36 PCWorld JANUARY 2022REVIEWS NORTON 360 DELUXE
protection capabilities soon, but first let’s talk
about our review choice from among
Norton’s portfolio. By my reckoning, the
best option in terms of value and capabilities
in the current lineup is Norton 360 Deluxe.
Norton offers two other premium suites
above that with extra LifeLock features, but
for most people 360 Deluxe hits the sweet
spot at $35 for the first year for new users
and $105 per year for returning users,
covering five devices.FEATURES AND SERVICES
All Norton 360 suites work 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, aka Privacy Monitor, a secureVPN, 75GB of cloud backup, a password
manager, and a link to the Norton website for
parental controls. The company also recently
introduced an anti-tracking service for web
browsing called AntiTrack that’s available for
$40 a year. AntiTrack blocks cookies and also
prevents device fingerprinting.
Device Security has five sections: Security,
Internet Security, Backup, Performance, and
My Norton. The latter is just a way to get back
to the My Norton launcher.
Security is where most of the action
happens. Here you can initiate a scan from a
wide number of options, including a quick
scan (the default), a 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
diagnostics, and
Norton Insight—the
program that
determines which
files should be
scanned during a
The Device Security app in Norton 360 Deluxe. quick scan.