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