Norton 360 for Gamers is a specialized cybersecurity solution designed to meet the unique needs of the gaming community. Developed by NortonLifeLock, this product combines the robust protection of the standard Norton 360 suite with features specifically tailored to enhance gaming performance and safeguard against threats that target gamers. Norton 360 for Gamers offers comprehensive security without compromising system performance, ensuring a seamless gaming experience while protecting sensitive personal information, gaming accounts, and in-game assets from cyber threats.

Key Features of Norton 360 for Gamers

1. Real-Time Threat Protection: Norton 360 for Gamers provides real-time protection against malware, viruses, ransomware, spyware, and phishing attempts. It uses AI and machine learning to detect and neutralize emerging threats before they can cause harm, offering gamers peace of mind as they play online.

2. Game Optimizer: One of the standout features of Norton 360 for Gamers is its Game Optimizer, which helps to maximize gaming performance by reallocating system resources. By minimizing interruptions from background tasks and security scans, this feature ensures that CPU power is focused on delivering a smoother gaming experience, reducing lag and boosting frame rates.

3. Dark Web Monitoring for Gamers: This feature continuously scans the dark web for compromised gaming-related information, such as usernames, email addresses, or passwords linked to gaming accounts. If compromised data is detected, users receive instant alerts, allowing them to take immediate action to secure their accounts.

4. Secure VPN: Norton 360 for Gamers includes a no-log Virtual Private Network (VPN), which helps protect gamers' personal information from being intercepted during online gameplay. By encrypting the user's connection, the VPN also prevents DDoS attacks and reduces the chances of location-based throttling by Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

5. PC SafeCam: Many gamers use webcams for streaming or communication during gameplay, and Norton’s PC SafeCam feature ensures that the webcam is protected from unauthorized access. Users are notified if any unauthorized applications attempt to access the webcam, safeguarding their privacy.

6. Password Manager: With so many accounts associated with online gaming, a strong password manager is essential. Norton 360 for Gamers includes a secure password manager that stores and manages passwords, generates strong, unique passwords for accounts, and auto-fills login information to make signing into gaming platforms fast and secure.

7. Notification Optimization: Norton 360 for Gamers offers a unique notification system that minimizes pop-ups and alerts during gameplay. Gamers can set “full-screen mode detection” to suppress non-critical notifications so they won’t be interrupted during intense gaming sessions, ensuring a more immersive experience.

8. Cloud Backup: Norton 360 for Gamers includes 50GB of secure cloud storage to help safeguard important files, gaming data, and saved game states. This feature protects against data loss due to hard drive failures, ransomware attacks, or system crashes.

9. Ransomware and Phishing Protection: Gamers are frequently targeted by phishing schemes and ransomware attacks, particularly through fake gaming sites, email scams, and malicious downloads. Norton 360 for Gamers offers advanced protection against these threats, ensuring that personal and financial information, as well as gaming assets, remain safe.

Performance and System Impact

Norton 360 for Gamers is specifically designed to have minimal impact on system performance, allowing gamers to run resource-intensive games without worrying about slowdowns or lag caused by security scans. The software intelligently manages system resources and performs background tasks only when the system is idle or under low stress, ensuring that the gaming experience remains uninterrupted.

The Game Optimizer feature further enhances performance by diverting CPU power to the game, reducing lag, and providing faster, more responsive gameplay. This makes Norton 360 for Gamers one of the few cybersecurity solutions that not only protects but actively improves gaming performance.

Why Norton 360 for Gamers?

1. Gamer-Focused Features: While traditional antivirus programs are designed for general protection, Norton 360 for Gamers is built with gamers in mind. Features like Game Optimizer, minimal interruptions, and dark web monitoring for gaming accounts cater specifically to the needs of the gaming community.

2. Enhanced Performance: With Game Optimizer, Norton 360 for Gamers not only ensures top-tier protection but also enhances game performance by reallocating resources and reducing background tasks that could slow down gameplay.

3. Comprehensive Protection: Norton 360 for Gamers provides multi-layered protection against malware, viruses, ransomware, phishing, and identity theft. It also includes tools like a secure VPN, password manager, and cloud backup, making it a comprehensive cybersecurity solution for gamers.

4. Privacy Protection: With features like PC SafeCam, a secure VPN, and dark web monitoring, Norton 360 for Gamers ensures that gamers’ personal information and privacy are protected while they play, stream, or engage in online gaming communities.

5. Cross-Device Protection: Norton 360 for Gamers isn’t just limited to gaming PCs. It provides protection across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices, ensuring that gamers can play safely regardless of the device they use.

It Includes:

• Dark Web Monitoring for gamer tags and personal information : We monitor the dark web and notify you if we find your personal information, including your gamer tags, usernames and email addresses.

• Game Optimizer: Norton GO directs more power to your game, maximizing speed for an immersive experience. Boost your performance for smoother gameplay and get the most out of your rig!

• 50 GB Cloud Backup: Automatic cloud backup for PCs – store your game clips online6, freeing up space on your drives.

• Notification Optimization: On your PC, we’ll only notify you if we detect you are under attack, your protection is at risk, or you aren’t using a feature you’re entitled to use. Fewer notifications and more control over product & service reminders.

• Full  Screen Detection Mode: Device security for PCs that detects when you’re using full-screen mode, and silences all but critical security alerts.

• Parental Control : Support a healthy gaming hobby with screen time limits and control over access to inappropriate apps on desktop and mobile devices.

• Real-time Threat Protection of your Device : Multi-layered, advanced security helps protect against existing and emerging malware threats to your devices, including phishing attacks via chat, text and email and security flaws in games and websites.

• PC SafeCam : Help prevent potential stream bans and embarrassment that could result from someone trying to access your webcam. We’ll notify you if we detect that someone tries to access your webcam, and we can help you block them.

• Smart Firewall For PC: Monitors communications between your computer and other computers and helps block unauthorized traffic, helping protect your personal files and financial information.

• Password Manager: A strong password is important for the protection of your game accounts. Let us help you store complex passwords, credit card information and other credentials online – more securely.

Note: Only Window 10 and 11 is supported.

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