Review by Bill Cashell

After several years of using other security programs, I tried Norton 360 for 3 PCs. It was far better than any others I have used before. Now my wife and I have tablets as well, so the 360 for 5 devices was perfect. It works on PCs, Macs, or Android devices (iOS devices get partial protection).

Installation was almost automatic. The license lets you install the software from their website with just one key. You can then manage all protected devices from your online account and move protections around as your collection of devices changes.

Norton 360 offers a password management feature, which is really handy. This feature stores usernames, passwords and credit card numbers and then fills in the information when opening your password-secured websites. That is very convenient if you have several online accounts.

Additional PC features include tune-up, backup and restore utilities. Norton includes a proprietary two-way PC firewall. Windows already comes with a firewall, but some people like the idea of having their firewall and anti-malware software come from a single source. The PC Tuneup cleans up Windows temporary files, Internet Explorer temporary files, Internet Explorer history cleanup, startup manager, registry cleanup and disk optimization.

The PC portion includes parental controls management. You can block access to sites that you don’t want kids to visit and you can track where they go on the internet.

The Safe Search Toolbar installs automatically so you can search safely right from your browser. There are plenty of search toolbars available. I like having one that matches my PC security package.

Bottom line: Easy to install and covers just about everything I need. What more could I ask for?