Symantec Corp. has announced the availability of Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition, a new offering designed specifically with the gaming community in mind. From protecting assets earned on massive multi-player games to keeping malware at bay, Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition is fast and light on system resources, Symantec said. The new security offering keeps you protected but won’t bother you while you’re in the middle of a game.
It suspends updates, alerts and other background activities and is automatically enabled when system is in full screen mode, or easily manually enabled. Smart scheduling holds resource intensive actions such as system scans for when the computer is idle. Customisable security settings allow gamers to reach the performance and protection balance they require.
Performance-driven release installs in under a minute, uses less than 6MB memory, adds less than 1 second to boot time and averages scans in less than 35 seconds.
“Gamers are an extremely demanding audience that simply won’t tolerate anything on their system that detracts from gameplay,” said Rowan Trollope, senior vice president, consumer products, Symantec. “Norton AntiVirus Gaming Edition keeps gamers protected online and runs perfectly undetected in the background, meaning no interruptions, no pop-ups and with the same award winning zero-impact performance of our 2009 products.”
Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition is available in the US and exclusively on the Symantec online store at http://www.symantecstore.com . The suggested retail price for Norton AntiVirus 2009 is $39.9 which includes a one-year service subscription to use the product and receive Symantec’s protection updates.
