Gamers can now play online games and be protected from malware at the same time with the launch of a gaming edition antivirus from Symantec.

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According to Symantec, the Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition is fast and light on system resources, and never compromises the gaming experience. It comes with a ‘gamer mode’ that suspends updates, alerts, and other background activities, a smart scheduling system that holds full scans for when the computer is idle, a customisable security setting that allow gamers to reach the performance and protection they require, installs in less than a minute, and scans in less than 35 seconds.

Symantec’s Senior Vice President, Consumer Products, Rowan Trollope said, “Gamers are an extremely demanding audience that simply won’t tolerate anything on their system that detracts from gameplay. 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.”

The current German and European Champion in Warcraft III, Daniel ‘XlorD’ Spenst commented, “The user interface of Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition is really optimized for us Gamers. Fully automatic switching into Gamer Mode provides us with a perfect balance between performance and security.”

Pricing and Availability

Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition will be available in Australia next year with an RRP of $49.99.