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Trend Micro Smart Feedback provides continuous communication between Trend Micro products and the company's 24/7 threat research centers and technologies. Each new threat identified through a single customer's routine reputation check automatically updates all of Trend Micro's threat databases, blocking any subsequent customer encounters of a given threat. For example, routine reputation checks are sent to the Smart Protection Network. By continuously processing the threat intelligence gathered through its extensive global network of customers and partners, Trend Micro delivers automatic, real-time protection against the latest threats and provides "better together" security. This is much like an automated neighborhood watch that involves the community in protection of others. The privacy of a customer's personal or business information is always protected because the threat information gathered is based on the reputation of the communication source.
Trend Micro Smart Feedback is designed to collect and transfer relevant data from Smart Protection Servers to the Smart Protection Network so that further analysis can be conducted, and consequently, advanced solutions can evolve and be deployed to protect clients.
Some samples of information sent to Trend Micro:
File checksums
Web sites accessed
File information, including sizes and paths
Names of executable files
You can terminate your participation to the program anytime from the Web console.
You do not need to participate in Smart Feedback to protect your computers. Your participation is optional and you may opt out at any time. Trend Micro recommends that you participate in Smart Feedback to help provide better overall protection for all Trend Micro customers.
For more information on the Smart Protection Network, visit:
http://www.smartprotectionnetwork.com
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