Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition is the fastest virus protection you can get.1,2 It stops spyware, worms, bots, and other threats cold—without slowing down your PC. When you’re gaming, your protection should stay out of the way. Count on Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition to do exactly that.

Tiny pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes, the most frequent antivirus updates available today2, help to protect you from new threats when they appear. You also get the strongest protection available against Web-based attacks3 -- the single, fastest growing type of online threat.

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 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.