

Safe Web helps you avoid visiting rogue sites, while Identity Safe is a simple password management tool. It's the idle scanning feature that's most useful though, which simply works when you need it to.Īdditionally, includes two Safari plugins. You can switch to automatic, always-on protection and never think about it again, or there's schedule scanning for appropriate times of day for you. What it offers: Norton Security for Mac offers a few different options for scanning. For one thing, its idle scanning feature only scans during quiet periods with that scan pausing the moment you use your Mac. In the past, Norton software has been known for causing performance dips but that's far from the case here. Essentially, it runs in the background, keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity or threats to your system, without any need for interaction from you. The gist: One of the oldest names in the security software business, it's easy to know what to expect from.
