ClamAV
Different way of workingFreeFree scanner for checking files that might carry Windows malware. Useful mainly if you share files with Windows machines.
Does Trend Micro Maximum Security run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. Trend Micro lists Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and Chromebook for its home security product, with no Linux version. In most homes nothing needs to replace it.
Trend Micro Maximum Security is sold for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and Chromebook. Linux is not on that list, there is no Linux installer, and the Windows one will not run usefully through a compatibility layer even if you tried.
Before you cancel, look at what else the licence covers. These products are usually sold as several devices at once, so the phones and tablets in the house may still be using it. If the Linux machine was the only device on the plan, let it lapse rather than renew.
You are unlikely to need a like-for-like replacement. On Linux, software normally arrives from a checked app store rather than a downloaded installer, and the system asks for your password before anything can change it. That removes most of what a Windows antivirus spends its day blocking.
The parts of these suites that are not antivirus are worth accounting for separately. If you used the password manager, move those entries to Bitwarden or KeePassXC before the subscription ends. If you used the VPN, that is a separate purchase now.
What to use instead of Trend Micro Maximum Security
Bitwarden
Different way of workingFree with paid extrasCovers the password manager part of the suite, with a free tier and a proper Linux app.
Your files: Imports a .csv export of saved passwords from most security suites and browsers.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need Trend Micro Maximum Security. Everything else you do can move.
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