It does not log any information about your online activity. Antivirus software needs to be easy-to-use and well-designed. This will ensure that you can get the most out of its features and understand how to work with them. Norton fares pretty well in this area. Read the details below. You can find everything you need pretty quickly. Once you select a plan or a free trial, you will be prompted to create your account and enter your payment information.
After completing your payment, you will be guided to download and install the app on your device s. You can also log in to your account on the Norton website to get an overview of your security and subscription at any time. Plus, you can use the space to set up various features such as parental controls and a password manager. The installation process takes just a few minutes, but you will need to restart your computer to complete it. Note that a few extra steps are involved on macOS because you will need to grant the Norton app permissions to access your system fully.
You will be instructed step-by-step on what to do, and we found the process pretty straightforward. On the whole, it took us about fifteen minutes to set up Norton on a Mac, and the process was much quicker on a PC. We found Norton pretty intuitive and straightforward to use. However, it may seem a bit confusing given the variety of features. The great thing is that the app offers you a quick tour after you install it. From here, you can see an overview of your protection and open specific sections.
All the options are clearly displayed on the screen and are easy to find. When you click any option, it opens in a new window. Here, you can find a range of resources, such as instructional videos and a community forum to sort out your issues. Alternatively, you can contact customer support by phone during working hours on weekdays. We were able to reach Norton customer care pretty quickly, and we received timely help.
The support staff was knowledgeable and polite. So, Norton takes pretty good care of customers, and you will easily find help if you need it. Furthermore, the company offers an additional Ultimate Help Desk service for expedited access to technicians; tune-up sessions for your computer; and other tech help not limited to just Norton products.
Norton consumes minimal system resources when running in the background, but this goes up drastically during active scans. A full scan took almost an hour to complete and consumed about percent CPU usage. On the other hand, a quick scan took up about percent of computing power and was over within five minutes. So, quick scans do not interrupt your workflow as much and do not impede the performance of other apps on your computer. However, if your computer or your Norton antivirus software is outdated, you may experience issues with lag and heating.
Keep things updated to help them run smoothly. To sum up our Norton antivirus review, Norton is one of the best antivirus software for both Windows and Mac. It provides robust security and privacy, plus a range of additional security tools such as a password manager, parental controls, and the Safe Web browser extension. Our results are as follows:. Do you have a question about Norton Antivirus?
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Disable the "Outgoing email scan" Norton feature and check if it helps 1. Start Norton. Click Settings.
In the Settings window, click Antivirus. Click Apply. Click Close. It works by monitoring internet traffic and protecting against unwanted communication. This will help keep your machine safe from intrusion attacks. Aside from that, Norton Smart Firewall offers a vulnerability assessment feature.
This works by sussing out any way in which a cybercriminal could potentially attack your machine and guarding against them. This is a very reassuring feature, as vulnerabilities appear anywhere from your operating system software and applications to weak passwords. It may, for example, suggest downloading and installing the latest updated version of your operating software. Or it might warn you if a link leads to a potentially threatening site. Another handy feature included in the Norton security suite is access to its password manager.
When testing it out, I found Norton Password Manager performed all the tasks I needed from it, including password replay, filling in web forms, password capture and syncing across Windows, Android and iOS devices. You can add existing accounts really easily and manage them all in one place. It makes it really easy to access your files on your computer, phone, or on any other device you use to access the internet. But of course, as with all Norton products, the main reason to use it is to keep your machine safe.
And in the case of its PC cloud backup, this will keep your sensitive files and data safe from ransomware. Hackers can use ransomware to encrypt your files, forcing you to pay for the encryption key in order to restore your data. And so using cloud backup is a very helpful way to defend against this threat.
When setting it up, Norton allows you to choose which files you want to back up and how often you want this to happen. You can schedule backups on a weekly or monthly basis.
One of the handiest features offered by Norton is its SafeCam protection. This could lead to blackmail or worse. It does this by alerting you to untrusted apps that are trying to access your camera, allowing you the chance to block it before it does any damage. And if you do get an alert, you can choose to always allow or always block the app from accessing your webcam.
When we tested it out, SafeCam worked really well and gave us the peace of mind of knowing that our webcam is safe from spyware. If you buy Norton Deluxe or Norton Premium, you also get the parental control feature as a separate app called Norton Family.
Norton Family allows you to select the devices your children use and set up different rules for each child. In addition, it offers a few restriction levels for different age groups. You will also get a warning when an inappropriate website is accessed. To make sure that Norton Family truly works, I enabled it and tried to access adult-oriented content. It also blocked adult images on Google image results, which means they could not be loaded at all.
You can sign into the Dark Web Monitoring feature of Norton on their official website with your Deluxe or Premium account.
Dark Web Monitoring will let you know if any of your credentials bank accounts, credit card details, phone numbers, addresses, etc. To test the Dark Web monitoring feature , I found a breached email online. It was involved in 15 data breaches according to ihavebeenpwned.
Norton Crypto is a brand new PC feature added to the Norton package. Currently, the program lets you mine for Ethereum. And as soon as you earn some cryptocurrency, you can transfer it to your cloud-based Norton Crypto Wallet. So Norton offers a lot of excellent security features.
But how much does it cost? Well, there are three Norton plans. But if you live on your own and just want to protect one device, the Standard plan should work fine. After all, it has all the other security features Norton has to offer, including PC cloud backup of up to 10GB. For almost the same price as the standard plan, you can protect up to five devices , which gives you a lot more flexibility.
Norton with LifeLock Select is quite a big jump up in price. So what do you get for your extra subscription fee? The answer is "quite a lot," starting with GB of cloud storage. However, the unique selling proposition behind LifeLock is identity theft protection.
Here are some of the features that come with it:. With the Premium plan, you can protect up to 10 devices. You also get a whopping 75GB included in your PC cloud backup. But for all that, is it easy to use? Norton is pretty easy to download and install. And within a few minutes, we were up and running. I tested it on my Mac and it did run into a few teething problems when it came to my permissions.
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