Gdata

[Ping]

I'm hearing some good things about G DATA and i was wondering what are the pros and cons. The RAM requirements are pretty high (ok you are probably tired of hearing this from me, but a lot of people out there have slow computers:) )

So can anyone tell me the ups and downs?

[knicksfan3]

I'm hearing some good things about G DATA and i was wondering what are the pros and cons. The RAM requirements are pretty high (ok you are probably tired of hearing this from me, but a lot of people out there have slow computers:) )

So can anyone tell me the ups and downs?

Well it uses two scanning engines, BitDefender and Avira. Thats definitely an up. On the other hand its not the lightest AV, though its not the ''heaviest'' either. Its not bad.

[Nanaya]

Is bitdefender and Avast

Anyway....let say it use up a lot of ram than the others but is pretty light when you use it

Ah is a little weird, but that how it is

There is a behavior blocker included in it

[knicksfan3]

Is bitdefender and Avast

Anyway....let say it use up a lot of ram than the others but is pretty light when you use it

Ah is a little weird, but that how it is

There is a behavior blocker included in it

Yea the 2009 edition is BitDefender and Avast, 2008 had Kaspersky and Avast.

No I just meant its somewhere in the middle in terms of RAM usage. I mean its no NOD32 (in terms of lightness), but its no Spyware Doctor either if you know what I mean.

I don't think it includes a behavior blocker, I tried it (the 2009 version) about a month ago and I don't remember behavior blocking.

[Tesk]

I found this software to be a heavy one to your system. You can't deactivate the monitors. If you are disabling the monitors it will still find viruses. I didn't like it, sorry guys.

[Nanaya]

If you never disable the internet process thing it will be very heavy, and I'm not sure what you mean by you can't turn off the monitors, you mean the antivirus engine?

You used it one month ago but I used it for one month lol

hmm.....I think there should be one, the system protection is the behavior blocker

you can watch matt test for gdata on part 2 to see it

[wyzoman]

I found this software to be a heavy one to your system. You can't deactivate the monitors. If you are disabling the monitors it will still find viruses. I didn't like it, sorry guys.

I agree. I test ran it myself and firstly the installation package, as Matt mentioned as well, is HUGE compared to other security suites.

The detection rates are pretty amazing as they are very close to Avira, but that gets thrown out the window with the sluggish-ness that it causes. Look at my PC specs in my signature. You'll understand that if it affects a PC like this, then its going to murder something less.

Another pro is that they use a multi-engine system and this sped up the scans that I ran. However I've heard that its slow on other computers. Again this multi-engine feature is going to slow you down.

Anyways, I think that they have their protection under control, now its just to improve on stability and performance.

Hope that helps!

WyzoMan

[Nanaya]

Hmm.........does it really slowing down?

I find it pretty light for some reason, I think you will have to set the setting to run it the right way

PC spec is Intel pentium D with 2gb ram and 75 HDD

[stefandj]

G data is great antivirus,and two engines are future in antivirus products...but G data is I think 70$ for just 1 year...

[virtu]

The future is virtualisation! I don't think many will like this kind of security when you can stop them before they enter...2,3,4 or 5 engines what's next Virus Total antivirus with 30 scan engines?