These are the system requirements applicable for all the plans pertaining to the Norton device security and the existing Norton Security. If you have an older version or if you do not know your Norton protection version, go to Norton Update Center.
Windows
Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows 11/10 (all versions)
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Microsoft Windows 11 in S mode with ARM processors
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Microsoft Windows 10 in S mode (32-bit or 64-bit or ARM32) version 1803 and above
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Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 (all versions)
Some protection features are not available in Windows 8 Start screen browsers.
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Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) with Service Pack 1 (SP 1) or later with SHA2 support
Some of the existing Norton Device Security and Norton Secure VPN products are not compatible with Windows OS on ARM devices.
Norton Crypto is not supported on Windows 10 in S mode and Windows running on ARM processors. Norton Crypto is not yet available in all countries.
Hardware
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Processor
For Windows 11/10/8/7: 1 GHz
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RAM
For Windows 11/10: 2 GB (minimum of 512 MB RAM required for Recovery Tool)
For Windows 8/7: 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) (minimum of 512 MB RAM required for Recovery Tool)
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Hard disk space
300 MB of available hard disk space
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Graphics card
For Norton Crypto to work, you need to have Nvidia/AMD cards with minimum of 6 GB of memory.
Supported Browsers
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher (32-bit and 64-bit)1,2
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Mozilla Firefox (32-bit and 64-bit)2
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Google Chrome (32-bit and 64-bit)2
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Microsoft Edge2
Email services
Supports email scanning on all POP3 compatible email services.
Support for AntiSpam
The following email service is supported for AntiSpam:
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Microsoft Outlook 2003 and later
Operating Systems
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Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite) or later.
Norton Family Parental Controls, Norton AntiSpam and Cloud Backup are currently not support on Mac OS.
Hardware
Our latest Norton Device Security products are compatible with macOS on Apple Silicon M1 (ARM) devices using the Rosetta 2 translation feature.
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Mac computer with Intel Core 2 Duo, core i3, Core i5, core i7, or Xeon processor)
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2 GB of RAM
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300 MB of available hard disk space
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Internet connection for LiveUpdate
Browsers Supported
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Safari2, 3
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Mozilla Firefox2, 3
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Google Chrome2