G DATA Software AG: Antivirus, Virenschutz, Virenscanner, Internet Security

Test results for detecting computer malware:

• 1.    G Data AntiVirus 2012: 99.7%

• 2.    Trustport Antivirus 2012: 99.6%

• 3.    AVIRA AntiVir Personal 10.0: 99.5% & Qihoo 360 Antivirus 2.0: 99.5%

• 4.    Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5: 99.3%

• 5.    F-Secure Anti-Virus 2011: 98.5% & eScan Anti-Virus 5.0: 98.5%

• 6.    Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2012: 98.4%

• 7.    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012: 98.3%

• 8.    ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5.0: 97.3% & avast! Free Antivirus 6.0: 97.3%

• 9.    McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2011: 96.8%

• 10.    Trend Micro Titanium AntiVirus+ 2012: 96.6%

• 11.    AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition: 95.7%

• 12.    Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2012: 95.1%

• 13.    Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1: 92.3%

• 14.    Sophos Anti-Virus 9.7: 89.1%

• 15.    PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AV 8.0: 88.4%

• 16.    K7 TotalSecurity 11.1: 85.6%

• 17.    Webroot AntiVirus with Spy Sweeper 7.0: 85.4%

Test details:
Number of security solutions tested: 20
Number of computer malware programs in the test environment: 206,043
Carried out by AV-Comparatives – www.av-comparatives.org

G Data AntiVirus 2012
Simple. Safe. Low on resources.
G Data AntiVirus not only offers the highest detection rates – it also has the new Idle Scan to make use of inactive computer running time.
Additional cloud-based checksum comparison of suspicious files means your PC is completely protected against viruses, worms, Trojans, backdoors and other risks – without loss of performance or tedious queries.

Award-winning security
-    Best virus detection using DoubleScan technology and OutbreakShield
-    Extremely fast response time to new viruses
-    Latest detection methods for unknown viruses (behaviour blocking, heuristics, CloudSecurity)

Unobtrusive virus protection
-    Idle Scan: virus checking when the user or system is inactive
-    Proactive protection against online banking Trojans
-    Faster system and application starts
-    More effective web and phishing protection
-    On-execution monitoring mode especially for heavily-loaded systems

Simple to use
-    All important information at a glance in the G Data SecurityCenter

Versions and prices
G Data AntiVirus 2012: recommended retail price £29.95
G Data AntiVirus 2012 for 3 PCs: recommended retail price £39.95

System requirements
PC with Windows 7 (32/64 bit) and Windows Vista (32/64 bit) with at least 1 GB of RAM or Windows XP (at least SP2, 32 bit) with 512 MB of RAM or more