Norton 360 helps to ensure your security on the Internet by monitoring your Internet connection and blocking suspicious or unsafe activities.

About the Norton 360 firewall

The Norton 360 firewall monitors the communication between your PC and other computers on the Internet. It uses a well-defined set of rules and settings that allow legitimate communications while blocking potentially dangerous ones.

In most cases, you will never need to modify the firewall rules and settings used by Norton 360. Occasionally, certain programs, such as some streaming-media programs or network games, may need special firewall rules or settings to operate properly. If you do need to change firewall rules or settings, you can do so on the Norton 360 Settings page.

Viewing recent firewall activities

You may want to view the recent activities that the Norton 360 firewall has performed. You can see the recent activities in the Statistics window.

To view recent firewall activities
1. In the Norton 360 main window, click Tasks.
2. In the Tasks window, click View Statistics.
3. In the Statistics window, under the PC Security heading, review the following information:
Network Address Check - This statistic tells you whether Norton 360 has detected and blocked any attempts to reassign internal network addresses on your PC to spyware sites.

Intrusion Prevention Activity - This statistic tells you whether external network attempts to compromise your PC have been detected and blocked.

Firewall Activity - This statistic tells you whether any program activity on your PC has been blocked by the Norton 360 firewall.

4. Do one of the following:
* Click Back to go back to the Tasks window.
* Click Close to close the Statistics window.

Allowing a blocked program

Sometimes the Norton 360 firewall blocks certain programs from accessing the Internet. Such programs might include certain streaming-media programs, network games, or custom business applications that are provided by your employer. If you know that the program's Internet activity is not a threat to your security, you can unblock the program's Internet access.

To allow a blocked program
1. In the Norton 360 main window, click Settings.
2. In the Settings window, click Firewall Protection.
3. In the Firewall Protection Settings window, click Program Rules.
4. Select the program that you want to allow access to the Internet.
5. In the Access drop-down list for the program entry, click Allow.
6. Click Close.