Norton 360 Standard – 1 Device

One device, the full protection set

Norton 360 Standard covers a single machine, and that machine can be a Windows PC, a Mac, an Android phone or an iPhone. You pick which one when you activate the licence.

You get real-time scanning against malware and ransomware, the Smart Firewall, a password manager, 10 GB of cloud backup, and Norton Secure VPN with no data cap.

What matters most where you are

Two of these features earn their keep here more than the rest.

The VPN, because public and shared connections are the norm rather than the exception, and because an encrypted tunnel is the difference between a borrowed hotspot being a convenience and being a risk.

Real-time scanning, because a large share of the machines in circulation run software that arrived on a USB stick. Norton checks the stick before the file reaches your documents.

Norton also advertises dark web monitoring. We will be straight with you: it is built around American identity documents, so it is of limited use outside the United States. Do not buy this licence for that feature.

If you are still on Windows 10

Microsoft has stopped patching Windows 10. An antivirus does not replace security updates, and nobody should tell you otherwise. What it does is narrow the gap while you plan the move, by catching the malware that tries to walk through the holes nobody is closing any more.

We go into the limits of that approach in our article on running Windows 10 after end of support. If your PC can take it, Windows 11 is the better spend.

One device or several

If the household has one laptop, this is your licence. Past that, the maths changes quickly: Norton 360 Deluxe covers five devices and Norton 360 Advanced covers ten, both for far less than buying separate Standard licences.

Paying without a credit card

Norton’s own store wants a Visa or Mastercard. Here the payment goes through the mobile wallet you already use, straight from your phone.

We accept MTN MoMo, Orange Money, Airtel Money, Moov Money, Wave, M-Pesa, Telecel Cash, AT Money, Free Money, Vodacom, Tigo and Halotel, depending on where you are. Fourteen countries are covered, and PayPal and card payments work everywhere else. Pick your country at checkout and you only see the wallets that work there, with the price in your local currency.

Common questions