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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
Allow Internet access for a blocked program
By default, Smart Firewall blocks certain programs from accessing the Internet. Such programs
might include certain streaming-media programs, network games, or custom business
applications that are provided by your employer. If you know that the program's Internet activity
is not a threat to your security, you can unblock the program's Internet access.
Allow Internet access for a blocked program
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 Firewall.
4
On the Program Control tab, select the program that you want to allow access to the
Internet.
5
In the Access drop-down list for the program entry, click Allow.
6
Click Apply.
By default, Norton firewall automatically configures Internet access settings for Web-enabled
programs the first time that they run. When a program tries to access the Internet for the first
time, Automatic Program Control creates rules for it.
However, Norton lets you can manually configure the Internet access settings for your programs.
Configure Internet access settings for your programs
Turn off Automatic Program Control
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 Firewall.
4
In the Firewall settings window, click Advanced Program Control.
5
In the Automatic Program Control row, move the On/Off switch to Off.
6
In the confirmation window, click Yes.
7
In the Settings window, click Apply, and then click Close.
52Keep secure on the Internet
Allow Internet access for a blocked program