Norton 360 Platinum’s Dark Web Monitoring scans the dark web for registered personal information and if these details are found, you’ll get a notification and be the first to know. While I didn’t experience any compatibility issues in my tests, if you find you’re having driver glitches or performance issues post-update, you can run the built-in troubleshooting assistant to see the potential causes of any issues. This lets you use your cell phone, authenticator app, or security key as a second form of identification. Advanced security with antivirus helps protect against existing and emerging online threats to your devices, and helps protect your private and financial information when you go online. This is only really worth going for if you’re sure you’ll only want to protect one piece of hardware, and you want the bundled VPN.

Norton offers a pretty good first-year discount, and you can try all of its features risk-free with a 60-day money-back guarantee.The App Advisor for existing apps lets you know which of your apps have no privacy risks, which apps are installed in the last 30 days, and which apps are using more battery than normal. This is a pretty unique feature, but Bitdefender’s App Anomaly Detection now offers similar protections for Android — it monitors all app activity and alerts you to any suspicious processes after the apps have been installed.

You could drop your laptop, the hard drive could fail, or ransomware could encrypt your files, making them unrecoverable.In case of identity theft, your Identity Restoration Specialist will help guide you through the restoration process from start to finish. It’s one of the best antivirus software to get, especially if you have multiple devices your family uses and want to protect. The updater uses a database of more than 50 million malware-free drivers— all vetted using Norton’s antivirus.

US users can also get access to up to 250 GB cloud storage and Norton’s comprehensive identity theft protections as part of the Norton LifeLock plans.Norton isn’t free— but for users on a budget, the Norton 360 Standard plan offers excellent antivirus protection for 1 device (3 devices if you’re in the US).