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Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition
Winning Protection that won’t slow you down
for Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7.
The Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition application was designed to be the fastest virus protection you can get. It stops spyware, worms, bots, and other threats cold?without slowing down your PC. When you?re gaming, your protection should get out of the way. Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition does exactly that.
Key Technologies
Antivirus
Antispyware
Bot protection
Browser protection
Internet worm protection
Intrusion prevention
Pulse Updates
Recovery tool
Rootkit detection
Norton Insight
SONAR behavioral protection
Gamer Mode
Features
Lightning Fast and 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 memoryeight times less memory than the competitive industry average.*
Opens only two processes.
Adds less than 3 seconds to boot time.*
Norton Insight technology scans only those files at risk, resulting in fewer, shorter, and faster scans of less than 35 seconds on averagealmost five times faster than the competitive industry average.*
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.
Protection
Automatically detects and removes the latest online threats.
Tiny, rapid Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes30 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 non time-critical activities such as scans and updates to occur while your PC is idle.
Comprehensive control gives you the option to customize your security settings.
Review the security status of every process on your PC.
Product Support
Free tech support and online knowledge base deliver the help you need, however you need it.
Information for Gamers links directly to gaming related security information and more.
Lightning Fast
- Rapid Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes
- Installs in less than a minute
- Adds less than 1 second to boot time
Light as a Feather
- Uses less than 6MB memory even without the Gamer Mode performance boost
- Needs less than 50MB hard disk space on installation
- Runs only 2 processes at a time
- Performance graphs display CPU and memory usage and how little Norton is using
Respects your needs
- Smart Scheduler holds resource intensive actions for when you are not using your PC
- Resource usage table shows you the what, when and how long for background actions taken by Norton AntiVirus
- Delivers consistently strong protection – that?s why Norton AntiVirus has won more consecutive Virus Bulletin 100 awards than any other AV software
