

That's why it is essential to have anti-virus software installed and updated. Good anti-virus software stops you from downloading viruses or opening unsafe files. Even if you have all the latest Windows updates installed and are using the latest version of a secure browser, there are always some vulnerabilities can be used to attack your computer. There always will be those who will insist that every virus attack is caused due to "user error" or because the person using the computer wasn't careful enough.

which breaks down into 100 percent protection against prevalent malware and 96 percent against zero-day attacks.If you have a Windows computer, you need anti-virus software. Under Protection, which tests its ability to detect widespread and zero-day malware, it scored 5.0/6.0. (See also:Ģ015’s best antivirus for PC and laptop UK.) G-Data Internet Security 2015 review: antivirus performance It slowed the system down by 3s overall, which was a second less than the average for the test group. AV-Test scored the software at 4.5/6.0 in its Performance category, which looks at the influence of the software on performing regular tasks. The load put on a typical system by scanning under G Data is light, with just a 20 per cent increase in the file copy time in our test. Repeating the test examined the same number of files, but this time in just 53s. It took 50 minutes 23 seconds to scan our 50GB file basket, but only examined 8,753 files, giving a scan rate of just 2.90 files/s, one of the lowest we’ve measured. G-Data Internet Security 2015 review: system performanceĭespite CloseGap, the performance of the G Data scanner was quite poor on our tests. Much of the setup is automatic, though, and it can be installed as a load and forget application.

The interface is very straightforward and easy to use, with five large icons at the top of its control window, each of which leads to a pane with setting and status information. G-Data Internet Security 2015 review: interface
