Even though i have never actually used norton I am guessing you double press the icon in your taskbar (the bottom corner your talking about) then look for some sort of settings/preferences. Under there I would guess there would be some sort of tick box to tell you if norton is working. If not there might be a way to test it inside the program. Just look about and don't turn anything off, it will not harm your pc to look at the programs settings. Hope this helps.