Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition - Winning protection that won’t slow you down
Did you know gaming PCs have out sold the XBOX 360 and PS3 2 to 1 in the last 3 years? Yes, PC gaming is bigger than ever, but many gamers have been using unprotected PCs because there is not a product that will stay out of the way while they are playing. With gamers in mind Symantec designed Norton AntiVirus™ 2009 Gaming Edition, specializing the highly rated product to accommodate the needs and wants of this growing segment of PC users.
Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition -
Winning protection that won’t slow you down.
Key Technologies:
- Gamer Mode
- Antivirus
- Antispyware
- Bot protection
- Browser protection
- Internet worm protection
- Intrusion prevention
- Pulse Updates
- Recovery tool
- Rootkit detection
- Norton™ Insight
- SONAR™ behavioral protection
Key Features:
- Fastest and lightest antivirus available, optimized for gaming - Delivers the fastest scans while using less than 6 MB memory.
- Silent during game play - Suspends updates, alerts and other background activities automatically in full screen or at your request.
- Stops viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and more - keeps your PC protected against malicious threats.
- Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes - Tiny, rapid updates deliver up-to-the-minute protection more often than the competition.*
- Easily customizable - Streamlined right out-of-the-box or customize your security settings for exactly the performance you want.
More Information:
Gamer Mode
- Suspends alerts and notifications to avoid interrupting game play.
- Option to suspend real-time monitoring activities and updates to reduce PC and network resource usage even further.
- Automatically enabled when PC is in full-screen mode.
- Turn it on manually with a simple click on the Norton system tray icon.
Lightning Fast - Light as a Feather.
- Fastest and lightest virus, spyware, and rootkit protection available, optimized for gaming
- Installs in under one minute on average.
- Requires less than 6 MB of memory - eight times less memory than the competitive industry average.
- Opens only 2 processes.
- Uses less than 50 MB hard disk space (without definitions).
- Norton™ Insight technology scans only those files at risk, resulting in fewer, shorter, and faster scans; almost five times faster than the competitive industry average.
Protection
- Automatically detects and removes the latest online threats.
- Tiny, rapid Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes - 30 times more often than the competitive industry average.*
- Norton™ Protection System delivers multilayered protection.
- Patent-pending, industry-leading protection from Web-based attacks.
- Real-time SONAR™ (Symantec™ Online Network for Advanced Response) technology detects emerging spyware and viruses before traditional definitions are even available.
- Botnet detection prevents bots from taking control of your PC.
- Norton™ Recovery Tool boots and repairs badly infected PCs.
- Specialized deep-cleaning technology delivers our most complete scan possible.
- Easy access to intelligence on internet threats targeting gamers.
Control without Disruptions
- Smart Scheduler automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while your PC is idle.
- Gamer Mode suspends alerts, updates and background tasks to avoid interrupting or slowing games and movies.
- Comprehensive control gives you the option to customize your security settings.
- Review the security status of every process on your PC.
Support
- Free tech support and online knowledge database deliver the help you need, however you need it.**
- Information for Gamers links directly to gaming related security information and more…
† 1 Year Protection: With this service, you receive the right to use this product on one PC or on the specified number of PCs during the service period, which begins upon initial installation. This renewable service includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the service period, subject to acceptance of the Symantec License Agreement included with this product.
Product features may be added, modified, or removed during the service period.
* AV-test.org, August 2008
** Symantec provides free, unlimited 24×7 email, chat and phone support for a period of one year from initial product installation.
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