Review of security software for mac

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“Dark web monitoring” is an interesting feature, which monitors the parts of the internet not indexed by web search engines. Norton 360 subscribers on Windows also get access to up to 75GB of cloud storage to keep essential documents or irreplaceable photos in, just in case something happens to your PC. We especially like SafeCam, which alerts you when anything attempts to access your computer’s webcam – this sort of behaviour is fine from the likes of Skype or Zoom, but an application you’ve never heard of needs to be blocked and investigated. These are features offered by many security suites, but Norton has a few unique tricks. Read more: 7 best VPN services for streaming securely on your Android, iPhone, PC and more There’s a firewall too, to monitor network traffic and block anything suspicious. Then there’s its password manager, which will generate strong, complex passwords and remember them for you, so you don’t need to even attempt to commit 16 random characters to memory. You get a secure, anonymous VPN to keep your browsing activities private and secure, with a handy split tunnel feature that sends traffic from some apps to the VPN, and the rest to your normal internet connection. There’s more to Norton 360 than just antivirus software, however.