Symantec 10067161 - 10PK NORTON ANTIVIRUS, Product Manual

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About the Silent Mode that turns on automatically
When you watch a movie, play games, or make a
presentation, you run the application in the full-screen
mode. Norton AntiVirus detects the application that
you run in the full-screen mode and automatically
enables Silent Mode. When Silent Mode is enabled,
Norton AntiVirus suppresses most of the alerts and
suspends background activities. Only those activities
run that are involved in protecting your computer from
viruses and other security threats. Minimum
background activities also ensure high performance
of your computer. The activities that are suspended
run after you finish using the application in the
full-screen mode.
Silent Mode also helps you maintain an uninterrupted
Media Center Extender session. A Media Center
Extender session is an extended session of Media Center
to an entertainment device, such as a television. The
alerts and notifications that appear during a Media
Center Extender session disconnect the session between
the host computer and the entertainment device.
Norton AntiVirus identifies a Media Center Extender
session as an active full-screen application and turns
on Silent Mode. When Silent Mode is enabled, Norton
AntiVirus suppresses alerts and notifications and
suspends background activities to provide an
uninterrupted Media Center Extender session.
Turning off or turning on Full Screen Detection
You can use the Full Screen Detection option in the
Settings window to turn on or turn off Silent Mode
automatically when Norton AntiVirus detects a
full-screen application. By default, the Full Screen
Detection option remains turned on after you install
Norton AntiVirus.
To turn off Full Screen Detection
1 In the Norton AntiVirus main window, click
Settings.
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About the Norton AntiVirus scans