So far the best performance and surface long

With anti-virus or security software we try to protect ourselves from the daily dangers of the Internet users.
Who wants that his email account is spam spin, or you and your computer is a member in a botnet.

The simple but also the experienced user, can be in this type of software only rely on what he as the net takes on tests.
How can one understand as a consumer if the information provided by the manufacturer meet all always reality.

As a fact only pages as "AV-Comparatives" or "AV-Test" and the tests of the Stiftung Warentest stay.
Comparing and studying now all the tests, it is here and there but very significant differences in the results determined.
What a will be awarded to 1st place in, is different where deeper at No. 3 or. One reads even items from the computer magazine "c't"
one is totally confused sometimes.

There remains only one to pull a mean or to opt for a "test-Institute".
I for one have taken the Stiftung Warentest as a reference.

Meanwhile, I have already tried a lot.
Long Kaspersky faithful customer, then a trip to Norton, then GDATA to Avira sometimes and Trend Micro to Bitdefender IS-2013.
Reason for me were next to the protective performance, particularly the performance of Systemns and (for me as an accomplished) the handling of the software.
What good is a "safe" computer when much just 'a little' to 'much' slower going and you will be on top of that disenfranchised as a user?

Last Bitdefender IS 2013 was such a negative candidate for me and the new version of GDATA because I was just right.
In the current Stiftung Warentest (04/2013) landed at least GDATAs previous version along with ESET Smart Secutity forefront in the ranking.
Since I still had a 2 years license from Version 2012, I have downloaded directly times the trail and lo and behold, the old account works with the 2014er.

The program:

The surface looks compared to 2012 and 2013 and cleaned up much more clearly.
For me, the settings are self-explanatory and well structured.
Copying large files actually works without noticeable delays.
Surfing the Internet is compared to the previous version is noticeably faster and almost as without activated guard.
Even the startup seems to me instantaneously and a built-in Startup Manager, you can also set,
which programs to start only after the system starts and not during. So the boot process goes a little faster.

In GDATA yes've been coming ever been two virus engines (= Information Technology / "Motor") Bitdefender and Avast are used.
Thus, the software recognized sometimes indeed always something more than the competition, but this was reflected in the consumption of resources.
According to the manufacturer makes his debut in the 2014er version its own 'engine' is used, the (so the media) GDATA over five years
tinkered. Which of the two (Bitdefender / Avast) for it now falls away, I have not read.

But perhaps this is one reason why my new version as "approximately" occurs and the computer does not slow so. (?)

Of course, that all subjective impressions.
You can only trust what the manufacturer and, for example, Stiftung Warentest say about the actual protective effect.
I for one am very happy with this software so far.

Fortunately now, each manufacturer a free trial, so that everyone can get an idea itself.

Tip: Even a license from the previous works. Because it saves on top of that something.