Norton 360 Standard for Mac: Antivirus performance These include webcam protection, a reputation database that helps improve speed by establishing trusted and reputable sources, behavior monitoring that looks for suspicious activities with your data, and finally Power Eraser and Norton Boot and Recovery which can both be used to rectify more serious malware infections.

It's worth noting that while Norton 360 Standard has a single license covering macOS and Windows, the macOS version is missing a few of the more advanced antivirus protection methods that the Windows version has. Finally, the firewall will once again look at data leaving your Mac to ensure that it isn't being provided to an unintended source. From there, protection is passed off to the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), which more specifically looks at efforts to gain access to your Mac. Norton's first line of defense is its Smart Firewall, which monitors incoming network traffic and tries to screen out malicious content before it even makes it to your Mac. The service relies on artificial intelligence and machine learning to ensure that emergent malware, viruses, spyware or ransomware will be detected. Norton 360 Standard for Mac: Antivirus protectionįollowing the initial scan, Norton 360 will provide real-time protection from any new threats. Norton 360 Standard is also compatible with Windows (7 through 10), Android (6.0 and later) and iOS (current and previous two versions). At the time of this review, that included macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 10.15 Catalina and macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Norton 360 Standard is compatible with the current and previous two versions of macOS. Parents can monitor School Time and the regular parental controls from a Mac. School Time is an addition to the parental controls designed to allow remote-learning students scheduled access to specific categories of apps and websites without opening the entire internet to them.

In addition to the Norton 360 Standard features, this bumps the online storage up to 50GB and adds monitoring of people-search sites for your data, plus parental controls and a new School Time feature for kids using Windows, Android or iOS. This allows you to install Norton 360 on up to five Windows, Mac, Android or iOS devices. If you need to cover additional devices, you'll have to buy up to Norton 360 Deluxe for $105 per year.

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