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Symantec just rolled out with the new antivirus that specially coded for gaming, Norton Antivirus 2009 Gamers Edition. The Antivirus will be a much lighter app, and only takes 3 seconds when the system boots. Compared to Norton 360, Which is heavier and require more space. The Norton Antivirus 2009 Gamers Edition uses more efficient memory resource than the usual antivirus, and only takes just about 5-6MB.

Generally, Gamers don’t t use the usual antivirus, and don’t want their PC bothered by the antivirus. Symantec said that the update system of the gaming Antivirus is even more quickly. Norton Antivirus 2009 Gamers Edition can be purchased via online for $ 39.99. The system should run perfectly on Vista and XP. And can be installed on 3 PCs for the standard version.

here are the notable feature of Norton Antivirus 2009 Gamers Edition

Gamer Mode

  • No alerts + no notifications = no interruptions
  • Optional settings to temporarily suspend updates, behavioral scanning and intrusion prevention
  • Enabled automatically when your PC is in full screen mode
  • Activate manually with a quick click on the Norton system tray icon

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

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THE GIANT software maker, Microsoft said on Tuesday that they will offer individuals free software to protect their PCs and discontinue its subscription-based consumer security suite.

The free antivirus from Microsoft will be released in the second half of 2009 and will have code name MORRO. Along with the upcoming antivirus, there will be a great chance that the company will discontinue Windows Onecare Service. Morro will be better suited for less powerful PCs and low-bandwith system since it uses fewer resources than the subscription service.

Morro will protect against viruses, rootkits, spyware and Trojan. The Microsoft free antivirus will be available for download over the Internet and will work on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the upcoming Windows 7.

via | cnet

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fake antispyware

fake antispyware

Nowadays, more and more fake antispywares software that circulates and infected thousands to millions computers in the world. Besides coming from removable storage media such as pen drive, the spyware can spread through e-mail to send fake messages containing attachments.

Spywares act by providing a fake message that resembles the Windows program, which seems to tell that in your computer, there are spyware / spyware, and then install the fake antispyware program ‘XP AntiSpyware 2009’.

To clean it up, there are several steps that need to be done. And this is how :

1. Disconnect the computer from the network.
2. Scan your computer using a removal tool. You can use the removal tool to clean up from Norman (you can download it here; http://download.norman.no/public/Norman_Malware_Cleaner.exe )

3. Remove the registry string, which was created by the spyware. You can use the script below; [click to continue…]

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