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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
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Click Apply.
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In the Settings window, click Close.
Exclude files and folders from Norton Auto-Protect,
SONAR, and Download Intelligence scans
You can configure Norton to exclude certain programs from the Auto-Protect scans and SONAR
scans. You can use Scan Exclusions window and Real Time Exclusions window to exclude
viruses and other high-risk security threats from scanning. When you add a file or folder to the
exclusions list, Norton ignores the file or folder when it scans for security risks.
To exclude a file from Download Intelligence, you must select a folder and download the file
to the selected folder. For example, when you download an unsafe executable file to this folder,
Norton lets you download the file and does not remove it from your computer. You must create
a new folder specific for Download Intelligence exclusions.
Note: Excluding a file from the Norton scans reduce the level of protection of your computer
and should be used only if you have a specific need. You should only exclude items if you are
confident that they are not infected.
Exclude high-risk security threats from scanning
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Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
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In the Norton main window, click Settings.
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In the Settings window, click Antivirus.
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In the Antivirus settings window, click the Scans and Risks tab.
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Under Exclusions / Low Risks, do one of the following:
■ In the Items to Exclude from Scans row, click Configure.
■ In the Items to Exclude from Auto-Protect, Script Control, SONAR and Download
Intelligence Detection row, click Configure.
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In the window that appears, click Add Folders or Add Files.
You can assign exclusions to local drives, folders, groups of files, single files, or network
drives. However, Norton does not support exclusions for files on a network. If you add a
network drive to the exclusion list, make sure that the drive is connected to your computer.
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In the Add Item dialog box, click the browse icon.
35Scan your computer
Exclude files and folders from Norton Auto-Protect, SONAR, and Download Intelligence scans