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Table Of Contents
- Norton™ Internet Security
- Contents
- 1. Welcome to Norton
- 2. Download and install Norton
- 3. Understand and respond to threats
- 4. Manage your security
- 5. Scan your computer
- Run Norton scans to check for threats on your PC
- Create your own custom Norton scans
- Schedule Norton scans
- Customize Real Time Protection settings
- View real-time threats detected by Norton SONAR
- Exclude files and folders from Norton Auto-Protect, SONAR, and Download Intelligence scans
- Exclude files with low-risk signatures from Norton scans
- Clear file IDs excluded during scans
- Turn on or turn off automatic tasks
- Run custom tasks
- Schedule security and performance scans
- Configure Data Protector to block malicious processes affecting your PC
- Set Norton to remove scripts that can be exploited in phishing attempts
- Learn more about Norton Script Control
- 6. Keep secure on the Internet
- Turn Norton Firewall on or off
- Customize Program Rules to change access settings for programs
- Change the order of firewall rules
- Turn off a Traffic rule temporarily
- Allow Internet access for a blocked program
- Turn Firewall Block Notification off
- Turn Browser Protection on
- Learn more about Intrusion Prevention exclusion list
- Set Norton to protect you from exploits, cybercriminals, and zero-day attacks
- Set Norton to monitor applications and block malicious websites from accessing your computer
- Turn off or turn on AutoBlock
- Unblock computers that are blocked by Norton AutoBlock
- Add a device to Device Trust
- Turn off or turn on Download Intelligence
- Turn off or turn on spam filtering
- Define the Internet usage for Norton
- Turn off or turn on Network Cost Awareness
- Learn more about Wi-Fi Security
- Protect your banking information using Norton Safe Web
- 7. Secure your sensitive data
- Add or install the Norton browser extensions to your browser
- Turn off or turn on Norton Safe Web
- Securely search and browse the web using Norton Safe Search
- Scam Insight
- Antiphishing
- Access Norton Password Manager
- Turn on or turn off Norton Password Manager
- Create Norton Password Manager cloud vault
- Delete your Norton Password Manager vault
- Export your Norton Password Manager data
- Import your Norton Password Manager data
- Enable or disable the Norton Security toolbar
- 8. Keep your PC tuned up
- 9. Customize settings
- 10. Find additional solutions
Customize Automatic Protection settings
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton main window, click Settings.
3
In the Settings window, click Antivirus.
4
Under Removable Media Scan, set the slider to On.
Set SONAR to remove threats automatically
SONAR provides real-time protection against threats and proactively detects unknown security
risks on your computer. SONAR identifies emerging threats based on the behavior of
applications. You can configure how SONAR removes a threat using SONAR Advanced Mode
settings.
Set SONAR to remove threats automatically
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton main window, click Settings.
3
In the Settings window, click Antivirus.
4
Under Remove Risks Automatically, set the slider to Always.
5
Under Remove Risks if I Am Away, set the slider to Always.
6
Click Apply.
Set Auto-Protect to exclude known good files from Norton scans
If you think Norton identifies a valid application as a security risk, you can exclude the file from
Norton scans.
Exclude files from Norton scans
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton main window, click Settings.
3
In the Settings window, click Antivirus.
4
In the Antivirus settings window, click the Scans and Risks tab.
5
Under Exclusions / Low Risks, do one of the following:
■ In the Items to Exclude from Scans row, click Configure.
33Scan your computer
Customize Real Time Protection settings