G DATA CyberDefense AG Reviews 587

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

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  1. Electronics & Technology

About G DATA CyberDefense AG

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Wir sichern die digitale Zukunft

Unsere Mission als G DATA CyberDefense AG ist eine umfassende Verteidigung gegen Cybercrime. Wir möchten, dass jeder Mensch und jedes Unternehmen sich sicher und souverän in der digitalen Welt bewegen kann – um alle Möglichkeiten der digitalen Zukunft für sich zu nutzen.

G DATA – Was uns antreibt

1987 haben wir die weltweit erste Antiviren-Software entwickelt. Mit Expertise und Innovationen sorgen heute 500 Mitarbeiter von Deutschland aus für die Sicherheit kleiner, großer und mittelständischer Unternehmen, kritischer Infrastrukturen sowie Millionen Privatkunden überall auf der Welt. Dabei stehen wir unseren Kunden in jeder Lage mit umfassenden Lösungen und Services zur Seite: Wir decken Schwachstellen in Netzwerken auf, beraten Unternehmen und entwickeln preisgekrönte IT-Sicherheitssoftware mit modernsten KI-Technologien. Wir schulen Mitarbeiter in IT-Sicherheit, schützen ganze Konzerne vor Cybercrime und nehmen im IT-Notfall den Kampf mit den Angreifern auf.

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3.7

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

587 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Beware bad company

Dear all,
Beware of this company. Paid for one year protection and still receiving emails that we have to pay and no protection. Several mails writen back and form fullfilled on website. No response.
Worthless.

3 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10 Yr User, not any more

First of all I have used the software for 10 years so not a new user. My biggest frustration is every year when I renew they tell me I can't buy an upgrade through the software because the account expired. Then I buy an upgrade stand alone and I can't get the license to be accepted. Solution uninstall the software every year and pay the higher price to install a new copy. I did the auto renew and they told me they could not use the credit card in the second year, it happens but they would not allow me to change the card or update. My account was in -active, so not this time I uninstalled. 10 years of painful experiences and they still have the same old process that has never worked. I used them because of low impact but no advantage anymore. Goodbye GData you should listen to the customer complaints, there are options.

4 September 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Took my money, no product received, no money back

I read this German Software was great. Purchased the software and tried to install on my PC, would not function.
Communicated with Customer Service, who asked for details.
Sent details, waited, waited, no reply.
Inquired again and again. Received notice their software does not work on my brand new laptop.
Further was told they would not return my money, as it was a third party I purchased through.
In my opinion if a company cannot be responsible for their products and payments, they should not do business through that company.

25 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After Purchase I had trouble…

After Purchase I had trouble installing. I asked for support and did not receive a reply.
Finally I reached someone and was told it will not work on my operating system.
I asked for a refund and was told they could not provide one.
BEWARE OF SCAM

27 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly Recommended

I really like G Data. Very strong malware protection. Couple of years ago, it was resource hungry, now it's fast, really fast. Couple of days ago, i got infected by a malware, but G Data behavior blocker blocked it, rolled back all malicious activity made by that malware. Just brilliant!

21 January 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

poor Support

The Gdata product is very good, İ have been using it on multi-computers for about 10 years, however recently İ have had conectivity problems with VPN and the support was not up to standard. firstly the response time was very slow, secondly when İ replies to any mails they semt me İ received a system information that my mail was "deleted without being read". Lastly after over a month of ineffectual propositions on ther part, and a dismissive mail sayimg they could do nothing else to help me İ found the problem myself. The worst thing is that it was the
the settings in the VPN application that needed to be changed and they never offered any such proposal

5 January 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Scam

Dont buy/Install this antivirus will slow down ur comuter
Only good thing is nice protection

22 February 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away from this product

Stay away from this product, this antivirus will slowdown your computer. Furthermore, it's not enough to uninstall the program, you have to write them that you don't want to renew the licence otherwise they will keep writing you asking to pay the invoice. I've never seen something like this. They give you the chance to automatically renew your license through the website but you can't cancel the subscription online, this is a very unfair commercial behaviour. Please, stay away from this product.

4 January 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Effective protection

Effective protection
The G Data Internet Security has been effectively shielding my PC for over 7 years now, with just a minor performance loss. All in all, I'm satisfied.

14 May 2020
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