Norton Internet Security Instructions

 

  1. Click Start and navigate to the programs list. Choose the 'Norton Internet Security' folder. Click on the ‘Norton Internet Security’ program to run it (or double-click on the ‘Norton Internet Security’ icon on the desktop).

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  2. Click on 'Live Update' to make sure you have to most up to date virus definitions.

  3. Make sure you are connected to the internet, then click 'Next'.

  4. If updates are available (either virus definitions or program updates), these will be listed. Click 'Next' and the file(s) will be automatically downloaded and installed.

  5. Run ‘Live Update’ (restarting the computer if instructed to) until you get the message that all Symantec products and components are up to date. Click 'Finish'. Your virus definitions are now up to date.

  6. Click 'Norton Antivirus'.

  7. Click ‘Full System Scan'.

  8. Click ‘Scan Now’. This starts a scan of your computer. The computer will be busy with this scan for usually about 30 minutes (depending on processor speed, the number of hard drives and the number of files on your computer – it took my computer 1 hour and 16 minutes to scan two hard drives and 430,000 files), and it is best not to use the computer while the scan is progressing.

  9. Once the scan is complete, and no threats have been found, click ‘Finished’

  10. If the number of ‘Repaired’, ‘Quarantined’ and ‘Deleted’ is less than the number of ‘Detected’ threats (or if you are curious to know just what Norton found), click on ‘More Details’.

  11. This provides you with a list of threats found (if any) and the action taken. If Norton finds a threat that it is unable to ‘Fix’, ‘Quarantine’ or ‘Delete’, you can try to manually delete the file.  If you are unsure what to do at this point, make a note of the information provided by Norton and call in an expert.

  12. You are done. Your computer is now virus free. Run a scan every week or so to keep your computer clean.

 

More information about the different features of Norton Internet Security is available on the Symantec website (http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/), as are manuals (http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/nis/index.html).



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