company . for google data protocol see gdata . g data software ag industry computer software founded 1985 headquarters bochum germany key people kai figge andreas l ning products antivirus software number of employees 400 1 website www.gdatasoftware.com g data software ag is a german software company that focuses on computer security solutions . the company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in bochum . they are known for being the creators of the worlds first antivirus software . g data use multiple scanning engines one developed in house and the other is the bitdefender engine . g data provides several security products that are targeted at home and business markets . the company has a north american subsidiary currently located in atlanta georgia . 2 contents 1 history 2 features 3 versions 4 awards and tests 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . july 2016 g data was founded in bochum germany in 1985 . in september 2015 g data launched a new messaging app called secure chat which uses the signal protocol . 3 the application is based on a fork of signal and its source code is published under the gplv3 license . 4 features edit some of the features that g data s solutions which support are 5 safe surfing safe shopping safe emailing and chatting protection against spyware safe online banking blocks spam protection against hacking parental controls data backup data recovery security tuning data safe device control safe emailing and chatting bankguard 6 versions edit home security antivirus internetsecurity totalsecurity antivirus for mac business security antivirus business antivirus enterprise clientsecurity business clientsecurity enterprise endpointprotection business endpointprotection enterprise mailsecurity patchmanagement awards and tests edit av comparatives.org gold award for highest detection rate of products tested 99.7 % 7 gold award for highest proactive detection rate of new unknown malware 61 % with 20 false positives 8 ipacso innovation framework for ict security innovative cyber security company 9 see also edit companies portal computer security portal comparison of antivirus software comparison of computer viruses list of antivirus software references edit https www.gdata.de ueber g data about g data . retrieved 20 november 2014 . seals tara 17 september 2015 . g data adds encryption for secure mobile chat . infosecurity magazine . reed exhibitions ltd. retrieved 14 july 2016 . securechat . github . g data . retrieved 14 july 2016 . product information page . retrieved 20 november 2014 . g data bankguard makes online banking safe . retrieved 20 november 2014 . summary report 2010 pdf . av comparatives.org . retrieved 26 february 2011 . summary report 2010 pdf . av comparatives.org . retrieved 26 february 2011 . ipacso innovation awards 2014 . ipacso.eu . retrieved 21 november 2014 . external links edit official website north american website v t e 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