G data internet security 2010 update

In a number of categories G-Data scored the best test results and offered more protection features than many other suites. G-Data had the highest detection rate of all the products tested, identifying on average 99 percent of the , collected samples of Trojan horses, worms, password-stealers, and other nasties.

G-Data identified and removed percent of the files and Registry changes that malware had put in place, but it failed to scrub the Registry for any remaining traces of the test infections. It did detect percent of the inactive rootkits—stealth malware used to hide infections from PC users and security software alike—but removed only 77 percent of rootkits, a result that was the second lowest of the products tested.

G-Data does get credit for having the fewest false positives in heuristics; it misidentified only 1 file out of test files. G-Data achieved its best scores with behavior-based detection of malware. In overall behavioral detection G-Data produced a warning 80 percent of the time; detected and blocked 47 percent of malware samples; and removed 13 percent. The suite scored particularly well when it came to proactively identifying unknown malware for which it lacked a signature.

The download file is an ISO file, i. You can download the boot medium in the "Tools" download area. Please open the file and start the uninstall process. This tool enables you to work with files that have been placed in quarantine.

You can for example place infected mail archives into a new folder and continue working. AntiVirus Cleaner deletes from your system all remains of the program which were not removed by a simple uninstall. If a new keyboard is detected by the system, access is initially denied and a pop-up is displayed.

You can then check in your own time whether this really is a keyboard, and either grant or deny access permanently. You can download the software for free. This can be helpful to analyze performance problems. You can run this tool in real time during "normal" activity, and then try to reproduce the problem. Or you can run it for half an hour with the hitlist function and then refresh the view to see if a specific process pops up all the time.

Defining an exception for a specific type of files might solve the problem in that case. And on four-week-old signature files it identified 49 percent-among the best of any product tested in this round. According to AV-Test, G-Data responds the quickest to new widespread malware attacks, typically in less than 2 hours. As a result G-Data produced the second highest signature updates per month in January , in February , and in March , averaging 18 per day, bested only by Norton with over per day.

AV-Test detected short on-demand scan times of 17 seconds for a MB file, and on-access scans of 73 seconds compared with only 41 seconds to copy the same file on a system without antivirus installed. G-Data does scan incoming email and IM messages, and provides its own antispam tool. For antiphishing, G-Data InternetSecurity does not use a browser toolbar, but nonetheless relies upon the information from Netcraft to identify and block phishing sites.

G-Data is perhaps too cautious on the web, though. It falsely warned that one program installed on our desktop was a potential security threat: the xb-Browser, which allows you to browse the web anonymously. Overall, G-Data InternetSecurity conforms more to our idea of a traditional security suite by offering protection that is solid on the basics. Its interface is the most advanced we've seen, allowing sophisticated users to drill down to fine-tune each setting, but at the same time, it won't alienate casual users.

And parental controls come within the interface. The file data shredder exists as a separate icon on the desktop, which makes sense, since that way, you don't have to open G-Data to securely delete a file. One nitpick: the signature file updates, announced with a pop-up, need to happen in the background in a future release, or, like CheckPoint ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 8. Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.

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