OCTOBER 2020 PCWorld 63My Norton app.
Security is where most of the action
happens. Here you can initiate a scan with a
wide number of options including a quick
scan (the default), full system scan, a custom
scan, and a custom task.
The custom scan can check for protection
updates, remove temporary files in the
system, run disk optimization, and erase
Internet Explorer temporary files.
The Scans section can also run Norton
Power Eraser for eliminating threats that
regular scans can’t deal with, as well as
diagnostics, and Norton Insight—thefive devices.
Norton 360 works with two primary apps.
The first is My Norton, a launcher for the actual
antivirus program known as Device Security.
My Norton is home to other features that come
with 360 Deluxe such as Dark Web Monitoring
from LifeLock, a secure VPN, 50GB of cloud
backup, a password manager, and a link to the
Norton website for parental controls.
Device Security looks the same as
Norton’s other antivirus apps have for years
now. The app has five sections: Security,
Internet Security, Backup, Performance, and
My Norton. The latter is just a launcher for the
The Device Security app in Norton 360 Deluxe.