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
cb4182b11093c2db2b916e1b7102409b
DLL
b69128f229b9bd14d94155d2c0f85964
DLL
15111defc2ddb0bc365cb9a489ebfb77
DLL
d2d0f753844e1108332c8408b52d8da3
DLL
d5193668b67e1fc778aa82391ef311fe
DLL
00a752bfdeae1c460a1672a541b0330d
DLL
0cda6a2cd1b46e8b27e58b0cf52124de
DLL
9e5268d5b077b0d8be7f1ffbe42e3686
DLL
ed924029da8c760c9d6968457a768bd9
DLL
16fcf603945f440f9e52e0fca646c473