Issues with when trying to make a Norton VPN Plus Subscription

Greetings everyone! I’m here to request a small help… to be honest I think I already know the final answer. But i still will ask here for advice. Maybe someone has run into the same issue as I am facing now and found a workaround ?

So… The issue is as follows: I have many Norton Products subscriptions, I have Norton 360 Advanced, I have Norton Ultimate Utilities, I have Norton Driver Updater and finally also Norton Anti-track.

Recently i was looking around into the Norton secure VPN that comes directly with the Norton 360 Advanced App and I’m a 100% sure that some time ago, we could choose which VPN protocols to use manually, between Wireguard, Mimic etc… But as of now, this is gone.If you want the power of choosing which protocol you wish to use, you have to get a subscription into Norton VPN, which comes with 3 levels, Standard, Plus and Ultimate.

As such i decided to simply get myself a Norton VPN Plus subscription. So i headed to my account page, logged myself in, then headed to the Norton Products section, choose Norton VPN, Choose Norton VPN Plus, and the page shows me this

It says i already have a subscription and that i should contact support for a upgrade or other options of buyout.

Where the issue? Well… i don’t have ANY Norton VPN subscription, as a mentioned above already. So what do i do? I bet it’s the Norton Secure VPN existing inside the Norton 360 Advanced making this conflict…

Anyways, please comment below what you guys think i should do? Simply wait monday and contact support? Or is there any workaround it ? Oooor is there any secret way to bring back Manual protocols choices into the Secure VPN version of Norton ??

Hello @Ran
Yes, VPN protocol settings was removed from Norton 360.

If you want VPN protocol settings you’ll want a Norton VPN centric plan.

Learn more about Norton VPN Plus and Norton VPN Ultimate plans
Features of Norton VPN plan

Contact customer service and support…may be because Norton 360 may not play well with Norton VPN.

Norton support may be able to switch your Norton plan…if you want.

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Thank you for your fast reply!

Well i kinda guessed this would be the advice i would get and it’s also the most logical one too.

Still i feel like, for the price a Norton 360 Advanced protection costs… it should be GIVEN to us the simple choice of changing Protocols without the need of basically getting a new subscription and having to go through the ordeal of contacting the support to see what they can do.

Anyways I’ll wait Monday and talk to them directly by phone, i don’t have Twitter or Facebook accounts, never been a fan of Human Pokédex websites like these. And i already tried the “Live Chat” option with the support… It’s just an AI that talks to you and she doesn’t help at all. So phoning them is my best and only choice.

And i hope you’re right, that they can find me a solution somehow because i really need these 10 subscriptions licenses, i use 9 of them for my family, and the VPN plus option is the best since we plan only on using it on our PC’s… unless they have a secret way of bringing back the menu for protocols… i saw the the files of encryption for Mimic do exist still within the Secure VPN from the Norton 360 app.

With that said, again, thanks for you super fast reply, and i wish you a awesome week-end!

Hello @Ran
Note: type “agent” three times to reach = human agent
Please review: How-To Contact Norton Support
Norton support United States 1-800-745-6061 or 1-800-745-6034

With the new standalone Norton Secure VPN products, you cannot also have Norton 360 installed. You have to choose one or the other. The new VPN does have some malware protection and safe web features. And it does have the protocol choices you are looking for and it also has some more detailed choices for your virtual location use in the VPN.

The message to contact Norton Support for ‘upgrade’ options would give you an opportunity to switch your 360 plan to the newer VPN offering.

Well then the choice will be very easy to make then. I’ll keep my Norton 360 advanced app and look for a outside choice as VPN… perhaps Nordvpn or something else. I’ll look into which are the best VPN around and get myself one…

It’s a big shame tough and doesn’t make much any sense… Why wouldn’t they simply make a standalone Norton VPN plus or Ultimate be able to work in sync with Norton 360? They did it for Driver Updater, Anti-Track and Norton Ultimate Utilities… Also as i said, we had these protocols choices in the past on the Norton secure VPN that comes with the Norton 360 App… makes no sense on taking away from the costumers who are paying already a hefty amount for their protection something that’s so trivial to them but so helpful for us…

Anyways, thanks for your reply, at least i wont bore myself wait on a phone call forever or in a chat waiting for the 1st to arrive wins situation

Before you jump, check out the details on the new VPN offering. You might not be losing as much as you think.
Norton VPN | Fast and Secure VPN Service

In terms of the number of licenses, technical support may change your subscription to Norton VPN Ultimate (10 devices).