Tuesday, July 3rd 2007
Symantec Claims 80% of all gamers are Infected by malware
Or, at least 80% of all gamers that attended DreamHack Summer 2007. Symantec went around the LAN party, and found that 80% of all gamers there were either infected by malware, or previously had been infected by malware. Symantec claims that the reason the infection rate among hardcore gamers is so high is quite simple. When gamers start practicing/gaming, they turn off their anti-virus programs in order to maximize performance. While this makes sense during the game, as the risk for getting infected while playing a game is very low, most gamers neglect to re-activate the protection of a good anti-virus program.
Symantec claims that with their Norton 360 software, there is no need to worry about this, as their anti-virus solution is designed to encumber performance as little as possible while still providing optimal protection.
Source:
Nordic Hardware
Symantec claims that with their Norton 360 software, there is no need to worry about this, as their anti-virus solution is designed to encumber performance as little as possible while still providing optimal protection.
27 Comments on Symantec Claims 80% of all gamers are Infected by malware
Norton not use up resources?? Common what a joke... I use avast free verison any day over that bloatware....
edit: oh noes, 54 infections found! (54 tracking cookies).
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Would NEVER SUGGEST anyone to get Norton!!
I find that hard to beleave though.
On the other hand if i was using Norton anything i would turn it off before doing anything anyways :laugh:
I 4th or 5th the cookies really don't count.
Hardcore gamers . . . ofcourse most of them have something weird that has been on their system, we are always trying mods and tweaks. From my experience the more hardcore the more likely the system is formated/reinstalled at least twice a year do to new tweak attempts, hardware updates, etc. Chances are of the hardcore people there a third of them had fairly fresh systems.