G Data offers a wide variety of features that would expect from a full software suite. G Data’s easy-to-use interface doesn’t muddle the experience by obscuring the security status. caption or a green tick like a lot of other programs.
The program also does a great job of spotting and blocking new malware. The virus monitor that directs your internet traffic through G Data’s cloud platform not only updates the virus definition file but also block malware based upon its behavior. In our tests, G Data detected and blocked all the new malware we tossed at it with only one false positive.
In AV Comparatives’ offline detection test, G Data scored even better than Bitdefender’s cousin did. This is probably due to the program’s in-house DeepRay engine, which is able to detect malware that is camouflaged by analysing all the actions that such malware usually tries to carry out. In addition, it searches for patterns that indicate malicious intent, for instance, changing the settings of programs or monitoring keystrokes.
The program is not up to par in a few areas that we believe are crucial for an antivirus software suite. The program does NOT include parental control, VPN or firewall. If you require these features G Data’s Internet Security package is more expensive. This could be a major drawback, particularly since top-tier competitors like Norton 360 and Bitdefender provide them at a similar or cheaper cost.