G Data offers a wide array of features that you would expect from a comprehensive software suite. This includes a simple and easy-to-use opening screen that doesn’t dumb things down by ignoring the security status using the ‘Protected!’ As many other programs, this program hugedatainfo.com/nordvpn-netflix displays green ticks or a caption to show the security status.

The program is also adept at blocking and detecting new malware. The ‘virus monitoring’ service that channels your traffic through G Data cloud service not just updates the virus definition files, but also detects malware based on its behavior. In our tests, G Data detected and blocked all the new, unknown malware that we tried to throw at it, with just one false positive.

In AV Comparatives offline detection test, G Data scored even better than Bitdefender’s closest competitor did. This is probably due to the program’s in-house DeepRay engine, which can detect malware that is camouflaged by analysing all the actions that such malware usually tries to carry out. It examines patterns that could indicate malicious intent. For example, changing the settings of other programs, or monitoring keystrokes.

The program falls short in some areas we believe are important for an anti-virus software suite. It does not include a parental control, VPN or firewall. If you’re looking to add these features, you’ll need to purchase G Data’s more expensive Internet Security package. This could be a serious problem, particularly when top-of-the line competitors like Norton 360 and Bitdefender offer the same services for less or less.