Applicable for: Mac
With increasing Internet use, your browser is prone to attack by malicious websites. These websites detect and exploit the vulnerability of your browser to download malware programs to your system without your consent or knowledge.
You can install Norton Browser extensions on Mac to make your browsing safe. Norton Browser extensions help you avoid websites and links that would compromise your identity or device security.
You can install browser extensions only on Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. You can install and enable Norton Safe Web, Norton Safe Search, and Norton Home Page extensions to maximize your security online.
Helps protect you from visiting dangerous websites using Norton website risk analysis technology. Antiphishing detection helps block websites pretending to be legitimate services to steal your data.
Norton Safe Web helps you browse, search, and shop safely online.
Norton Safe Search protects you from online threats by automatically filtering unsafe websites from search results. It also shows you a safety rating on all your search results before you visit them so that you can avoid phishing and malware-infected websites.
To rate websites, Norton Safe Search uses a technology called Norton Safe Web, which performs thorough analysis using signature-based file scanning, intrusion detection engines, behavioral detection, and install or uninstall analysis to identify security risks such as phishing sites, malicious downloads, browser exploits, and links to unsafe external sites.
Norton Home Page protects you from identity theft and online scams by alerting you about dangerous sites when you search, shop, or surf online. It starts each browsing session on a secure page where you can also manage your Norton account and subscriptions.
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