G-Data AntiVirus 2011 placed fourthalbeit a close fourth--in our roundup of 2011 antivirus products.
G-Data continues its recent trend of strong malware detection, blocking, and removal in 2011, and couples it with a good interface.
It detected 99.4 percent of malware samples in tests that scan for known malware the second best score in this test.
And it had a good showing in tests for blocking brand-new malware G-Data completely blocked 84 percent of such malware in AV-Test's "real-world" detection tests--an above-average, but not quite a top-notch, score. It partially blocked an additional 4 percent of attacks.
Scan speed results were mixed:
G-Data performed well in the on-demand scan tests, which determine how quickly it can run a manually initiated scan. It completed the on-demand scan of 4.5GB of data in 1 minute, 51 seconds the third-best score in this test. On the other hand, its on-access scan times lagged. It finished this test--scanning 4.5GB of files--in 5 minutes, 36 seconds, a below-average showing.
Although it has some minor issues, G-Data AntiVirus 2011 is a very strong package overall, and is worthy of your consideration.
Price:
$30 for a single-PC, one-year license as of 11/23/2010
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