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1. #NORTON SECURITY FOR MAC REVIEW 2015 INSTALL#
2. #NORTON SECURITY FOR MAC REVIEW 2015 FULL#
3. #NORTON SECURITY FOR MAC REVIEW 2015 ANDROID#

Norton's price looks particularly good when you consider that it includes five licenses for Norton Secure VPN, which costs $79.99 per year after the first year.Ī Norton AntiVirus Plus subscription can also be used to install protection on your Mac, but it's not a good deal. However, both Norton and Intego offer more than simple antivirus protection. Among current Mac antivirus products, only Intego costs as much, though its $99.99 list price only gets you three licenses.

#NORTON SECURITY FOR MAC REVIEW 2015 ANDROID#

You pay $99.99 per year for a Norton subscription, which lets you install protection on up to five macOS, Windows, iOS, or Android devices. Called StarPulse, this is one of the very few enhancements to the macOS product since my last review. Much less obvious is a new feature that blocks access to malicious URLs by programs other than browsers. These include: Safe Web, which keeps you away from dangerous and fraudulent sites Safe Search, which suppresses dangerous links in search results Norton Home Page, which puts Safe Search front and center and Password Manager, which I'll discuss below. Norton also prompts you to install its protective extensions for Chrome and Firefox. It looks a lot like the Device Security component in the Windows edition. When you click one of the other icons, its details and settings slide in from the side to replace the status indicator. Clicking My Norton takes you back to the dashboard, as on other platforms. As with the previous edition, it has a white background with a security status indicator occupying the top part of the main window and five green icons across the bottom: Security, Scans, LiveUpdate, Clean, and My Norton.

#NORTON SECURITY FOR MAC REVIEW 2015 FULL#

I cover these alerts in detail in my full review of Norton 360 Deluxe.Ĭlicking Device Security brings up the familiar local protection window. Norton 360 Deluxe doesn't include a LifeLock subscription the way higher protection tiers do, but the Dark Web feature does get some information from LifeLock. Likewise, you can click to manage Parental Controls online, but there's no local agent to enforce rules on the Mac.ĭark Web Monitoring is a wholly online service, so it doesn't matter what platform you're using. While you can access backups from your Windows devices online, there isn't a component to back up files from your Mac. I'll cover these in detail below.ĭon't get too excited about seeing Cloud Backup in the list. Here you can see all the security elements: Device Security, Dark Web Monitoring, Secure VPN, Password Manager, Parental Controls, and Cloud Backup. You manage this protection through the My Norton dashboard. The Norton 360 name reflects an emphasis on omnidirectional protection for your devices, your identity, your data, and more. All the other Mac antivirus utilities I've evaluated install without a reboot. Like Intego Mac Internet Security X9, Norton requires a reboot to complete the installation. You can then download and install Norton protection on your Mac, or email a link to install it on another device. To start, you create a Norton account online and register the subscription you bought. Best Malware Removal and Protection Software.