a leading provider of enterprise antivirus and content security for the Internet age, today announced its InterScan(R) VirusWall(R) product was awarded the W2KnewsTarget Award 2000 for Best Virus Protection.

Nominated products were rated based on feature set, price, and overall value and functionality by users and subscribers to W2Knews, the world's largest E-Newsletter designed for Windows NT system managers. The awards were presented by Sunbelt-Software, publishers of W2Knews, at the Microsoft Exchange and Collaboration Conference held this week in Dallas, TX. Trend Micro beat out products from Symantec, McAfee, and Computer Associates to win this prestigious award.

A recent survey published by Information Security magazine found 80% of their corporate respondents experienced external security breaches from viruses, Trojans, and worms, while 37% reported problems with malicious mobile code (ActiveX, JavaScript, VBS). These findings underline the increasing prevalence of Internet threats and the need for organizations to protect themselves at the Internet gateway.

Trend Micro's InterScan VirusWall provides a high-performance antivirus solution at the Internet gateway, stopping viruses and other malicious code before it spreads through servers and desktops. SMTP, HTTP, and FTP traffic is scanned for the latest Trojans and viruses as well as for malicious ActiveX and Java code. Administrators can get the latest virus pattern file updates manually or automatically from the web, and centrally manage security policy from a web-based remote console.

"This award is especially meaningful to us because it comes from the people who use our products day in and day out," said Mike Conner, president of North American operations at Trend Micro. "System managers are among the most demanding and knowledgeable users of networking solutions -- InterScan VirusWall's selection for Best Virus Protection product is a real stamp of approval from those who best understand the need for a secure Internet infrastructure."

Trend Micro pioneered the concept of Internet gateway virus scanning when it introduced InterScan VirusWall in October of 1995 and has led the industry with innovative antivirus technology solutions ever since. Today, InterScan VirusWall is one of the most stable and scalable antivirus solutions on the market. InterScan VirusWall supports a wide array of computing platforms, including Windows NT, Solaris, Red Hat Linux and HP-UX.

InterScan has won numerous awards and accolades including the Editor's Choice Awards from Network Computing and Smart Reseller magazines.

About InterScan VirusWall

Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall provides high-performance, three-in-one real-time Internet gateway protection against viruses and malicious code. InterScan installs on the gateway server. Trend Micro's virus scanning engine, MacroTrap(TM), incorporates both rule-based and pattern recognition technologies that detect and clean known and unknown viruses and malicious code. Integration with the Trend Virus Control System means that Internet gateway protection can be managed as an integral part of an enterprise-wide antivirus effort. InterScan is fully integrated with Check Point FireWall-1 and is compatible with most other major firewalls.

The InterScan eManager(TM) optional plug-in to InterScan VirusWall adds content management tools allowing the administrator to control the type of email data entering or leaving the network at the Internet gateway.

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro provides centrally controlled server-based virus protection and content-filtering products and services. By protecting information that flows through Internet gateways, email servers, and file servers, Trend Micro allows companies and service providers worldwide to stop viruses and other malicious code from a central point before they ever reach the desktop.

Trend Micro's corporate headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan, with business units in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Trend Micro's North American headquarters is located in Cupertino, CA. Trend Micro's products are sold directly and through a network of corporate, value-added resellers and service providers.

Evaluation copies of all of Trend Micro's products may be downloaded from its award-winning web site, http://www.antivirus.com.

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the ability of Trend Micro's products to detect viruses and filter content. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the effectiveness of the Company's products in protecting against computer viruses and filter content, and other risks indicated in the Risk Factors section of Trend Micro's annual report on Form 20-F dated May 24, 2000. The annual report is on file with the SEC. Actual results could differ materially. Trend Micro assumes no obligation to update this information.