Norton™ 360 Premium secure VPN explained
Norton Secure VPN is a security app that helps keep you safe while you surf the web. It prevents your online activity from being tracked by 3rd party trackers, including ISPs, or the websites that you visit, giving you private internet access. It also helps in blocking ad trackers by intercepting cookies and removing your identifying information.
How does Norton Secure VPN protect my online privacy?
If you use public Wi-Fi, your online activities can be monitored. Cyber criminals can steal personal information like your usernames, passwords, or account numbers. Learn More.
Norton Secure VPN masks all your personally identifiable information including your location when you access the Internet. This way, you view your applications just as if you are at home.
Norton Secure VPN protects the data you send and receive when using public Wi-Fi in the following ways:
- Adds bank-grade encryption to protect you on public Wi-Fi hotspots.
- Lets you browse the Web anonymously so your privacy is protected. Learn More.
- Allows access to your favorite apps and content anywhere you go, as if you were at home.
- Encrypts your data with a no-log virtual private network that doesn't track or store your activity. Learn More.
Where are the Norton Secure VPN IP addresses located?
The IP addresses of the servers are located in different countries including United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Brazil and are Norton Secure VPN optimized to ensure the best possible Internet browsing experience.
What information can my Internet service provider (ISP) and websites see when I use Norton Secure VPN?
When you use Norton Secure VPN, your data is encrypted so that your Internet service provider (ISP) can see only the amount of traffic passing through their servers and not the encrypted data. If you do not use Norton Secure VPN, your ISP can see what websites you are viewing, your emails, IM chats and any files that you download or upload. The websites that you visit can see the browser you use, the operating system of your device, and your location.
Block Ad Trackers
Each mobile device has a unique advertising ID which may be used to track your details like name, address, and age. Advertising IDs may be used by app developers to create targeted advertisements that are relevant to you. The Ad Tracking feature in Norton Secure VPN protects you and blocks targeted advertisements.
ANDROID OR IOS
- Open Norton 360 app and tap on the Privacy tab to open Norton Secure VPN.
- Click on the Settings button at the top right corner of the screen. Tap on Ad Tracker Blocking.
- Turn on the toggle switch to enable Ad Tracker Blocking.
Ad Tracker blocking works only when Virtual Private Network is turned on.
NORTON SECURITY 360 PRODUCT ON WINDOWS
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Open your Norton security 360 application. In the My Norton window, click the drop-down arrow next to Secure VPN and click Ad Tracking.
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Click the Ad Tracking tab and slide Block Ad Trackers to enable or disable Ad Trackers.
NORTON DEVICE SECURITY PRODUCT ON MAC
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Open your Norton device security product 360 application.
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Click the drop-down next to Secure VPN.
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Click Open.
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In the Ad Tracking tab, slide Block Ad Trackers to enable or disable Ad Trackers.
What is Kill Switch?
Kill Switch blocks or kills your internet connection should the VPN get disconnected. This helps maintain the privacy of your IP address (key to identifying your location and online activities) and other personal information should the VPN connection drop.
NORTON 360 APP ON WINDOWS
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Open your Norton device security product. If you see the My Norton window, next to Secure VPN, from the drop-down menu, select Settings.
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In the Settings window, next to Kill Switch, move the slider to enable the feature.
ANDROID
- In your Norton Secure VPN app, tap the menu icon, and tap Settings.
- In the Settings page, next to Kill Switch, move the slider to enable the feature.
What is Wi-Fi Security?
Wi-Fi Security in Norton Secure VPN scans the wireless network that your device is connected to in order to detect common network threats such as man-in-the-middle attacks. This feature is available only on Android and iOS platforms.
In order to scan your Wi-Fi network, you need to allow Secure VPN access to your device's location. We will not save your location information, nor use it to track you.
What is Split Tunnel?
The Split Tunnel feature in Norton Secure VPN lets you securely direct and encrypt your choice of apps by selecting the traffic you wish to exclude from Secure VPN.
I HAVE NORTON 360 APP ON WINDOWS
Open your Norton Open Norton 360 application.
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If you see the My Norton window, next to Secure VPN, from the drop-down menu, click Settings.
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In the Settings window, next to Split Tunnel, click the icon.
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In the Split Tunnel window, move the slider to enable the feature. In the App Excluded section, click Add and select the application that you want to exclude from the Secure VPN traffic.
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In the alert message that you receive, click OK.
The newly selected apps will be excluded from your Secure VPN traffic when you turn on VPN next time.
The alert message appears only when Secure VPN is turned on in Norton 360.
I HAVE AN ANDROID DEVICE
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Open Norton 360 app and tap on the Privacy tab to open Norton Secure VPN. Open Secure VPN.
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Tap the menu
on the top left of the screen and tap Settings. -
In the Settings screen, move the slider to enable Split Tunneling.
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To exclude an app, tap Exclude Apps under Split Tunneling.
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In the Exclude Apps screen, click
to select the apps that you want to exclude from Secure VPN traffic.
Turn off VPN and turn it on again to apply the changes made for Split Tunneling.
What is Auto-Connect VPN?
The Auto-connect VPN feature helps to re-connect automatically when the Secure VPN connection drops.
What is Launch at Startup?
The Launch at Startup feature loads the Norton Secure VPN services whenever the system boots. You need to connect manually to Norton Secure VPN after launching the app if the Auto-Connect feature is in disabled state.
