Data antivirus detects malicious software, also referred to as malware, and eliminates it from your laptops and computers. The malicious software is created to damage your device and steal data. Malware can be downloaded to your computer via an email attachment or a USB drive or a shady website.
Malware is usually hidden in files that your antivirus software identifies as malicious, and the majority of anti-virus programs use three different detection methods to find it specifically, which includes looking for virus signatures (unique sequences of bytes that identify malware); general detection, which is a process of searching for malicious code fragments found in other viruses and heuristic detection, which analyses suspicious file structures. The best antivirus software uses these methods to protect you against numerous threats.
G DATA combines these with other features, such as parental control to limit children online use; banking security that prevents hackers from intercepting your bank or online shopping details; cloud backup, which is stored on servers, not the device itself and iOS security that checks apps for content that could be harmful. It also includes a firewall that monitors incoming and outgoing data for hackers as well as a phishing blocker that stops criminals from accessing your data through websites they control; and an anti-ransomware feature that stops hackers from encrypting your files.
G DATA’s protection rating in real-world settings is extremely high, meaning it’s unlikely that regular files will be mistaken for harmful ones. It also has a low impact on performance and won’t drain your computer’s resources. The price starts at $40 per year for one device, and goes up to a very reasonable $72 a year for five devices.