Data antivirus detects malicious software, also referred to as malware, and then removes it from your laptops and computers. The malicious software is created to harm your device or steal data. It could be in the form of an email attachment, a USB drive or suspicious website, malware could infiltrate your computer without knowing.
Malware is typically hidden within files that your antivirus software recognises as harmful, and most anti-virus programs use three different methods to detect it specifically. They look for virus signatures (unique sequences of bytes which identify the malware) as well as generic detection, which looks for parts of malicious codes that are present in other viruses and heuristic detection, which analyzes suspicious file structures. The best antivirus programs combine these methods to safeguard you from various threats.
G DATA combines all of these features, along with other ones like parental control, which restricts kids’ internet use and banking security that prevents hackers from intercepting information about bank transactions or online shopping, cloud backup, which stores encrypted files on servers and not on your device; and iOS protection, which scans apps for harmful content. It also comes with a firewall that monitors the incoming data as well as outgoing data. A phishing blocker prevents criminals from accessing information via sites controlled by them.
G DATA’s real-world security rating is high, which means it’s unlikely that files from regular users are mistaken for harmful ones. It also has a low impact on the performance of the device, so won’t use up the computer’s resources. The cost starts at $40 per year for just one device, and then goes up to a very affordable $72 per year for five devices.