What is Norton?

Norton is software application developed by Symantec Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.58% of installations running this operating system. Norton's installer is typically 141.00 MB in size and installs around 385 files. The most common release is 2005.1.2.20 with 6.56% of all installations currently using this version.

Norton is most popular in the United States with 65.47% of installations residing in this country.

Norton 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 is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Norton?

Symantec presents Norton 360 as a comprehensive computer security suite, offering all-in-one protection. This suite features an antivirus, personal firewall, phishing protection, and backup program. Setting it apart from Norton Internet Security, Norton 360 also includes file backup and PC maintenance capabilities.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • ccsvchst.exe runs as a service named 'Norton AntiVirus.' (NAV) "Norton AntiVirus".
Firewall:
  • ccsvchst.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\20.4.0.40\ccsvchst.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • symerr.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Norton Error Processor' (runs daily at 10:51 PM).

Startup Entries

Registry entries (User):
  • sscont.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name '*SOP_STK' which loads as "C:\Program Files\advancedtech_stk_sop\stk\sscont.exe" /p advancedtech_stk_sop /cfg "C:\Program Files\advancedtech_stk_sop\stk\sscont.xml" /runasadmin /restore.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.symantec.com/techsupp
Support:
https://www.symantec.com/techsupp/globalsupport.html
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Norton 360
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\NortonInstaller\{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\N360\562C4DD5\6.4.0.9\InstStub.exe /X /ARP
Size:
141.00 MB
Language:
English

Norton Executable Details

Primary executable:
N360Downloader.exe
Name:
Norton
Path:
C:\Program Files\Norton 360\N360Downloader.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Norton
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
85813e6665c828f0cf854fcf326302a1
DLL
455c57cd6279200086bf62a1e4bf1d4d
DLL
066f9efac4df35083eae243eb9084aa0
DLL
7f503f8c4c8af7bca02892a2fb46c7af
DLL
df19445bf50684665c488e819fcf5665
DLL
78f200eaf33b3198ee82bc695108e23d
DLL
0005818737a14636055111562e6007f3
DLL
0db7fedba5eac969c126587b10cee4b5
DLL
1dcb9fdea5db20e4ad54ca49cb2f1fb2
DLL
f1ff8731e9ee4af11995c849de07d78e