What is Norton Utilities?

Norton Utilities is software application developed by Symantec Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.95% of installations running this operating system. Norton Utilities's installer is typically 91.00 MB in size and installs around 103 files. The most common release is 16.0.3.44 with 60.41% of all installations currently using this version.

Norton Utilities is most popular in the United States with 64.99% of installations residing in this country.

Norton Utilities adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Norton Utilities is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Norton Utilities?

Symantec presents Norton Utilities 2002 for Windows, a comprehensive program designed to optimize and maintain the performance of your PC. This software includes a background controller service, which is preconfigured for automatic startup, but can be easily managed through the service manager. The installation package consists of 42 files and typically occupies 12.4 MB (13,006,521 bytes) of disk space. The majority of users currently run Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems. The user base is predominantly located in the United States (52%), with significant popularity in the United Kingdom and Czech Republic as well. Experience the power and reliability of Norton Utilities 2002 for Windows in enhancing your computer's efficiency and stability.

Software Behaviors

Services:

NPROTECT.EXE runs as a service named 'Norton Unerase Protection' (NProtectService).

Firewall:

nu.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities 15\nu.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

nu.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{AF965F16-D351-407D-A016-EBD81701FBA8}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

nu.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named NUSchedule.
SULauncher.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named NUAutoUpdate.

Registry entries:

nu.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'NortonUtilities' and executes as C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities 14\nu.exe /QS.
RMTray.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'NortonUtilities' and executes as C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities 14\RMTray.exe /H.

Software Details

URL:

https://us.norton.com/norton-utilities

Support:

https://www.symantec.com/support/index.jsp

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities 14\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities 14\unins000.exe" /Log

Size:

91.00 MB

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