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Patrick_me
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Jul 15, 2021

Is Netgear Armor compatible with Norton 360

I have Norton 360 installed on all my devices (fixec and mobile).  Artmor trial with new Orbi set available.  My read is Armor will provide periphery (router) level protection. Like the idea protecti...
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CrimpOn
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Jul 15, 2021
Patrick_me wrote:

I have Norton 360 installed on all my devices (fixec and mobile).  Artmor trial with new Orbi set available.  My read is Armor will provide periphery (router) level protection. Like the idea protection for Internet of Things devices which we also have.  Will Armor coexist politely with Norton 360?  

I agree with FURRYe38 that posting in the Armor forum may cause someone to comment who has already tried this and (maybe) found out good (or bad) things.

 

When I saw "free trial" (which means "pay to keep it") I declined Armor.  From what I can see, there are two parts of the package:

  • Something that does external scans on devices in the local LAN, and
  • A version of Bitdefender that can be loaded on individual devices.

A general practice for years and years has been not to mix Anti-virus packages.  For example, this article:

https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/preemptive-safety/running-more-than-one-antivirus-program 

 

If you decide to "take the plunge", it would be fascinating to hear what happens.