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Customize Program Rules to change access settings for programs

After you use your Norton product for a while, you might need to change the access settings for certain programs.

Customize Program Rules

  1. Open your Norton device security product.

    If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.

  2. In the Norton product main window, click Settings.

  3. In the Settings window, click Firewall.

  4. On the Program Control tab, in the Program column, select the program that you want to change.

  5. In the drop-down list next to the program that you want to change, select the access level that you want this program to have. Your options are:

    Allow

    Allow all access attempts by this program.

    Block

    Deny all access attempts by this program.

    Custom

    Create the rules that control how this program accesses the Internet.

  6. Click Apply.

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DocID: v1028123
Last modified: 07/31/2024

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