G Data Antivirus Review

In terms of features, G Data delivers on the majority of what you’d expect from a full suite. This includes a simple and straightforward opening screen that doesn’t make things complicated by ignoring the security status using a ‘Protected!’ Like many other programs this program uses the green tick or caption to indicate the security status.

The program is also very good at blocking and detecting new malware. The «virus monitoring» service that routes your traffic through the G Data cloud service not just updates the virus definition files it also detects malware based upon its behavior. In our tests, G Data detected and blocked all the unknown malware we tossed at it with just one false positive.

In AV Comparatives’ offline detection test, G Data scored even higher than Bitdefender’s clone did. This is probably due to G Data’s own DeepRay engine which detects camouflaged malicious code by analyzing the actions that the malware tries to perform. It looks for patterns that indicate malicious intent. For example, changing the settings of other programs, or observing keystrokes.

The program is not up to par in a number of areas we believe are important to an anti-virus suite. The program does NOT include a parental control, VPN or firewall. If you’re in need of these features G Data’s Internet Security package is more expensive. This could be a serious drawback, especially since top-tier competitors such as Norton 360 and Bitdefender offer them for a similar price or less.

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