Norton Antivirus 2009: Gaming Edition

[asoldier]

Norton Antivirus along with all of the other associated products are great products, if they're the only thing running at the time. Norton has always been a terrible anti-virus platform for notebooks. If you're running a stable desktop, Norton is ok, but by-no-means is it on the level with today's leading prevention software. I've switched from paying the yearly 60-80 dollar license fee to using freeware software. Interestingly, I've had fewer infections over the last 2 years without Norton.

[itsnotabigtruck]

They should just make one version of Norton Antivirus and have an option to select between a gaming profile or normal profile.

I'm pretty sure that's what this is. The only difference between this GAMING EDITION (OMGROTFLMAOLOL!!111oneone) and the ordinary edition is a feature to turn off Norton when a game is started (if this version is soooo fast, why would a feature like that be needed).

[i_was_here]

^ I meant a single retail product :p

[asoldier]

Unfortunately, you're not the only one thinking this. That would be highly beneficial. In-fact Norton could offer a product totally void of the intense GUI, annoying messages, and persistant scrutinization strictly for gamers at a sharply smaller cost, and it would probably turn a very high profit.

[joeblogg]

it sounds good lol but i wouldn't buy it.

[DrunkenMaster]

Seems quite rediculous. I only wish it didn't consider all Game Trainers as cheats. It kept deleting one on my system. I don't have time to play all games proper so for the few I play, its for the experience and not so much the challenge. I would only say it was for Company of Heroes. All the FPSes I play no cheats.

[-KJ]

It's a trap! Seriously, you can't configure the AV to behave like the gamer's edition by adjusting NAV 2009's settings? What gives?

[Srugie Veteran]

It's a trap! Seriously, you can't configure the AV to behave like the gamer's edition by adjusting NAV 2009's settings? What gives?

The only thing different about the gamer's edition is that it gives you those options...

[-KJ]

I only use AVG because I'm cheap. I thought most of these commercial AV products would have an advanced setting option for most of these "features" in the gamer's edition. I guess not :o

[LTD]

Isn't AV software not supposed to slow everything down in the first place? Why not implement these "gaming" features as standard across the board?

[i_was_here]

Isn't AV software not supposed to slow everything down in the first place?

Slowdown is certainly undesirable, but it doesnt mean AVs are not supposed to do that. Also it depends on the computer.

Why not implement these "gaming" features as standard across the board?

+1

[Unto Darkness]

Norton protect us

that's a laugh

Dude, you have no idea what you are talking about. It scored pretty well on the avcomparatives [better than NOD32 I might add].

For those of you who think Norton AV 2009 is bloated, fear not. I am trying it right now, and when idle, it only uses ~ 4 Mb X 2 processes. That is way better than NOD32. It even gives you a meter showing how many resources it is using and I noticed that it also scans faster.

[bigmehdi]

Well, great to see they are making changes in the right direction.

I'm thinking of all the products I've avoided because they were bought by Symantec...

[burnsflipper]

The only thing different about the gamer's edition is that it gives you those options...

[Groovedude]

to sum this all up.. its a little bit like marmite.

you either love it, or hate it :)!

[Adam2k8]

Link to download the trial version (UK)

http://spftrl.digitalriver.com/pub/symante...04/NAVG09EN.exe

[ViZioN]

Hrmmm might give it a go. Thanks for the link

[Skulltrail-old]

Demo video (N)

[franzon]

* No alerts + no notifications = no interruptions

but what happens if a virus is found? it's automatically removed. But what happens if it's a false positive? you're pwned.

[Imran Hussain]

I'm using the trial, and so far it seems as good as NOD 32.

[ViZioN]

Trial seems good. One thing that p**ses me right off is that if I want to buy it, on the UK site for Symantec its ?39.99, but on the US site its $39.99. Why is the UK getting ripped off yet again. I mean it's a digital download, not like anything is different.

[CPressland]

Trial seems good. One thing that p**ses me right off is that if I want to buy it, on the UK site for Symantec its ?39.99, but on the US site its $39.99. Why is the UK getting ripped off yet again. I mean it's a digital download, not like anything is different.

If I decide to buy it at the end of the trial I'll just paypal the money to a mate in the states and get him to buy it

[Dance.]

but what happens if a virus is found? it's automatically removed. But what happens if it's a false positive? you're pwned.

Quarantine.

[ViZioN]

If I decide to buy it at the end of the trial I'll just paypal the money to a mate in the states and get him to buy it

Pity I don't know anyone in the states :p

[Dance.]

Anyway, to everyone who is bashing Norton for the heck of it, give it try and then reply. No I haven't tried it yet, but its fundamentally wrong to bash anything out of ignorance.