This problem can occur if the Internet access to Norton Installer is blocked and it fails to download the updates. Ensure that you have the Internet connectivity on your Mac by opening a website in your browser.
If your Internet access is fine, then it may occur due to the restricted access to the Downloads folder for Norton installer. To fix this problem, allow access to the Download folder for Norton installer and run First Aid utility on your startup disk before installing Norton.
STEP 1
Configure Security & Privacy Preferences
The following steps are applicable only on macOS 10.15.x (Catalina) or later. If you have Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite) to macOS Mojave 10.14.x then skip to step 2.
- Go to > .
- In the Security & Privacy window, on the Privacy tab, select in the left pane.If the settings are locked, click the lock icon at the bottom of the window and then type your administrator password to unlock.
- In the right pane, under Install Norton 360 or Install Norton Security, and select under it.
- Exit the preferences window.
STEP 2
Run First Aid on Startup disk
- On the Apple menu bar, click > .
- In the Utilities window, double-click .
- In the Disk Utility window, in the left-pane, select the Startup disk .
Only a Startup disk can be verified and repaired for file permission issues. Do not select the core storage disk, it does not display the number of files and folders at the bottom of the window.
- In the Disk Utility window, on the top menu bar, click and then click .If you are on macOS 10.14.x or earlier, click .
- Follow the on-screen instructions.Depending on the number of files that are checked for permissions, repairing disk permissions process may take some time.
- When the permissions repair completes, exit all programs and restart your Mac.
STEP 3
Install Norton device security
- Click the icon in the Dock.
- In the Finder window, click in the left pane under Favorites.
- Find and double-click the Norton Installer file that you downloaded earlier.
- Depending on your operating system, select one of the following:
Install Norton device security on macOS 10.15.x (Catalina) or later
- Click .
- In some cases, Norton provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis. Do any one of the following:
- Click to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.
- Click to join the Norton Community Watch later.
You can click to know more about Norton Community Watch.
- When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click .
- Click Restart.
- After you restart your Mac, in the Norton installation window, click .
- If you see the System Extension Blocked alert, click .
- In the Security & Privacy window, click the lock icon at the bottom.
- When prompted, type your administrator account password, and then click .
- Click corresponding to the Norton message, navigate back to the Norton installation window, and then click .
If you do not see the Allow button, then close and reopen the Security & Privacy window to view the Allow button.
- In the Norton installation window, click , and then click to allow Norton to monitor all the network activities and block malicious websites from accessing your Mac.
- In the Norton installation window, click to allow Norton to access your disk for better protection.
- In the Security & Privacy window, ensure that the Norton System Extension option is enabled. Navigate back to the Norton installation window and click .
Install Norton device security on macOS High Sierra 10.13.x to macOS Mojave 10.14.x
- Click .
- In some cases, Norton provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis. Do any one of the following:
- Click to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.
- Click to join the Norton Community Watch later.
You can click to know more about Norton Community Watch.
- When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click .
- In the Norton installation window, click or .
- Do any one of the following:
- Click corresponding to the Symantec message.
- If you have multiple software or vendor installed on your Mac that requires your authorization, then you see message instead of message. In that case, click , select in the list, and then click .
If you do not see the Allow button, then close and reopen the Security & Privacy window to view the Allow button.
- In the Norton Security installation window. click .
- Click to complete the installation process.
Install Norton device security on Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite) to OS X 10.12.x (Sierra)
- Click .
- In some cases, your Norton product provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis. Do any one of the following:
- Click to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.
- Click to join the Norton Community Watch later.
You can click to know more about Norton Community Watch.
- When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click .
- When the installation completes, click . Your product installation completes after you restart your Mac.
What if this didn’t work?
STEP 1
Download and run RemoveNortonMacFiles as an administrator
RemoveNortonMacFiles removes all the folders that Norton installers created, and all the files within those folders including any that you have created.
- Download the RemoveNortonMacFiles.zip file.
- Click the icon in the Dock.
- In the Finder window, click in the left pane under Favorites.
- Do one of the following:
- If you downloaded the file using Safari browser, open the folder.
- If you downloaded the file using the Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers, double-click the file to expand it, and then open the folder.
- In the RemoveNortonMacFiles folder, control-click the file, and then click > .
To run this tool, you must be logged on with an Administrator account and a non-blank password.
- In the Terminal window, type your administrator password, and then press .When you type your password, no characters appear.
- To remove all Norton files and folders, type .If you want to quit RemoveNortonMacFiles without removing any files, type .
- Press .RemoveNortonMacFiles tool removes all of the Norton files.
- When the RemoveNortonMacFiles tool finishes removing the Norton files, in the Terminal window, type , and press to restart your Mac.
Before you press return, make sure that you save your work in other open applications.
STEP 2
Download and install Norton device security
Before you download the latest installer setup file, make sure that you delete all the older installer setup files available in the Downloads folder.
To install Norton for Mac 8.x or later, you need to have Mac OS X 10.10.x or later.
- Sign in to your account.
- Type in your email address and password for Norton, and click .
If you do not remember your Norton account password, then click and follow the on-screen instructions to recover your lost password.
- In the My Norton portal, click .
- In the Get Started page, click .
- When the download finishes, double-click the file that you downloaded to launch the Norton installer.
- Before you install Norton, click to read the product license agreement.
- Depending on your operating system, select one of the following:
Install Norton device security on macOS 10.15.x (Catalina) or later
- Click .
- In some cases, Norton provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis. Do any one of the following:
- Click to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.
- Click to join the Norton Community Watch later.
You can click to know more about Norton Community Watch.
- When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click .
- Click Restart.
- After you restart your Mac, in the Norton installation window, click .
- If you see the System Extension Blocked alert, click .
- In the Security & Privacy window, click the lock icon at the bottom.
- When prompted, type your administrator account password, and then click .
- Click corresponding to the Norton message, navigate back to the Norton installation window, and then click .
If you do not see the Allow button, then close and reopen the Security & Privacy window to view the Allow button.
- In the Norton installation window, click , and then click to allow Norton to monitor all the network activities and block malicious websites from accessing your Mac.
- In the Norton installation window, click to allow Norton to access your disk for better protection.
- In the Security & Privacy window, ensure that the Norton System Extension option is enabled. Navigate back to the Norton installation window and click .
Install Norton device security on macOS High Sierra 10.13.x to macOS Mojave 10.14.x
- Click .
- In some cases, Norton provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis. Do any one of the following:
- Click to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.
- Click to join the Norton Community Watch later.
You can click to know more about Norton Community Watch.
- When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click .
- In the Norton installation window, click or .
- Do any one of the following:
- Click corresponding to the Symantec message.
- If you have multiple software or vendor installed on your Mac that requires your authorization, then you see message instead of message. In that case, click , select in the list, and then click .
If you do not see the Allow button, then close and reopen the Security & Privacy window to view the Allow button.
- In the Norton Security installation window. click .
- Click to complete the installation process.
Install Norton device security on Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite) to OS X 10.12.x (Sierra)
- Click .
- In some cases, your Norton product provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis. Do any one of the following:
- Click to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.
- Click to join the Norton Community Watch later.
You can click to know more about Norton Community Watch.
- When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click .
- When the installation completes, click . Your product installation completes after you restart your Mac.
Source : Official Norton Brand
Editor by : BEST Antivirus KBS Team