G Data

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G Data Software
Industry Software industry, Computer Security, Security software
Founded 1985
Headquarters Bochum, Germany
Key people Wolfgang Horlacher, Frank Heisler
Products Antivirus software
Website www.gdatasoftware.com

G Data Software is a collection of anti-malware solutions by G Data Software, Inc. It was founded in Bochum, Germany in 1985 with the North American subsidiary currently located in Durham, North Carolina, U. S. A.[1] G Data is able to achieve higher detection rates than other products through the use of multiple scanning engines from Avast! and BitDefender.[2] G Data provides several security products that are targeted at Home and Business markets.

G Data competes in the antivirus industry against Avira, BullGuard, F-Secure, Frisk, Kaspersky, McAfee, Panda Security, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro among others.

Features

Some of the features that G Data's solutions support are:[3]

  • Safe surfing
  • Safe shopping
  • Safe emailing and chatting
  • Protection against spyware
  • Safe online banking
  • Blocks spam
  • Protection against hacking
  • Parental controls
  • Data backup
  • Data recovery
  • Security tuning
  • Data safe
  • safe emailing and chatting

Versions

* Home Security

  • AntiVirus
  • InternetSecurity
  • TotalSecurity
  • NotebookSecurity

* Business Security

  • AntiVirus Business
  • AntiVirus Enterprise
  • ClientSecurity Business
  • ClientSecurity Enterprise
  • EndpointProtection Business
  • EndpointProtection Enterprise
  • MailSecurity
  • PatchManagement

Awards and tests

* av-comparatives.org

  • Gold award for highest detection rate of products tested (99.7%)[4]
  • Gold award for highest proactive detection rate of new/unknown malware (~61%, with 20 false positives)[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Security: Engineered in Germany…Comes to America!". Retrieved 25 February 2011. 
  2. ↑ Vamosi, Robert. "G-Data Internet Security 2010". PCWorld Reviews. PCWorld Communications, Inc. Retrieved 25 February 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Product Sheet". Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Summary Report 2010". av-comparatives.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Summary Report 2010". av-comparatives.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 

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