Neither Norton 360 Deluxe nor Norton 360 for Gamers include the full protection of LifeLock’s identity theft remediation, but both will use LifeLock’s technology to monitor any appearance of your personal data on the dark web. The other gamer-specific enhancement involves the personal data tracking component.

In full-screen mode, Norton silences all alerts except critical ones. You only get notifications if you’re at risk or under attack, or if you’re not using all the features you’re entitled to. PC Notification Optimization can reduce notifications to the bare minimum. In the end, the developers focused on two essential features. At the very least, it costs the gamer in time and enjoyment. This is especially true if you don’t use a password manager to ensure a different strong password for every site. And an attack that gains access to your game account might well level up to take control of other accounts such as email or banking sites. In many cases, items and gold within a game are worth real-world cash. It’s not just in-game gold you stand to lose. An interruption that lets an enemy destroy or damage that character can be devastating. So your avatar gets killed and has to respawn at the start of the level-so what? But a serious gamer may spend hundreds of hours developing a character and accumulating special items. Non-gamers may wonder what all the fuss is about. Results were unsurprising, almost all of them variations on “protect me but stay out of my face.” Requests included suppression of notifications, limiting background tasks that suck up computing power, and relegating updates to non-critical times. Before embarking on creation of this product, they took a survey to see just what gamers want. They’re well aware that gamers need security, but don’t want it interfering with their gaming. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete Review What Do Gamers Want?Īs noted, many of this product’s developers are gamers themselves. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.

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