Once installed, you’ll be guided through setting up your My Norton features, which you can skip but I’d advise following the helpful (and short) features tour. The Windows installer does its thing with some simplified information titbits relating to basic ‘did you know?’ phishing and ransomware descriptions. Be sure to have any other non- Microsoft Defender antivirus uninstalled to avoid potential compatibility clashes (you should only have one antivirus software installed at a time). Like McAfee, the Windows download for Norton is a smaller file that starts an installation wizard, which downloads additional data before installing the antivirus software. Mercifully, the Android app is a lot more straightforward, particularly if you already have an account, though I did have to reinstall it to get past an initial Norton login bug.
It’s not an overly complex process, but it does feel like there are unnecessary steps, and there’s even more clicking to install the Windows software. Where McAfee lets you download the app or computer software and then create a basic account, Norton makes you jump through the hoops of inputting payment details (again, even for the short trial). The Norton installation process is more convoluted than McAfee. Norton accepts Visa, Mastercard, and American Express credit card payments alternatively, you can pay via PayPal or Google Pay. There is a short seven-day trial for any of these Norton plans, but you have to input payment details first, which was also my experience when I bought a one-year digital download code from an Australian retailer. Norton doesn’t tend to compete on pricing, losing out to the likes of Bitdefenderand Kaspersky on the value front. Norton also offers two-year plans for its Norton 360 products which, strangely, cost more than opting for an annual plan. Norton 360 Standard protects one device for an initial $79.99 annual fee ($99.99 later) and Norton 360 Deluxe protects three devices for a first-year $89.99 fee ($149.99 normally).įinally, there’s Norton 360 Premium for a $99.99 first-year fee ($194.99 typically), which protects five devices. From here, there’s a trio of Norton 360 products. The cheapest is Norton AntiVirus Plus, which is for one Mac or PC and costs $39.99 for the first year ($69.99 normally). Norton follows the McAfee trend of offering a handful of antivirus plans.
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