G Data Antivirus

G Data Antivirus gets decent marks from the independent testing labs and excellent scores in some of our own tests. Beyond basic antivirus, it includes a spam filter as well as components designed to fight ransomware and other malware types.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • Best protection for your computer - G DATA Antivirus effectively protects your Windows PC against viruses, blackmail software, spam, and phishing
  • Safe online banking and shopping - In addition to virus protection, our BankGuard technology ensures that you are safe while shopping and banking online
  • Protection without loss of performance - We want you to be able to use your computer as usual despite the highest level of security
  • Automatic testing of USB sticks and external hard drives: Trust in the highest detection rates of our antivirus software through technologies working in parallel
  • Protection against tampered USB devices: The USB Keyboard Guard integrated into the antivirus program protects you from USB sticks or hard drives that pretend to be a keyboard to spy on you

PROS

+ Excellent score in our hands-on malware protection test
+ Protects against banking Trojans, keyloggers, ransomware, and exploits
+ Includes spam filter

CONS

- Mixed scores in independent lab tests

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on January 08, 2015
G Data Antivirus gets decent marks from the independent testing labs and excellent scores in some of our own tests. Beyond basic antivirus, it includes a spam filter as well as components designed to fight ransomware and other malware types.
80
By TechRadar on January 05, 2021
G Data Antivirus isn't a bad product, but it has a lot of issues, and there are no stand-out features to justify picking it ahead of the top competition.
60