The trust level determines the default level of access that devices on your network have to your computer. Any device on your network that is not explicitly Trusted or Restricted uses the trust level of your network. The initial network trust level is set based on the configuration of your computer.
When you change the trust level of your network, Norton assigns the same trust level to all the devices that are connected to that network. You can change the default network settings for individual devices by changing the trust level of each device to trust or restrict.
If you use a wireless network that is not secure, the default trust level of all the devices that are on the network is Public.
Change the trust level of your network
- Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click .
- In the Norton main window, click .
- In the Settings window, click .
- On the tab, in the Network Trust row, click .
- In the Network Trust window, under Trust Level, choose one of the following:
- Full Trust to allow all network traffic that your computer receives from Trusted networks. Known attacks and infections are still monitored. This setting should be selected only when you are sure that the network is completely safe.
- Private to protect your computer from known attacks and unexpected traffic and to share files, folders, media, and printers with other devices on your network. To set the trust level to Private, your computer must meet the following requirements: it does not have the public IP address; it is connected to LAN through a secure connection; its network category in Windows Vista is set to private.
- Public to protect your computer from known attacks and unexpected traffic and block sharing of files, folders, media, and printers with other devices on your network. This setting also blocks remote desktop connections by default.
You can configure the Public Network Exceptions setting to share files, folders, media, and printers and set up remote desktop connection with devices over the network.
- Restricted to block devices on your network from communicating with your computer. Devices on restricted networks can still browse websites, send and receive email, or transmit other communications.
- Click , and then click .
Change the trust level of a device
- Start Norton.
If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click .
- In the Norton main window, click .
- In the Settings window, click .
- On the General Settings tab, in the Device Trust row, click .
- In the Device Trust window, under Trust Level, choose one of the following:
- Full Trust to only monitor the device for known attacks and infections.
You should select this setting only when you are sure that the device is completely safe.
- Restricted to block the device from accessing your computer.
- Full Trust to only monitor the device for known attacks and infections.
- Click and then click .
Norton displays the trust level of each restricted device on the icon of the device.
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