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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
After you install Norton device security on your computer or on your Mac device, you are
prompted to add the Norton browser extensions. The extensions support Google Chrome,
Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari browsers.
To install the Norton browser extensions, select your browser:
Google Chrome
Add Norton browser extensions in Google Chrome
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton main window, click Internet Security.
3
From the browser drop-down list, select Google Chrome and click Set Up Now.
4
In the Browser Protection page, click the Install option of Norton Safe Web.
5
In the Chrome Web Store page that appears, click Add to Chrome and follow the
on-screen instructions to install the extension.
6
After you enable Norton Safe Web, you can enable Norton Safe Search, Norton Home
Page, Norton Password Manager, and Norton Privacy Builder extensions. You can use
the Install option and follow the on-screen instructions to enable these extensions.
Note: Norton Privacy Builder is available on the Google Chrome browser for US only.
To enable all the Norton extensions in Google Chrome, click Enable All Norton
Extensions and follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: If your Norton Password Manager and Norton Safe Web extensions are missing, they
could be disabled. To enable the extensions, read Turn off on turn on Norton Safe Web or
Turn off or turn on Norton Password Manager.
Microsoft Edge (version 79 or later)
Microsoft has launched a new version of Microsoft Edge based on the Chromium open-source
project. Norton offers the following browser extensions for this new browser version on the
Microsoft Edge store.
■ Norton Password Manager - Helps provide the tools you need to create, store, and manage
your passwords, credit card and other sensitive information online more safely and securely
■ Norton Safe Web - Provides protection from online threats while you browse the web
The extensions are available for both Windows and Mac platforms.
67Secure your sensitive data
Add or install the Norton browser extensions to your browser