Norton setup is a security program that will keep your devices, data and identity shielded from cybercriminals. Norton offers a variety of products including antivirus and online security suites. Examine your security needs to find the best product for you. After you have purchased a Norton subscription, enter your product key or activation codes to download and install the software.
The Norton UI is slick, modern and easy to navigate. The main view lets you see the results of a scan, as well as any active threats, as well as setting up the settings of the program and its built-in features. You can customize antivirus scanning as well as update the program and its extension and manage the VPN, access dark web reports and privacy monitoring reports and manage cloud backup. The program also comes with password managers, which help you create and save secure login credentials for your online accounts.
Norton’s security tools and optimization tools do have a significant impact on performance. The Procyon test simulator from UL showed a performance drop of almost 10% in a full scan and about 6% when it was idle. A simple file cleanup took longer than three minutes, a long delay when compared with Windows itself, which has a built-in tools for the job.
Other features worth investigating include the dark web and privacy monitoring, which alerts you when your information is uncovered on the internet and parental controls which help you limit screen time for your children and promote a balance approach to offline and online activities. In addition, Norton offers cloud backups which save your files to the cloud and can be restored in the event that your computer experiences a major crash or ransomware attack.