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Usually any heroic Norton Online Family story is about how using it can help parents see patterns in their children’s online behavior or reinforce their trust in their children’s good choices. Today we have a story of how Norton Online Family stopped a team of crooks in their tracks. You’re probably as surprised as I was.

When you started using Norton Online Family, you saw there are two components, the online portal, or account, that Mom or Dad set up, and the Norton Safety Minder application that runs on the child’s computer. That little application is the piece that reinforces the House Rules you’ve set with your kids and monitors website visits, online search activity, social network logins and so much more. And those features will be important to this story, so please read on.