Stay secure with Norton without sacrificing speed when gaming

Whether you are competitive gamer or a casual player, you understand the importance of protecting yourself when you are gaming or streaming online. You know that hackers routinely target home networks and online accounts of gamers and streamers alike. But you don't want to sacrifice PC performance. A finely tuned PC, high speed Internet connection, and an optimized home network are essential to make the most of your gaming PC setup.

That's why more and more gamers prefer to protect themselves with Norton. In addition to best-in-class Internet security and Cyber Defense, Norton also offers the performance management tools which can be used to optimize your PC's performance.

We designed our Norton products with gamers in mind. We do not want to interrupt you while you play your favorite game whether it is DOTA2, or League of Legends, or World of WarCraft.

How do I configure my Norton product for gaming?

We've provided features to suspend alerts and background tasks while you play games or stream. These features make sure that your Norton product has minimal affect on the PC's performance.

When you perform important tasks, watch movies, or play games in full-screen mode, you can configure your Norton product to stop sending alert messages and suspend background tasks that slow performance. Full Screen Detection helps you turn on Silent Mode automatically when Norton detects a full-screen application.

Configure Norton to suspend alerts and background tasks

1. Open your Norton device security product.

2. On the left pane, click Settings.

3. In the Settings window, click the General tab.

4. Under Notification settings, click Edit Apps > Add Application > Add.

5. Navigate and select your gaming or streaming app for which you want to suppress Norton alerts and background tasks whenever you open the app in full screen.

6. Click Done.

How do I configure Norton firewall for my games?

Smart Firewall Program Control lets you control how the programs that are on your computer access the Internet. We recommend that you change the access of your games to Allow in Program Control. If you do not see the game in the Program Control list, you may need to add it.

Add game to Program Control

1. Open your Norton device security product.

2. On the left pane, click Security.

3. Navigate to Advanced Security > Network > Smart Firewall.

4. In the Smart Firewall window, click the Program Control tab.

5. Select the program that you want to change.

6. In the Network access drop-down list, select Allow to allow all access attempts by your gaming app.

   If the gaming app is not listed in Program Control, click More > and select Allow new app to allow Internet access attempts by the gaming app.