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
36ca6b5cdb6b384c3600b9975271d55d
DLL
4df2442f76baacb0684d544793dfebd9
DLL
8d240c91044980651ddab6202f8bbed8
EXE
3cd75868f9e370543bb297a76524ab73
DLL
9cf0fcf3f396b2a7e9f439a9baff4ada
DLL
1e0526ae21a961dca5d07cbf143f9bbc
DLL
d51e6b0b861e7eebf4e1026e0d344a3b
DLL
15db8c6d95a47776f22920f93c3e7c11
EXE
9ae58999607d197c6fcb9dd67ff0c24e
DLL
dbf24de491ec5ff9f1e96335bc91ae5e