When you start Norton 360, the main window presents its status at a glance. The color of the status summary bar near the top of the window indicates the current state of your computer.

If an issue requires your attention, the status summary bar describes the issue. If more than one issue requires your attention, the status summary bar displays the number of issues. When Norton 360 detects issues, it also provides a button that you can press to resolve those issues.

Below the status summary bar, Norton 360 displays individual status areas for each protection feature. The status areas show how many issues need to be resolved for each feature. The protection feature status areas also offer links that you can click for more information about those issues.

About status colors and safe computing

Norton 360 uses three colors to indicate the state of its protection features.

Red

Indicates the presence of one or more issues that put your PC at risk

Orange

Indicates the presence of one or more issues that require your attention

Green

Indicates that the feature is protecting your PC

About Norton 360 icons

When you install Norton 360, it places an icon in the notification area. This icon indicates the current status of your PC.

The icon has a small green badge attached to it when your PC is fully protected, and a red badge when Norton 360 has detected issues that you need to address. The icon displays animation when Norton 360 is actively performing checks.

You can hover your mouse over the icon to see a description of the status of your PC.

You can right-click the icon to see a shortcut menu for Norton 360. Choose an item from the shortcut menu to open the Norton 360 window, to fix any issues detected by Norton 360, or to get additional help.

Viewing recent activity in Statistics

Norton 360 keeps track of the activities it performs to keep your PC safe. If you are curious about what Norton 360 has done recently to protect your PC, you can see a list of those activities in the Norton 360 Statistics window.

On the Statistics window you can see the following information:
* LiveUpdate - The number of protection and program updates that have been applied to Norton 360
* Virus Scan - The number of virus scans completed and the results of each scan
* Spyware Scan - The number and results of spyware scans
* Browser Settings Check - The number of browser security issues that have been found
* Network Address Check - The number of suspicious or hijacked network addresses that have been found
* Intrusion Prevention Activity - The number of Internet attacks that were blocked
* Firewall Activity - The number of currently active firewall rules
* Phishing Protection - The number of fraudulent Web sites that you are protected from
* Web Site Authentication - The number of Web sites that have been authenticated
* Backup - The number of files included in current backup and restore activities
* Disk Optimization - The number of defragmented files
* Internet Explorer History - The number of Web pages that have been deleted
* Internet Explorer Temporary Files - The number of temporary Web browser files that have been deleted
* Windows Temporary Files - The number of Windows temporary files that were deleted in the most recent cleanup operation
* Registry Cleanup - The number of broken registry items that have been deleted

To view recent activities in Statistics

1. At the top of the Norton 360 main window, click Tasks.
2. In the Tasks window, click View Statistics.
3. When you have finished viewing the statistics, do one of the following:
* Click Close to close the Statistics window and return to the main window.
* Click Back to go back to the Tasks window.

Viewing details

In the Norton 360 main window, you can see a summary of each of the four protection features that Norton 360 provides. You can view additional details about each protection feature.

To view details for a protection feature

1. In the Norton 360 main window, click View Details beneath the protection feature for which you want to view the following details:
* The current status of the protection feature.
* A list of the checks that the feature performs, and the results of each check. In some cases, the results of a check can include a link that provides additional information.
* A list of things that you can do.
2. After you view details, click Close.