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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
Note: If you want to enable the Norton extension at a later time, click Remind Me Later. If
you do not want the notification alert to appear, click Don't ask me again.
Note: You must have the latest version of Norton to install the browser extensions of Internet
Explorer.
Turn off or turn on Norton Safe Web
Norton Safe Web protects you when you browse, search, or shop online using Google Chrome,
Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari browsers. It analyzes the security level of
websites that you visit and shows if the websites are free from threats.
If you see Message: "Browsing at Risk" displayed in the Norton main window, the Norton
Safe Web extension may not be installed or may be disabled in your default browser. To
resolve this problem, click Fix Now in the Norton main window. You are redirected to the
default browser extension store. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Norton Safe
Web extension.
If the Internet Security pillar is grayed out in the Norton main window, add and enable the
Norton browser extensions on your web browsers. To know more, see Fix problem with Internet
Security pillar being grayed out in Norton main window
To turn off Norton Safe Web extension, depending on your browser, choose one of the following:
I have Google Chrome
Turn on or turn off Norton Safe Web from Extensions page
1
Start Google Chrome.
2
On the top-right corner, click Customize and control Google Chrome
, and then click Settings.
3
On the top-right corner, click the customize icon, and then click Settings.
70Secure your sensitive data
Turn off or turn on Norton Safe Web