Norton 360 Lifelock Select

Norton antivirus provides many scan options to detect and remove any malware like smart scan, custom scan, full scan etc. You can also schedule the scans. In terms of its effectiveness it has scored good in independent testing labs. In our in house test it blocked all the threats effectively. As per my personal long term experience it never missed any threat.

Its antimalware has the capability to block the ransomware. I found this this second layer of protection a good thing that if some how any ransomware enters in to the system it can alter anything in the protected folders. We can also protect filetypes. For these protected folders and file types we can also allow only certain apps to access them.

Norton has a two way firewall for inbound and as well outbound connection monitoring. It offers intrusion detection and highly customized options to define your own rules. Settings are also easy to manage. A WiFi security is also included in it.

Norton's web protection provide security from array of threats even without using any browser extension. But for more security Norton recommend to install its Safe Web browser extension. I found two extensions one named with Safe Web and another with Safe Search. Safe search replaces the search engines and provides its own search customize search engine powered by ask.

You require to install the password manager as a browser extension to automatically store the passwords. It is a simple to use and powerful password manager to get rid of the password hassles.

Cloud backup is something that not all antiviruses are providing. This plan offers a 250GB cloud backup space. You can sync your important files and folders to keep them safe. It is a useful feature to secure you important files in case of any data loss. Cloud could be differ from country to country.

Norton's VPN comes with many security features like AES 256 bit encryption, No log policy and Kill switch. It has servers in various countries. This plan includes unlimited VPN traffic.

Norton Offers Norton Family as its parent control software. It comes with time supervision, app supervision and other powerful features to keep an eye on your children. Even you can monitor search engine searches and YouTube searches. I found Instant Lock and unlock with the Pin a powerful feature which is very handy when I used this software regularly.

Under privacy protection I found two options a VPN and SafeCam. Though its name is SafeCam but it can monitor both webcam and microphone.

Norton's Identity theft protection service is powered by Lifelock. It includes a dark web monitoring feature scan and alert you if any of the your information like email, phone, credit card detail etc. found on dark web. This plan includes:

• $1 million insurance for Id theft as Lawyer and expert coverage.
• Credit monitoring from 1 bureaus.
• Social security and credit alert.
• Stolen wallet & personal expense compensation up to $25000.