Antiviral computer software can often be the most infuriating
application a gamer will ever install on his computer. Imagine being in
the middle of an epic 24-man raid when all of a sudden your antivirus
software decides to upgrade the definitions, causing some serious lag
on your end. Next thing you know, it’s a total party wipe.
However, the
antivirus development company, BitDefender, hopes to end all of those
problems with its latest product.
Dubbed Game Safe, this antivirus and antispyware application is
advertised as being perfect for the online gamer. Ten Ton
Hammer’s Cody
“Micajah” Bye wanted to really get to the heart of
the software and
asked a number of questions to Game Safe’s Carmen Maierean,
the
company’s consumer product manager. Her answers are
well-thought and
in-depth, so if you’re looking for a new piece of antivirus
software,
make sure you check out this interview!
Ton Hammer: Another big concern that many gamers have with antivirus
software is the constant threat of the software not interacting well
with their favorite game of choice. What have the developers of Game
Safe done to insure that gamers won’t ever receive that sort
of alert?
Carmen: style="font-style: italic;"> Besides testing the games in
our own environment, we
have changed the firewall settings to accommodate any type of game. The
firewall rules created before entering Game mode are still active, it
is just that new connections created by the game during Game mode are
allowed.
