Quick Start Guide
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Introduction
This Quick Start Guide will step you through the process of registering, activating and installing
Trend MicroTM Home Network Security Services. This unique bundle of services combines an
award-winning Internet security application with new Trend Micro security technology built in to your
router. With one convenient subscription, Trend Micro Home Network Security Services protect
every computer on your network from viruses, hackers, spyware, spam, and other Internet threats.
The activation process consists of 3 simple steps and takes about 15 minutes.
The steps are:
Install the Trend Micro dashboard
Activate your Trend Micro Home Network Security Services
Install Trend Micro PC-cillin
Important: To protect your entire network, repeat steps 1 and 3 on all of your computers.
After you activate your services in step 2, Security Scan and Anti-Spyware are free for unlimited
use, and the Parental Controls service is free for 60 days.
To extend your free trial of the Parental Controls service from 60 days to one full year, install Trend
Micro PC-cillin Internet Security on at least one PC and register the software. Parental Controls,
when enabled, protect all computers connected to your router. Select per-user mode to give
unrestricted Internet access to specified users.
For details on using Parental Controls, Security Scan, Anti-Spyware, and PC-cillin Internet Security,
download the Home Network Security Services User's Guide by clicking the link on the dashboard's
Service Summary screen.
1
Install the Trend Micro dashboard
TM
Internet Security (free for 60 days)
The Trend Micro dashboard requires Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later. If
Note:
you are using a non-Microsoft browser or an earlier version of Internet Explorer, please install
Internet Explorer 5.5 or later before continuing.
Make sure your computer is connected to the router. Open an Internet Explorer browser window. In
the address bar, type http://tmss.trendmicro.com/dashboard. A screen picturing your router
appears.
Click Continue. The ActiveX Download
screen appears.
If a security warning message box
appears, click Install or Yes to download
the Trend Micro ActiveX control. In
Windows XP, a yellow information bar may
appear. Click the yellow bar, and then click
Install ActiveX Control.
After a few seconds, the Trend Micro
dashboard will appear.
This is the Trend Micro dashboard.
From the dashboard, you can configure
and control your Home Network
Security Services.
Note: To protect your entire network,
install the Trend Micro dashboard on all
of your computers.
Activate Trend Micro Home Network Security Services
2
On the Trend Micro dashboard, click the Service Summary tab. The Service Summary screen
appears.
Under the Action column, click Activate
My Services. The Three Easy Steps
screen will appear. Click Next. The
Register a Trend Micro Customer
Account screen appears.