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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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Click Apply.
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If you see the Set Password window, type a password and confirm. You need to set a
password each time you turn this feature off and on.
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Click OK.
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In the Settings window, click Close.
Reset a lost or forgotten password for Norton Settings Password
Protection
You must reinstall your Norton to access the settings and set a new password.
Set a shortcut key to search Norton device security
for information
When you search using the search icon in the Norton device security app, you can find Norton
features and support information as well as general topics online. You can use the default
keyboard shortcut Ctrl + F to launch search more quickly or set a shortcut.
Set up a search shortcut key
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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 product main window, click Settings.
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In the Settings window, click Administrative Settings.
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In the Search Shortcut Key row, move the switch to On.
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Click the arrow and then choose a key that you want to assign for in-product search.
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Do one of the following:
■ For the shortcut key to work only when your Norton product has focus, uncheck the
Global option.
■ For the shortcut key to work even when your Norton product has no focus, check the
Global option.
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Click Apply, and then click Close.
94Customize settings
Set a shortcut key to search Norton device security for information