Although not all of us can distinguish red from green, the vast majority of antivirus applications incorporate an icon or banner that stays green when all is well but turns red when a problem arises. With its new user interface, G Data AntiVirus 2014 ($29.95, direct) marches to a various drummer. The top stripe remains red regardless of security status and turns gray when a further window becomes active.The new user interface does not leave you clueless as to method status. 3 massive green checkmark icons allow you to know that security status is fine, your license is still valid, as well as your antivirus definitions are as much as date. If there is any issue the icon will turn red or yellow, based on the severity. It took some receiving employed to, but I type of just like the appear. I was less impressed with several of the current security options, although.
G Data installed without the need of incident on most of my twelve malware-infested test systems. Malware interfered with activation or with updates on a few systems. A complete scan solved these challenges, and I scanned once again right after an update. The G Data Boot Medium rescue CD salvaged one system on which ransomware rendered the desktop inaccessible.
On more than half on the systems, the scan was interrupted by a request to reboot for thorough cleaning of active malware. Immediately after this reboot, the scan picked up where it left off. On some systems this reboot request was repeated two, 3, or perhaps four instances, but ultimately they all completed the complete scan.
That is where the troubles began. The antivirus quarantined an essential Windows file on two systems, disabling my capability to boot into Windows. I booted the rescue CD and gathered logs for tech help to peruse. Carrying out so was fairly a challenge, as I had to use a Linux terminal using a German keyboard layout. I typed “szstem32” all also a lot of times and had to discover new locations for vital command-line characters like dash, slash, and asterisk.
On tips from tech help, I tried booting Windows using the “Last Known Good” choice; that sorted out one damaged program. As for the other, I had to use that Linux terminal again to restore non-infected versions on the dilemma files. I do wonder how Joe User would have managed when confronted with this degree of hands-on repair.
