Norton 360 Deluxe Product Review

The Norton 360 Deluxe with Lifelock includes the most complete antivirus-software and identity protection service combinations you’ll find today.

The boom in the use of the Internet has also caused a steep rise in the number of cybercrimes. For many, cybercrime has become a profitable business. How profitable, you might ask?

According to studies made by experts, cybercriminals steal as much as a trillion dollars from individuals and businesses in a year. Studies show that the attack of the cybercriminals is so intense that any unprotected computer connected to the Internet can become infected within a few minutes, and almost one in three Internet users have lost sensitive data on their PC to hackers.

Therefore, we need a reliable and dynamic Internet security system that can safeguard us from the attack of these nasty cybercriminals.

Norton’s eight different Windows antivirus packages are for people who prefer everything in one place, who would rather not mix-and-match applications and services, and who can afford Norton’s prices. All this integration gets expensive quickly as you add features.

Norton’s malware-scanning engine uses a lot of system resources during full scans, and no Norton package offers encryption or file shredding. But if you’re looking for a single solution to cover your digital security and privacy from every angle, look no further than NortonLifeLock.

Why Choose Norton 360 Deluxe?

Today the market place is overcrowded with a number of different anti-virus products, but Symantec’s Norton 360 Deluxe stands apart with its industry’s best protection rates for web-based attacks. It is designed with the latest security technology to provide the customers reliable and proactive antivirus protection, as well as secure remote access to their backed up data.

Furthermore, it is the most sophisticated product in the Symantec’s antivirus products lineup and it provides real-time protection to your computer system from all existing and emerging threats. It is an excellent security suite, which includes patented five layer anti-virus, anti-spyware, browser protection, Facebook protection, identity theft protection, parental controls, PC optimization, automatic backup and 50 Gb secured online storage. It has very little impact on the system performance against the wonderful features it provides.

For the regular price of $49.95, we found some exclusive Norton 360 Deluxe features which you won’t find in competitive software, like Kaspersky Total Security or Heimdall Thor Premium.

Namely ,“Virus Protection Promise,” when the company refunds your money for the software in case it can’t delete or detect a virus on your system, or the support team can’t solve this issue.

The second exclusive feature is “Dark Web Monitoring Powered by LifeLock.”  In short, the great part of this feature is that it helps you protect all your personal data, including emails and credit cards shared in the Dark Web by cybercriminals.

To those not familiar with the term, Dark Web refers to encrypted online content hidden from conventional search engines.The people who run the Dark Web use masked IP addresses to hide their tracks. In a nutshell, the Dark Web is similar to an online black market, it’s a place where people purchase illegal items like guns, weapons, or credit card details.

The eight Windows antivirus products of the Norton LifeLock family can protect anything from a single PC to a household’s worth of computers and mobile devices along with the identities of their users.

All Norton products, starting with Norton AntiVirus Plus, include a two-way firewall, an unlimited password manager and a file-backup program.

They also include the company’s Safe Web browser extensions, which work with Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome and Firefox.

Safe Web’s Isolation Mode renders the contents of known dangerous sites as read-only. If you connect to a banking site, Norton runs the browser session in a virtual machine.

Norton’s Secure VPN comes with Norton 360 Standard and above. Unlike other antivirus companies, Norton doesn’t tease you with a free limited data offering and then make you pay for more you get unlimited VPN data from the get-go.

You can hide your location like a digital James Bond, or just stream localized movies and sports as if you were in London or Mexico City. It took us an average of 6.5 seconds to connect to Norton’s VPN, but the VPN’s encryption and routing cut our usable bandwidth by half.

There’s no free Norton software, but there’s a 60-day satisfaction guarantee on the paid products, as well as Norton’s Virus Protection Promise of a refund if the software can’t keep your system clean. The list prices are higher than comparable products from other antivirus vendors, but you can often find substantial markdowns.

The entry-level Norton AntiVirus Plus protects a single PC or Mac and works with Windows 7 through 10.

For $10 a month, or $100 a year, Norton 360 Deluxe covers five devices, regardless of platform. It adds parental controls and gives you up to 50GB of online storage and five simultaneous VPN connections. It maxes out all of Norton’s core antivirus features; the next five products add device licenses, online storage and identity protection.

Norton 360 Premium, available at retail stores but not on the Norton website, expands the Deluxe antivirus and VPN coverage to up to 10 devices and 75GB of online storage. It lists at $115 per year. Norton 360 Platinum, also retail-only, lists for $140 per year, covers up to 20 devices and offers 100GB of online storage.

The top three products add increasing levels of LifeLock identity protection to Norton 360 Deluxe’s antivirus features. Check them out here :

– Norton 360 with LifeLock Select, $15 per month or $150 a year, monitors your Equifax credit file. If your identity is stolen, you’ll be reimbursed up to $25,000 for stolen funds, $25,000 for expenses incurred and $1 million for lawyers and experts. The antivirus protection and VPN connections are limited to five devices, but you’ll get 100GB of online storage.

– Norton 360 with LifeLock Advantage covers 10 devices for $25 a month, or $250 a year, and provides 250GB of online storage. You’ll get up to $100,000 for expenses and stolen funds each. It also monitors your bank and credit-card accounts, scans court records for your name and watches for fraudulent use of your Social Security number.

– Finally, Norton 360 with LifeLock Unlimited Plus lists for $35 a month. or $350 a year. and increases the insurance coverage for expenses and stolen funds to $1 million each. It monitors your retirement and investment accounts, plus your files with all three major credit bureaus. It covers an unlimited number of devices and VPN connections and includes 500GB of online storage.