Probably my curiosity and thirst for experiments will not lead me to anything good, but another product has sharpened my attention. Walking around the Internet, I came across an interesting heading in the section of one of the sites. Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus for PC Gamers The first thing that came to mind "It's Aiden Pearce's tricks" turned out to be an antivirus specifically for gamers. As the developer of this product positions Webroot Software, this is the first product of its kind with a low load on the system and a fairly fast job of detecting threats.

As it turned out, the developers did not lie, it really loads the system a little, but what killed me even more was the size of the installation file, only 750 KB. I thought that it would download the engine when connected to the Internet, but I was wrong, this product is completely "cloud" and it takes all the threat databases from the cloud.

I started testing the product while playing, turned on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Lost Alpha and Mortal Kombat, but did not find any big changes in the gameplay. Before it was G Data InternetSecurity 2015 and this product was no different from the work of the previous one, the only thing that annoyed if the browser was turned on or minimized, the antivirus constantly monitored the site for phishing, and if it didn’t like something, it displayed a message and the game was minimized, the same thing happened even in the case of the work of only one browser in the system.

However, when testing continued on a weaker computer, the FPS gain was significantly different and the game ran more smoothly and without freezes, this happened when NFS: Rivals was running. As it turned out, this antivirus is paid, the country of the developer is the USA. In addition to this product, there are several more lines of antiviruses, thank God, free keys are being distributed now, and upon receipt and activation of the key, it turned out that the product had lost the prefix for PC Gamers and became known as Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus 2014. The main difference was the absence of a system optimizer in Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus 2014 , which was present in Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus for PC Gamers, which is why it became the antivirus for the gamer. Although nothing has changed after switching to another version of the product.

At the same time, the product has not lost the ability to lightly load the processor. Games assisted by this product performed quite well and there are no complaints about it in this regard.

However, these complaints remained with the product's interface, it has a lot of translation text overlays, words overlap each other, and sometimes it's hard to understand what the antivirus writes there or what messages it displays. The work of the anti-virus program itself leaves much to be desired, although it is quite favorable for normal everyday work.

For those who are interested in this product, here is a link to the promotion. Although I, as a simple user, had a question. Why not use another PC protection solution. Most antiviruses already have a "Game Mode", in which all active components go to sleep. The product is good and ahead of some "giants" in PC protection, however, for home use, it is enough to use another antivirus equipped with "Game Mode", but if you are paranoid about the load on your PC, then there is simply no better antivirus in this regard.

Game Mode is a feature for users who want to avoid any interruptions in their software and distraction pop-ups, and also want to minimize CPU consumption. It can also be used during presentations that cannot be interrupted by antivirus activity. Enabling this feature disables all pop-ups and stops the scheduler completely. System protection still works in the background, but does not require any user intervention.

To enable or disable Game Mode, in the main program window, select Settings > Computer, and then in the Game Mode section, select the Enable value. The game mode can also be enabled using the advanced settings tree (F5). To do this, expand the Computer element, select Game Mode and check the box Enable game mode. Enabling Game Mode exposes the system to a threat, so the protection status icon on the taskbar will turn orange to warn you. This warning will also be displayed in the main program window: it will display an orange inscription Game mode enabled.

If you check the box Automatically turn on game mode when running applications in full screen mode, game mode will turn on when you launch any application in full screen mode and automatically turn off after exiting this application. This is especially useful for enabling Game Mode directly when launching a game, full-screen application, or presentation.

You can also check the box Automatically turn off game mode after X minutes. and specify the time after which the game mode is automatically turned off (the default value is 1 minute).

NOTE. If the Personal Firewall is running in interactive mode and Game Mode is enabled, you may experience problems connecting to the Internet. This can be difficult if you are running a game that uses an Internet connection. Usually, the user is prompted to confirm the desired action (if no rules or exceptions are set for the connection), but in game mode, user interaction is not possible. The workaround is to set a connection rule for each application that might conflict with this behavior, or use a different filtering mode in the Personal Firewall. Also, be aware that when Game Mode is enabled, access to a web page or application that could pose a security risk may be blocked, but no explanation or warning will be displayed on the screen, since user interaction is disabled.

Function Game mode Improves PC performance while gaming by tweaking system settings and disabling unnecessary applications running in the background. In game mode, each running game will be automatically detected and added to the list of game entries. When you start the games from this list, the game mode is automatically turned on.

Default game mode activated. To turn off game mode, click the slider ON OFF.

Note. Game mode supported by OS Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 And Windows Vista.

Adding Game Records Manually

If in game mode the game not detected automatically, the game recording can be added manually.

Adding a Game Recording Manually

1. Click Add game.
2. Select a game from the list or click an item Choose your path to play and enter the path to the game file.
3. In the window that appears, check the name of the game and its location and turn on parameter . This will ensure that the game mode is automatically enabled when the game starts.
4. Click Save.

Your game is displayed on the game mode screen as a tile.

Modifying game entries

To edit a game entry, follow these steps:

1. Click the tile of the game entry you want to edit.
2. Set the following options.
   • Name of the game: Click the text field to change the title of the game entry.
   • Game location: Click the text field to change the game file path.
   • Activate game mode on startup: click the slider ON to change its position to OFF, if not You need to turn on the game mode when starting the game.
3. Click Save to confirm your changes.

To delete a game entry, click Delete, and then - Yes to confirm the action.

Managing game mode settings

The Game Mode settings allow you to specify how you want to optimize system performance while running game applications. Click gear icon to open settings. Click the slider to enable the setting OFF to change its position to ON. To turn off a setting, click the slider ON to change its position to OFF.

• Automatically add new games: Automatically add new running games to the list of game entries. This setting will enable the game mode to automatically turn on the next time you start this game.
• Pausing Windows Updates: Temporarily pause Windows updates.
• Switching to high performance mode(for laptop users): Switch the power plan to the highest performance mode.
• High Priority Games: Increase the priority of the game process to ensure that the game runs smoothly even when background processes are running.
• Without Avast Intervention: Temporarily disable Avast pop-ups, notifications, and scheduled scans.
• Disable Windows Notifications: Temporarily disable Windows notifications.

To return to the main Game Mode screen, click Back at the top of the screen.