I have successfully installed Norton Security with Backup on three PCs, a Samsung Tablet, and two Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phones. But the instructions for installing it on a mobile device don't seem to work on my wife's Kindle Fire. The install program downloads a ZIP file, but when I try to open and run it I get a message that the "file cannot be opened," with (of course) no explanation of why not. I can install Norton Mobile Security from the Kindle Store, but when I open it I find I have the "Lite" version, and it doesn't seem to have all the features of the version on our other mobile devices. How can I install the full version of this program on my wife's Kindle Fire?
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The "Love My Fire" website now has a method to install Google Play on Kindle Fire, so that you can download any app directly from the Google store. There is a lot of good stuff on this site.
As far as I can tell, when you select "Install Apps from Unknown Sources", that merely means that you can install apps that don't come from the Amazon store. All the warnings about third party apps still apply, but this particular feature does not seem to add any additional levels of security.
I think I'm going to try this to install the Norton Core app and the Norton Security app.
have down-loaded apps from several third party download sites, with nary a problem, including security breaches.
I'm not saying you will have issues. Just that there is a greater chance of getting some malware from a non developer source.
If it works for you, all the better.
I have been using Amazon Fire products for a while now (phone & tablets), have down-loaded apps from several third party download sites, with nary a problem, including security breaches. I think the Google/Android Play store paranoia is overrated. There is a work-around (link below) that provides an anonymous download of actual vendor apks, including NMS, to a Fire device which avoids the Google censorship:
http://www.lovemyfire.com/google-play-apps-on-kindle-fire-exclusive.html
.Just be sure to read all the caveats including on this "Love My Fire" website.
As already noted, NMS is not available for your device on the Google Play store because of the modifications to the Android OS made by Amazon for the Kindle devices. This is the only official release channel for the Norton products.
If you are able to install NMS from another source, like 1Mobile, it is likely someone has modified something in the app to make it compatible. Doing so can compromise your device, as you do not know what other changes may have been made. This weakened security is pointed out by the need to enable install from unknown sources. That disables one of the first lines of defence against getting malware installed alongside some app you want.
From the 1mobile market FAQ
Before operating a manual installation of apps using the .apk files, you need to allow your phone to install from “Unknown Sources” (i.e. non-Market apps)at first.
Solution found - since Google play refuses to download to Amazon Fire devices & Amazon app store only has the old "Lite" Fire tablet app, I searched app store "1Mobile Market" & found latest NMS app. Downloaded OK to my Fire HDX, but it asked me to uninstall Fire Tablet NMS before launching (on other devices, NMS discovers the old NMS versions & automatically destroys them). Seems to be working with all new bells/whistles. Since this, have installed the 1Mobile NMS version on 2 more Amazon devices (Fire phones & Kindle tablets); all logged their existence on my Norton Manage account. All hunky-dory!!
Norton Mobile Security-Fire Tablet (Lite) has been available from the Amazon Apps store for some time & I have been using it on my Fire tablet. When I try to down-load the new NMS (Premium) from my Norton manage account, it sends me to the Google Play app store, but Google says my Fire tablet is not compatible. Also, there seems to be no way to register my Fire tablet, with the old Fire tablet version, with my Manage account. I love my 3rd generation Fire tablet & will continue to use the "lite" version of NMS-Fire until Norton supports the Fire in NMS(Premium). They then have to figure out a way to circumvent the Google store ban on downloading to Amazon devices, probably by posting the app on Amazon, just as they did with the current Fire lite version....