#Norton mobile security review install

Half of the Norton interface we like, half can be a little frustrating. Not bad, but not great compared to how some competitors fared. We saw a bigger system drain when Norton is running a full scan, using up about 14% of our testing computers' resources.

Boot-up time with Norton Security installed was a bit higher than the competition, but still acceptable. Norton came up with average scores for our resource usage tests. The good thing is, you'll probably never need to adjust these settings. And, while we like that, the average user might be overwhelmed at first. Norton had mid-pack results during our firewall tests, scoring an average of 70%.ДЄs far as usability, there's pretty much every conceivable switch and lever to control the firewall. It's a virtual moat around your PC with only one way in and out. Overall, not a very strong antivirus and malware protection performance for Norton Security.ДЄ firewall is your first line of defense against new threats trying to infiltrate your PC. But this time, a separate piece of adware changed our testing PCs to be Japanese, including '360 Antivirus.' One of the strangest incidents was when the same rogue antivirus we described above (360 Antivirus) slipped through. Most that slipped through were a variety of adware geared to take your money.

#Norton mobile security review install

The others were given warnings, but we could still install them. With a fresh, fully updated Norton, we tried to download and install multiple malware samples to see how Norton would react in real-time to the threats.ДЄbout 50% of the samples were blocked and/or deleted when we tried to run them. Even still, it wasn't a great ending to an otherwise decent performance.ДЄs for real-time protection Norton Security Deluxe didn't do very well either-and it usually excels here. So much so that Norton and our systems became useless. On top of that, despite doing a decent job at cleanup, our testing PCs-and Norton itself-became buggy and unresponsive.