Trend Micro slowing MacBook after update to Catalina

So my 30 days trial just ended and i decided to renew it for 1 year and i have the same problem about the interent browser its so slow and i just updated my macbookpro to catalina. and everytime i try to scan my mac it would not allow me becasue of the full disk access. I already did follow the instructions but it wont work. And whenever i try to on the button for camera and microphone protection it will give me this prompt. i already uninstall and reinstall it back to see if there would be changes but nothing happend same problem. I hope you could help and fix this problem.

-alyssa

As of Nov 13, the solutions descibed here do not work. After a while (sometimes hours) the system will slow down, to the point of becoming unusable. This is after following all the instructions described here, to the T. Uninstalling is the only option to get the Mac working again. It would be preferable if Trend could be definitive and state that there is a problem/wait for a solution, as the workarounds described here as solutions have meant that I lost even more time installing and uninstalling.

Now I installed 10.0.1686.

Loading websites is bad.

This could not be the end of the story!

Please check if your Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac has the latest version of iCore which is 3.0.1064 and Console version which is 10.0.1086. This should fix the issues with macOS Catalina already. If that is not the iCore and console version of your software, please do a manual update or reinstall the program.

Here's how you can check the versions:

1. Open Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac.

2. At the top-left corner, click Trend Micro Antivirus then go to About Trend Micro Antivirus.

3. Check for the Core Controller version and Console version.

Apologies for the inconvenience. Let us know how it goes.

- Kim

You keep repeating the samme fixes, but they simply don't work - it's more than a month now since Catalina was released and this problem still seems to be unresolved. Frankly, I am exasperated and seriously consider changing to another app

Hi kjp,

I've sent an email regarding this concern. We'll be waiting for your response. Thank you.

- Reine

Im still experiencing the same problem as everyone here. Slow internet. I uninstall trend and everything is fine.

Having the same issues here. Applied the hot fix and the shutting down issue stopped for about 2 weeks. Then it returned again. Safari is still slow. My mail will periodically need to be force quit, and I have to shut down my MAC using the power button several times a day. It's pretty sad that a company of this magnitude can't come up with a patch for something that was released 2 months ago. Come on Trend Micro, get it together. Who knows how many users are without antivirus and internet security because of your lackluster attempt to fix your own software. I'm uninstalling this tonight and downloading webroot in the interim. Hopefully a fix is released soon!

I have the same issue on two Macs, one is an iMac and one a Mac Pro. I don't experience the issue on two Mac Book Pros. Please fix this issue asap.

hi the new release which was 4 weeks ago didnt fix anything....problem still exists, called trend micro support & they were hopeless....you need to listen to your customers there is something seropis;u wrong with TM2020.. it is slowing internet surfing dramatically on any browser I try!

Hi Kim, didnt recive your email. I am running Catolina on my Imac and I downloaded the updated TM2020mac released in Nov and it did not solve the problem of the slow loading of websites, espicially websites that stream content such as Netflix & Youtube, even sites such as BBC & CNN are really slow to load (its taking over 8 seconds to load regardless what browser i use). however as soon as i shut TM2020 it is back to normal. i contacted apple & we are both in agreement it is an issue with TM. there is i believe still a problem with the 2020 version

Sending us an email doesn't help. What will help is that the issue is fixed. It has now been 2+ months since the release of Catalina, and yet myself and all the other people posting here are still having issues. So instead of wasting our time, and more importantly wasting your own, why don't you spend your time more wisely and get this fixed. I have now been without anti-virus software for a month, which is ridiculous considering what is paid annually for this. There is absolutely no excuse for a company that prides itself on internet security and antivirus software to let there paying customers go unprotected for this long. So I'll say it again, for everyone in this forum waiting for a fix: Stop wasting our time with useless emails, and post a fix.

I have called TM and they maintain the problem was fixed with the last release in Nov 2019 & i was advised to uninstall & reinstall which is pathetic cause i did that a moth ago & problem still wasnt fixed. TM helpdesk is unhelpful to be frank. So i gave up after being TM user for 5 years i have decided to go to Mcafee. if TM cant fix the problem in 2 months since Catalina's release then what do you expect users to do? doesnt leave us with alot of confidence, so we will find it elsewhere that simple. the sad thing is that as users we are not eligable for refunds espiecially when the problem is not of our own making but TMs.

Hello folks,

Having been one of the original posters on this problem. I thought i would return for an update. After several weeks of waiting my Mac is still experiencing problems loading web pages. The quick fix solution is to stop TM. After that everything returns to normal. Can TM please take some ownership of this problem and propose a solution (or give up offering a Mac solution). Thanks :)

@mariella_fernandez - I don't have the time to sit there and email back and forth about an issue that Trend Micro should be handling. With all the posts in this forum, you should know what the issues is by now, and the only thing left to do is fix it. Stop wasting everyone's time with 'I've sent you an email', or 'I apologize for any inconvenience'. It's going on 3 months now and it's absolutely absurd that there hasn't been a fix sent out for this. You and your team just offer cop-out after cop-out posts because you know it's broken, and there is no fix yet. So again, stop wasting the Trend Micro community's valuable time and email a developer that might be able to actually fix this issue instead. This software has been uninstalled from my macbook for sometime now, and will not be re-installed until I know it's fixed. And when my subscription is up, I will be taking my business elsewhere.