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
EXE
0097a9c7da793720b810335fd92971a3
EXE
c66557728011b83c4ffae7dd022f99da
DLL
c883950f98700fb10937411fa6035b52
EXE
1d36830f0e6636dc21ffa96fff4735b9
DLL
a229c36d191d4fff57e9b264f0aa6932
EXE
38e21673c4941b556b5c70f385f5cd72
DLL
90a2bb30a8577a57d9dcc13700a18a3f
DLL
ab1d423816bce494ff132bec797180a8
EXE
89dab9c8e53ea9bcae747ab31de66045
DLL
20648328e62cec37da3a40d6199a739d