OCTOBER 2020 PCWorld 65The parental time controls for Norton 360 Deluxe.
We tried testing out Norton 360’s
parental controls and they were pretty good
once they started working. We added a
child profile, and then followed the
instructions to install the Norton Family App
on the test PC to monitor the child user
account for Windows 10.
Norton’s defaults will monitor the child’s
account quite aggressively for younger
children. Time is limited, all searches are
logged and more; however, it took several
hours before we could see the PC reflected in
the child’s profile on the web interface. That’s
just too long, because you need to be able to
tweak the protection settings to your liking—
especially the time limits. If your child is doing
homework and gets suddenly locked out ofor in free third-party programs, but if you’re
getting Norton 360 anyway it’s nice that
they’re there.
The Dark Web Monitoring runs off
Norton’s website and lets you add key
information such as a bank account or credit
card number, phone number, address,
insurance policies, and up to five email
accounts. If any of this data shows up in a
hacked database being traded on the
so-called Dark Web, NortonLifeLock will alert
you to it.
It notably doesn’t track your social
security number, which I assume is part of
NortonLifeLock’s Fictitious Identity
Monitoring available only in Norton 360 with
Ultimate Plus.