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About Norton Private Browser
Norton Private Browser is a free desktop browser from the antivirus company Norton. It is based on Chromium and adds tracker blocking and protection against phishing sites, aimed at making everyday browsing, shopping and messaging safer.
It suits people who already use Norton products or want a familiar Chromium browser with security features switched on, without configuring extensions themselves.
Strengths
- Free with tracker and phishing protection built in
- Chromium base keeps site compatibility familiar
- Available for both Windows and Mac
Limitations
- Closed source
- Tied to a vendor that promotes its paid security products
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download from Norton.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Norton
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Windows and Mac users who want a browser with security protections preset
- Categories
- Web browsers, Security tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Norton Private Browser
Compare allSoftware that can replace Norton Private Browser for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Avast Secure Browser
A free browser from Avast with built-in ad blocking and anti-tracking protection.
Avast Secure Browser is a similar free, closed-source security-vendor browser with ad blocking and anti-tracking on by default, adding an Android version, tied to Avast products.
AVG Secure Browser
A free privacy-focused web browser from AVG that blocks ads, trackers and online threats.
AVG Secure Browser blocks ads, trackers and online threats out of the box on Windows, Mac and Android, while promoting other AVG products instead of Norton's.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave is open source under MPL-2.0, blocks ads and trackers by default with a per-site panel, runs on Linux and Android, and bundles a crypto wallet.
DuckDuckGo Browser
Privacy browser with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing.
DuckDuckGo Browser is open source under Apache-2.0 with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing on by default, adding Android but with narrower extension support.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.
Microsoft Edge keeps a Chromium base and adds vertical tabs, sleeping tabs and a PDF reader on Windows, macOS and Linux, while promoting Bing and Microsoft accounts.
Epic Privacy Browser
Chromium browser that blocks trackers and routes traffic through an encrypted proxy.
Epic Privacy Browser is also closed-source Chromium, adding an always-on private mode, a uBlock-based ad blocker and a built-in proxy, with an Android build.
Ulaa
Privacy-focused Chromium browser from Zoho with separate browsing modes.
Ulaa is Zoho's closed-source Chromium browser with tracker blocking on by default and separate work, personal and kids modes, available on Linux and Android as well.
Google Chrome
Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.
Google Chrome drops the preset tracker protection but gives the largest extension library, four-weekly updates and a Linux build, with close ties to Google advertising.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Helium
An open-source Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners by default without telemetry.
SRWare Iron
Chromium rebuild that strips out Google's tracking and reporting features.
360 Secure Browser
A Chinese Chromium-based browser from Qihoo 360 with malicious site blocking and built-in AI tools.
Aloha Browser
A privacy-focused web browser for mobile and desktop with a built-in free VPN and ad blocker.
Opera
Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.
