Android设备风靡全球，移动恶意软件也是如此。因此，我们不仅需要对计算机进行病毒防护，还需要对Android 智能手机或平板(Android smartphones or tablets)电脑进行病毒防护。 与大多数安全供应商一样，诺顿(Just)也(Norton)为Android设备提供安全应用程序。(security app)它被称为Norton Security and Antivirus，它捆绑了许多安全功能，例如Web 保护(web protection)、防盗、呼叫阻止等。如果您想知道是否值得为您的Android设备购买此产品，请阅读此评论，看看您能得到什么：
Norton Security and Antivirus可以为您做什么？
Norton Security and Antivirus是一款一体化安全应用程序(security app)，旨在保护您免受各种威胁。您可以使用此链接从(link)Google Play免费获取它。如果您以前从未使用过此产品，Norton Security and Antivirus将自动启用其试用版(trial version)30 天。但是，在时间结束后，您必须购买该应用程序的完整版本，如果您仍然希望能够使用它提供的所有功能和工具。
以下是Norton Security and Antivirus承诺为您提供的内容：
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反恶意软件(Anti-Malware)- 保护您免受恶意软件威胁、间谍软件和其他类似威胁。您可以使用此模块运行手动防病毒扫描，或在不同时间安排扫描。
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网络保护(Web Protection)- 阻止可能试图窃取您的个人数据的危险网站。
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安全搜索(Safe Search)- 让您以安全的方式搜索网络，并帮助您避免搜索结果中出现恶意网站。
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防盗(Anti-Theft)- 帮助您在丢失或被盗时找到您的 Android 移动设备。如果您认为无法取回您的设备，您也可以远程锁定它，或从其中擦除您的所有个人信息，这样任何人都无法访问它。
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App Advisor - 扫描您的应用程序并让您知道其中哪些可能对您构成隐私风险。
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呼叫阻止(Call Blocking)- 阻止您可能从不想与之交谈的人那里收到的烦人电话。
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联系人备份(Contact Backup)- 在运行 Android 或 iOS 的各种设备上备份和恢复您的联系人信息。
设置适用于Android的(Android)Norton Security and Antivirus
为了测试Norton Security and Antivirus，我们使用了运行Android 7 Nougat的(Nougat)Motorola Nexus 6智能手机。就像(Just)任何其他Android 应用程序(Android app)一样，您首先从 Play 商店下载并安装Norton Security and Antivirus(Norton Security and Antivirus from the Play Store)。
首次启动Norton Security and Antivirus时，它会询问您是否要加入Norton Community Watch。我们建议您这样做，因为诺顿(Norton)将能够更快地对新威胁做出反应。
几秒钟后，Norton Security and Antivirus会自动更新自己并执行完整的系统扫描以查找恶意软件威胁和隐私问题。我们相信这是一个非常好的方法。
然后，如果一切(everything goe s) 顺利，您将看到主用户界面(user interface)。请注意(Notice)，Norton Security and Antivirus邀请您设置Web 保护(Web Protection)功能。在主控制台上显示的三个项目中——反恶意软件、隐私(Anti-Malware, Privacy)和Web 保护(Web Protection)——后者是唯一一个% score的项目。如果您点击它，诺顿(Norton)将带您进入Web 保护(Web Protection)屏幕，您可以在其中启用此安全模块(security module)。我们建议您尽快执行此操作。
Norton Security and Antivirus 的下载和安装过程很容易完成。我们感谢安装该应用程序后，它会自动更新其数据库并执行防病毒和隐私扫描。(The download and install process for Norton Security and Antivirus is easy to go through. We appreciate that, after installing the app, it automatically updates its database and performs an antivirus and privacy scan.)
使用反恶意软件模块
Norton Security and Antivirus的反恶意软件(Anti-Malware)保护模块非常易于使用。如果您点击打开它，您会发现它为您提供的唯一选项是立即扫描(Scan Now)。它并没有说明它是否会扫描您的整个设备，或者只是它的一部分，例如您安装的应用程序。
但是，如果您转到“应用程序设置”(App Settings)部分，您会发现两个有趣的功能：可以将Norton Security 和 Antivirus(Norton Security and Antivirus)设置为运行计划扫描，您可以将其设置为扫描 SD 卡(Scan SD Card)。显然，我们建议您启用这两个选项，因为它们将帮助您在Android 设备(Android device)上获得更高级别的安全性。
在我们的摩托罗拉 Nexus 6 上，Norton Security 和 Android(Norton Security and Android)需要 8 秒来运行反恶意软件扫描。虽然这是一个快速的扫描时间(scanning time)，但您应该注意，我们没有在测试智能手机(test smartphone)上安装任何应用程序，除了来自Google的(Google)默认应用程序(default apps)。根据您自己设备上的应用程序和文件(apps and files)，反恶意软件扫描可能需要更长时间。
Anti-Malware模块没有启用或禁用实时保护的选项，并且没有在任何地方提及，因此您可能会相信应用程序中没有此类功能。但是，存在这样的保护层(protection layer)，因为当我们尝试安装模仿恶意软件的应用程序时，安全套件会立即做出反应。(security suite)
适用于 Android 的 Norton Security and Antivirus 提供了一个很好的反恶意软件模块，能够保护您免受恶意文件的侵害。它非常易于使用，我们很欣赏它可以让您运行计划扫描这一事实。但是，我们希望我们也有一种控制实时保护的方法和一个运行自定义防病毒扫描的选项。(Norton Security and Antivirus for Android offers a good Anti-Malware module that is able to protect you against malicious files. It's very easy to use and we appreciate the fact that it lets you run scheduled scans. However, we wished that we also had a way of controlling the real-time protection and an option to run custom antivirus scans.)
使用网络保护
任何受人尊敬的安全应用程序(security app)的一个关键特性是它提供的网络保护。(web protection)幸运的是，Norton Security and Antivirus包含一个具有确切名称的安全模块(security module)，负责在您上网时保护您。它承诺会在您登陆危险网站之前阻止它们，从而阻止它们可能窃取您的信息。
好消息是 Norton 的Web Protection运行良好。在我们的测试智能手机(test smartphone)上，它阻止了我们尝试使用Google Chrome访问的所有网络钓鱼网站。每次发生这种情况时， 诺顿(Norton)都会显示一条警报消息，如下图所示。值得一提的是，在我们的测试智能手机(test smartphone)上，Web Protection模块仅在Chrome中有效，但在我们测试的其他网络浏览器（Firefox 和 Opera(Firefox and Opera) ）中无效。
Norton Security and Antivirus 提供了一个很好的 Web 保护模块，它能够阻止我们尝试在 Google Chrome 中访问的所有恶意网站。(Norton Security and Antivirus offers a good Web Protection module that was able to block all the malicious websites that we tried to visit in Google Chrome.)
使用安全搜索
除了Web Protection安全模块，Norton Security and Antivirus还包括一项称为安全搜索(Safe Search)的功能。诺顿表示，此功能“让您可以在搜索结果中查看网站的安全和购物评级，并帮助您避免受恶意软件感染的网站”("allows you to see a website's safety and shopping rating, and can help you avoid malware infected sites, on your search results")。这可能是真的，但我们必须指出，此功能依赖于使用Ask.com 搜索(Ask.com search)提供程序。而Ask.com在网络世界中的名声并不好。最有可能的是，你会想要避免它。
尽管安全搜索模块是个好主意，但我们并不喜欢 Norton 使用 Ask.com 搜索提供程序这一事实。如果该应用程序为用户提供了选择他或她首选的搜索提供商的选项，那将是一种完全不同的体验。或者至少使用具有良好声誉的软件，例如 Google 或 Bing。(Although the Safe Search module is a good idea, we don't really like the fact that Norton uses the Ask.com search provider. It would have been a completely different experience if the app would have offered the user the option to choose his or her preferred search provider. Or at least use one with a good reputation, like Google or Bing.)
使用防盗
防盗(Anti-Theft) 安全模块(security module)默认禁用，要启用它，您必须使用您的Norton帐户(Norton account)。然后，您可以配置和使用Anti-Theft提供的所有保护选项。
您可以通过在线诺顿(Norton) 管理仪表板(management dashboard)或借助SMS命令执行以下操作：
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锁定设备(Lock Device)- 让您锁定丢失或被盗的 Android 设备，并让它向找到或偷走它的人显示自定义消息。关于此选项的一个有趣之处在于，启用后，Norton Security and Antivirus将每 5 分钟跟踪和报告一次设备的位置，并且每 10 分钟拍摄一张照片。
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定位- 跟踪您的 Android 智能手机或平板电脑的位置，但有一个条件：(Locate)定位(Locate)必须在线才能工作。
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Scream - 让您的 Android 设备播放非常响亮的歌曲，即使智能手机或平板电脑已静音。如果设备离您不是很远，您可以使用此选项轻松找到它。
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Sneak Peek - 在您丢失或被盗的 Android 设备上拍照，然后将其上传到您的 Norton 帐户。您可以随时查看Sneak Peek拍摄的最后 10 张照片。不幸的是，我们无法测试此功能，因为 Norton 表示“由于隐私法，您所在国家/地区不提供 Sneak peek 功能”("Due to privacy laws, Sneak peek feature is not available in your country")。为什么此功能在某些国家/地区不可用？
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擦除(Wipe)- 顾名思义：它会从您丢失或被盗的 Android 智能手机或平板电脑中删除您的所有个人信息，这样任何人都无法访问它。
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备份(Backup)- 将您的联系人信息备份在诺顿服务器上。您可以在本评论的以下部分之一中了解有关此功能的更多详细信息。
除了上述所有功能外，诺顿(Norton)的防盗(Anti-Theft)模块还允许您将Android 设备配置为在(Android device)SIM 卡(SIM card)被移除或更换时自动锁定，并在检测到 10 次解锁尝试失败时自动擦除。启用这两个选项是确保您的智能手机或平板电脑(smartphone or tablet)在必要时保护自己的好方法。
Norton Security 和 Android 有一套非常好的防盗功能。除了我们无法在我们国家测试的 Sneak Peek 之外，我们发现所有其他选项都运行良好。(Norton Security and Android has a very good set of Anti-Theft features. With the exception of Sneak Peek, which we couldn't test in our country, we found all the other options to work very well.)
阅读我们评论的下一页，了解Norton Security and Antivirus中捆绑的其他安全模块有多好，以及它对您的(Norton Security and Antivirus)Android 设备(Android device)性能的影响有多大。最后，您还将看到我们对该安全产品(security product)的最终判断。
Security for everyone - Reviewing Norton Security and Antivirus for Android
Android deviceѕ have taken the world by storm and so did mоbile malware. Because of that, we need to νirus-proof not just our computers, but also our Android smartphones or tablets. Just like most security vendors, Norton also offers a security apр for Android devіces. It iѕ called Norton Security and Antivirus and it bundles many security features like web protection, anti-theft, call blocking and more. If you want to know whether it is worth buying this product for your Android devices, read this review and see what you get for your money:
What can Norton Security and Antivirus do for you?
Norton Security and Antivirus is an all-in-one security app that is designed to protect you against all kinds of threats. You can get it for free from Google Play, using this link. If you never used this product before, Norton Security and Antivirus will automatically enable its trial version for 30 days. However, after the time is up, you will have to purchase the full version of the app, if you want to still be able to use all the features and tools it has to offer.
Here's what Norton Security and Antivirus promises to offer you:
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Anti-Malware - protects you against malware threats, spyware and other similar threats. You can use this module to run manual antivirus scans, or schedule scans at various times.
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Web Protection - blocks dangerous websites that could try to steal your personal data.
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Safe Search - lets you search the web in a secure way, and can help you avoid malicious websites from your search results.
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Anti-Theft - helps you find your Android mobile device if you lose it or if it gets stolen. If you don't think that you'll get your device back, you can also lock it remotely, or wipe all your personal information from it so that nobody can access it.
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App Advisor - scans your apps and lets you know which of them could be a privacy risk for you.
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Call Blocking - blocks annoying calls you could receive from people you don't want to talk to.
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Contact Backup - backups and restores your contact information on a variety of devices running on Android or iOS.
Setting up Norton Security and Antivirus for Android
In order to test Norton Security and Antivirus , we used a Motorola Nexus 6 smartphone, running on Android 7 Nougat. Just like for any other Android app, you start by downloading and installing Norton Security and Antivirus from the Play Store.
When you launch Norton Security and Antivirus for the first time, it asks you whether you want to join the Norton Community Watch. We recommend you do that, as Norton will be able to react faster to new threats.
After a few seconds, in which it finishes setting everything up, Norton Security and Antivirus automatically updates itself and performs a full system scan for malware threats and privacy issues. We believe that this is a very good approach.
Then, if everything goe s well, you get to see the main user interface. Notice that Norton Security and Antivirus invites you to set up the Web Protection feature. Out of the three items showed on the main console - Anti-Malware, Privacy and Web Protection - the latter is the only one with a 50% score. If you tap on it, Norton will get you to the Web Protection screen, where you can enable this security module. We recommend you do this as soon as possible.
The download and install process for Norton Security and Antivirus is easy to go through. We appreciate that, after installing the app, it automatically updates its database and performs an antivirus and privacy scan.
Using the Anti-Malware module
The Anti-Malware protection module from Norton Security and Antivirus is very easy to use. If you tap to open it, you'll find that the only option it offers you is Scan Now. It doesn't say whether it will scan your entire device, or just a part of it, like the apps you have installed.
However, if you go to the App Settings section, you will find two interesting features: Norton Security and Antivirus can be set to run scheduled scans, and you can set it to Scan SD Card. Obviously, we recommend you enable both these options, as they will help you achieve a better level of security on your Android device.
On our Motorola Nexus 6, Norton Security and Android needed 8 seconds to run an anti-malware scan. Although that's a fast scanning time, you should note that we didn't have any apps installed on the test smartphone, except for the default apps from Google. Depending on the apps and files you have on your own device, an anti-malware scan could take longer for you.
The Anti-Malware module doesn't have an option to enable or disable the real-time protection, and it's not mentioned anywhere, so you might be tempted to believe there's no such feature in the app. However, such a protection layer is present, as the security suite instantly reacted when we tried to install an app that mimics malware.
Norton Security and Antivirus for Android offers a good Anti-Malware module that is able to protect you against malicious files. It's very easy to use and we appreciate the fact that it lets you run scheduled scans. However, we wished that we also had a way of controlling the real-time protection and an option to run custom antivirus scans.
Using Web Protection
One key feature of any respectable security app is the web protection it offers. Fortunately, Norton Security and Antivirus includes a security module that bears that exact name and is responsible for protecting you while surfing the web. It promises it will block dangerous websites before you land on them, and as such block them from potentially stealing information from you.
The good news is that Norton's Web Protection works very well. On our test smartphone, it blocked all the phishing websites that we tried to visit using Google Chrome. Each time this happened, Norton displayed an alert message like the one in the image below. It's worth mentioning the fact that, on our test smartphone, the Web Protection module worked only in Chrome, but not in the other web browsers we tested - Firefox and Opera.
Norton Security and Antivirus offers a good Web Protection module that was able to block all the malicious websites that we tried to visit in Google Chrome.
Using the Safe Search
Besides the Web Protection security module, Norton Security and Antivirus also includes a feature called Safe Search. Norton says that this feature "allows you to see a website's safety and shopping rating, and can help you avoid malware infected sites, on your search results". That may be true, but we must point out the fact that this feature relies on using the Ask.com search provider. And Ask.com doesn't have a very good reputation in the online world. Most probably, you will want to avoid it.
Although the Safe Search module is a good idea, we don't really like the fact that Norton uses the Ask.com search provider. It would have been a completely different experience if the app would have offered the user the option to choose his or her preferred search provider. Or at least use one with a good reputation, like Google or Bing.
Using Anti-Theft
The Anti-Theft security module is disabled by default and, to enable it, you will have to use your Norton account. Then, you can configure and use all the protection options offered by Anti-Theft.
You can perform the following actions, from your online Norton management dashboard , or with the help of SMS commands:
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Lock Device - lets you lock your lost or stolen Android device, and have it display a custom message to the person who found or stole it. An interesting thing about this option is that, when enabled, Norton Security and Antivirus will track and report the device's location every 5 minutes and it will take a picture every 10 minutes.
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Locate - tracks the location of your Android smartphone or tablet, with one condition: it must be online for Locate to work.
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Scream - makes your Android device play a very loud song, even if the smartphone or tablet is muted. If the device is not very far from you, you can easily find it using this option.
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Sneak Peek - takes a photo on your lost or stolen Android device and then uploads it to your Norton account. You can always view the last 10 photos taken by Sneak Peek. Unfortunately, we couldn't test this feature, because Norton said that "Due to privacy laws, Sneak peek feature is not available in your country". Why is this feature not available in certain countries?
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Wipe - does exactly what its name implies: it erases all your personal information from your lost or stolen Android smartphone or tablet, so that nobody can gain access to it.
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Backup - keeps your contacts information backed up on Norton servers. You learn more details about this feature in one of the following sections of this review.
Besides all the above features, Norton's Anti-Theft module also lets you configure your Android device to automatically lock if the SIM card is removed or replaced, and automatically wipe itself if it detects 10 failed unlock attempts. Enabling these two options is a good way of assuring yourself that your smartphone or tablet will protect itself when necessary.
Norton Security and Android has a very good set of Anti-Theft features. With the exception of Sneak Peek, which we couldn't test in our country, we found all the other options to work very well.
Read the next page of our review to find how good are the other security modules bundled in Norton Security and Antivirus , and how much it affects your Android device's performances. At the end, you will also see what our final verdict for this security product is.
