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

Bochum (Germany), December 03 2008 - In its latest edition (01/2009), PC Games Hardware put 12 virus scanners through a rigorous benchmarking test. Besides virus defence, speed played a significant role in assessing the security packages. The editorial team used a range of elaborate scenarios to test which of the programs involved provided the best protection against computer malware without slowing the computer down in the process. The testers’ conclusion: G DATA AntiVirus 2009 provides the best protection against malware and is also first choice for gamers and speed-sensitive users.

G DATA has succeeded in combining up-to-date virus protection with speed in Security-Generation 2009. The recent PC Games Hardware benchmarking test reinforces this impressively and also confirms previous test results from AV Test and AV Comparatives.

The PC Games Hardware summary:
“G DATA has endeavoured to minimise the high resources requirement of previous versions. They have also succeeded in using multi-core support to make the scanner barely noticeable on applicable PCs. Conclusion: With AntiVirus 2009, G DATA has delivered the best virus scanner in this benchmarking test - one that is also ideal for gamers.”

The 12 virus scanners in the test: 1st place for G DATA AntiVirus 2009

1. G DATA AntiVirus 2009

2. Symantec Norton Antivirus 2009

3. Bitdefender AV 2009

4. F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009

5. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009

6. Panda Antivirus Pro 2009

7. Avira Antivir Personal Free

8. Avast Home Edition

9. AVG Anti-Virus Free

10. Bitdefender Free Ed. V10

11. Clamwin Free Antivirus

12. Comodo AntiVirus Beta 2.0