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
96e5943f095a5aac63851f52697b68fa
DLL
837859b26ccd8f6789da7f855d0ba427
DLL
b4e973633a20d917f9e976b1403c0e4e
DLL
a07119252a04cc53120b1e94e0771253
EXE
2f1c379e647b7416529e465e2787f6cb
EXE
910dd397614f99c66f6ef50019235fca
EXE
dc956944560a32ce2f3fba28d6883925
EXE
7720251986778b402978761589434491
EXE
79b4363481385756d267b989ebae3492
DLL
80754690f7ddc53c85eb31807b0453f6