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How to Disable Norton Antivirus?

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John Smith
How to Disable Norton Antivirus?

Norton antivirus is a software that protects our computers from different types of malwares and other malicious attacks and protects your personal data and information from leaking.

However, installing Norton on your device can cause certain problems and also slow down your computer.

 

Steps to Turn Off Norton Antivirus

  1. You need to right-click on the Norton Security icon, that is located in the notification section of your Windows taskbar.
  2. You then need to select Disable Auto-Protect when the pop-up menu appears on the screen
  3. Then you will notice the appearance of a Security Request dialog box, surfacing your desktop and other active applications. Then click on the drop-down menu labeled “Select the duration”.
  4. Then you need to select the period of time for which you would like to turn off Norton’s Auto-Protect functionality and you can do so by selecting any one of the following options: 15 minutes, 1 hour, 5 hours, Until system restart or Permanently.
  5. When you select OK, your Norton protection will be turned off for the specified duration.
  6. Whenever you want to re-enable your Norton protection anytime before the mentioned time period, you have to repeat steps 1 and 2 above and then select Enable Auto-Protect.

You might also want to turn off Norton’s firewall along with its antivirus protection. This could be useful if you're using another firewall instead, such as the built-in Windows version, or if you have a need to allow all incoming and outgoing traffic to your PC for a specific amount of time.

It can be quite dangerous for you to disable and therefore, you must proceed with caution. To do so, simply follow the steps above, replacing Auto-Protect with Smart Firewall where applicable.


If the above steps aren’t of any use and you fail to turn off your antivirus, you can contact the customer service of Norton by dialing Norton customer service phone number . The customer service of Norton is available round the clock and will solve your problems immediately.

 

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