In the Scan Complete screen, the results of this scan appear in the Local Scan column. Norton Power Eraser uses aggressive engine heuristics and Symantec’s Reputation technology to discover risks and identify potentially dangerous items. Norton Power Eraser is a single executable that can be downloaded from the Symantec Web site and is extremely simple to use – just accept the End User License Agreement and you are ready to scan. Norton Power Eraser downloads and runs quickly and is free for anyone to use. In the first three months of limited release of the tool, the tool has been 80% effective against never-seen-before Fake AV programs, and in our internal tests, the tool has been working about 53% better than the nearest competitor. So far we have been very successful in delivering on that vision. It was with this vision that Norton Power Eraser (NPE) was created. For all these reasons, users who end up with an infected computer often need more aggressive techniques to handle detection and remediation. Many will prevent these programs from even installing. Worse, malware authors routinely attempt to evade or disable security programs. As a result, their systems can become infected with malware that is extremely difficult to remove. Many users still do not use antivirus software, or they use software that is not updated or effective. Fake AV is a rogue piece of software that pretends to be security software and tempts the user to pay for worthless software even worse it can install additional malware on the system and claim the system is clean. There is special focus on ”Fake AV” (aka ”Rogueware” or ”Crimeware”).
The tool is aimed at detection and clean-up of “0-day” threats (0-day threats are those that take advantage of a newly discovered hole in a program or operating system before the developers have made a fix available – or before they are even aware that a hole exists.) It is being released at the same time as Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus 2011. Norton Power Eraser is the latest Norton Recovery tool.
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