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Trend World Virus Tracking Center
The version of HouseCall you are about to use has been specially designed to work with the Trend World Virus Tracking Center.  This is a new information tool used for tracking computer viruses worldwide in real
-time -- it uses data provided by HouseCall users such as yourself.  Click on the link to see lists of the top viruses for each continent and selected countries as of the moment.

What information is collected?
The following information are sent back to the Virus Tracking Center server from your computer: 

  • country of origin 
  • number of files scanned.  

If any viruses are found during the scan, the following additional information are sent: 

  • name of the virus
  • number of infected files found 
  • number of files cleaned 

What information is NOT collected?
No personal files from your computer are ever sent back to our server.  All virus tracking information is anonymous.  We do not log IP addresses or collect any personal information about individual users in the Virus Tracking Center database.  The email address you submitted for receiving security alerts is stored in a separate database.

How is this data used?
Trend Micro uses this data to analyze worldwide virus trends, as they occur, and to predict virus outbreaks and prevent them pro-actively.  

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