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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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In the Norton Insight window, on the Trust Level tab, select an option from the Show
drop-down list to view a category of files.
You may need to scroll down to view all the files that are listed in the details area.
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Click any file in the list to see more information, like file signature or install date, or to
change the trust level.
You can also click Check a Specific File, then browse to a file.
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In the File Insight window:
■ On the Details tab, click Locate to find where the file is on your computer.
If Norton does not give the file a Trusted rating, you may see an option to trust the file.
■ On the Origin tab, view information about the file source.
■ On the Activity tab, select an item from the Show drop down to view performance
issues including average resource, CPU, or memory usage.
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Click Close.
Set Norton to alert you about performance issues
Norton monitors your system performance. If it detects an increase in system resources used
by any program or process, it notifies you with performance alerts.
You can use the Performance Alerting option in Norton to receive performance alerts when
there is an increased usage of system resources by any program or process.
Set Norton to alert you about performance issues
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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 Administrative Settings.
87Keep your PC tuned up
Set Norton to alert you about performance issues