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Norton AntiVirus Gaming Edition

Winning protection that won’t slow you down

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Key Technologies

  • Antivirus
  • Antispyware
  • Bot protection
  • Pulse Updates
  • Recovery tool
  • Rootkit detection

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 memory—eight 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 average—almost 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 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 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.

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Minimum System Requirements

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate***
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 and later Home/Professional/ Media Center Edition
Microsoft® Windows 7 ready**
  • 300 MHz or faster processor
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB RAM required for the Recovery Tool*)
  • 150 MB of available hard disk space.

Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients
Browser support for Browser Protection feature:

  • Supports 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 32-bit 6.0 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox® 2.0 or later
Required for all installations:
CD-ROM or DVD drive (if not installing via electronic download)

Support for AntiSpam feature

  • Microsoft Outlook® 97 or later
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 or later
*Tested on AMD 1600+ CPU based PC with Windows XP Service Pack 2, and without security software previously installed.
**Microsoft Windows 7 compatibility update to be delivered online, and is subject to production release of the Windows 7 operating system within the service period. For more information, go to www.norton.com/win7. See Microsoft for Windows 7 system requirements.
***Must meet minimum Windows Vista operating system requirements.

Product Support

Technical Support

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  • Internet Connection Issues
  • Product Identification
  • LiveUpdate™
  • Error Messages

Customer Service

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  • Subscriptions
  • Product Notification
  • Product Download
  • Returns
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Symantec provides free, unlimited 24x7 email, chat and phone support for a period of one year from initial product installation.* For full details and to access support, go to www.symantec.com/globalsupport.