Trend Micro™ Pay Guard™ allows you to access your banking or shopping sites securely thru your default browser. When you install Trend Micro Security 2019, it automatically creates a desktop shortcut icon that calls your default browser and enables the security needed for banking and shopping online.
To use the Pay Guard feature of Trend Micro Security, do the following:
icon on your desktop. icon on your system tray.
If you do not want the Introduction window to appear each time you access Pay Guard, tick Don't show this introduction again before clicking OK.
While using Pay Guard, all Web Threat Protection is enabled. However, if the Web Threats setting of Trend Micro Security program is disabled, it will also prompt Pay Guard browser to close.
If you do not intend to disable the Web Threat Protection, click on Cancel and Pay Guard browser will remain as is.
Currently, Microsoft Edge is not yet supported by Pay Guard.
No, it will open your default browser so you can use it with ease and security. It also doesn’t install any plugin in your computer.
Double-click the Pay Guard icon on the desktop and it will launch the default browser set on the PC with a message at the bottom of the browser that says "Protected by Trend Micro".
Visit your banking or shopping websites by typing in the website address on the address bar of the Pay Guard browser.
Installing the latest version of the Trend Micro Security program will enable Pay Guard automatically since it is included as a new feature of the program. A desktop shortcut will be created upon successful installation of the Trend Micro Security program.
No. Pay Guard is integrated to your Trend Micro Security and will launch a secure version of your default. For example, if you have Google Chrome as your default browser, it will open the Google Chrome browser once you launch the Pay Guard icon on the desktop. Technically, it is the same browser you often use but without your bookmarks and toolbars and with an extra layer of protection by Trend Micro.
It supports Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Firefox. For unsupported browsers such as Microsoft Edge, opening Pay Guard will launch Internet Explorer instead.
It is possible to use existing bookmarks and extended functions only when the browser launched is Internet Explorer. This function is not available on Chrome and Firefox. This means that all your bookmarks, toolbars, and saved passwords will not be available if the default browser launched by Pay Guard is either Chrome or Firefox.
Data Theft Protection is a separate feature from Pay Guard. You can still add your credit card information on the Data Theft Protection on the Privacy tab of your main console to protect your personal information to be sent outside the Internet without your consent.
Yes, but you need to enable the Trend Micro Password Manager extension in the Pay Guard browser to use it.
Although you can still use Pay Guard like your regular browser, we recommend that you only use Pay Guard when doing online financial transactions such as online banking, online shopping as some functions may not work as your regular browsers.
No. Pay Guard does not have additional cost and is already included on your Trend Micro Security 2019 package.
Since Pay Guard is not a separate program from Trend Micro Security, it doesn’t get uninstalled. Although, if you are not using the feature, you can delete the desktop shortcut icon. Should you need to use it again, you can access it from the main console.
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