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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
Set Norton to allow you to remotely manage your
protected devices
Norton Remote Management sends the health status of your device and other information to
Norton Studio app for Windows. You can use this app to view, manage, or explore Norton
products and fix some protection issues with your device remotely. By default, Remote
Management is turned off.
Turn on Remote Management
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton product main window, click Settings.
3
In the Settings window, click Administrative Settings.
4
In the Remote Management row, move the switch to On.
5
Click Apply, and then click Close.
Protect Norton device security settings from
unauthorized access
To prevent unauthorized changes to your Norton device security settings turn on Settings
Password Protection and Norton Tamper Protection.
■ Settings Password Protection lets you set a password to view or change device security
settings.
■ Norton Tamper Protection checks for modifications to your settings by unknown or
suspicious apps.
Turn on or off Settings Password Protection and Norton Tamper Protection
1
Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.
2
In the Norton product main window, click Settings.
3
In the Settings window, click Administrative Settings.
4
Under Product Security:
■ In the Settings Password Protection row, move the switch to On or Off.
■ In the Norton Tamper Protection row, move the switch to On or Off.
If prompted, select how long you want the feature off, and click OK.
93Customize settings
Set Norton to allow you to remotely manage your protected devices