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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
Optimize your boot volume
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton main window, double-click Performance, and then click Graphs.
3
In the Graphs window, at the top of the security status graph, click Optimize.
Improve performance when I play games or watch movies
Ever played a game or watched a movie when your security software started running and your
screen froze at the worst moment? You can set the Full Screen Detection tool to sense when
you’re running a program that shouldn’t be interrupted. Norton then waits until you’re done
with the app before running background tasks that keep you protected.
Make sure that Full Screen Detection is on
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 Administrative Settings.
4
Under Silent Mode Settings, in the Full Screen Detection row, move the switch to On.
5
Click Apply, and then click Close.
Stop interruptions when I use my favorite apps
If you think that Norton is slowing down your favorite programs, Quiet Mode settings stop
Norton from running while you use them. Norton waits until you’re done using these programs
before starting background tasks that keep you protected.
Run my favorite programs in Quiet Mode
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 Administrative Settings.
4
Under Silent Mode Settings, in the User-Specified Programs row, click Configure.
5
In the Quiet Mode Programs window, click Add.
85Keep your PC tuned up
Use Norton to optimize and improve computer performance