Symantec 10067161 Product Manual - Page 155

Protecting your files and data 155 About the Norton AntiVirus scans 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.