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Norton Power Eraser
	Power Eraser, part of Norton Recovery Tools main screen
Developer(s)	Symantec Corporation
Website	us.norton.com/support/tools/npe.html

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Norton Power Eraser (NPE) is a small portable executable which uses Norton Insight in-the-cloud application ratings to scan a computer system.^[1] The program matches an application found on the user's computer with a list of trusted and malicious applications. If it's in the list of trusted applications, Power Eraser leaves it on the system. If it is in the list of bad applications, it is marked for deletion. If it is unknown and not in any list, it is reported as suspicious but not marked for removal. Instead, the program recommends a "remote scan", which will upload the file to Symantec's servers to check it with virus definitions.

Effectiveness

Power Eraser is very aggressive^[2] against unknown threats that are not whitelisted and are instead marked for removal or sent for analysis. The tool also features rootkit scanning, which requires a system restart. Threat removal is also performed after restart, on the next boot, to avoid the self-protection of viruses and trojans.

References

^ What you should know before you run Power Eraser .
^ "Norton Power Eraser". Symantec. Archived from the original on April 13, 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

[1] What you should know before you run Power Eraser .

[2] "Norton Power Eraser". Symantec. Archived from the original on April 13, 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

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-{{merge to|Norton Insight|date=January 2012}}
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 {{Infobox software
-| name = Norton Internet Security
+| name = Norton Power Eraser
-| screenshot=
+| screenshot= Norton_Logo_(November_2021).png
 | caption= Power Eraser, part of Norton Recovery Tools main screen
-| developer = [[Symantec|Symantec Corporation]]
+| developer = [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec Corporation]]
+| website = {{URL|https://us.norton.com/support/tools/npe.html}}
 }}
-'''Norton Power Eraser''' (NPE) is a small [[Portable Executable|portable executable]] which uses [[Norton Insight]] in-the-cloud application ratings to scan the system. The program matches an application found on the user's computer with a list of trusted and malicious applications.  If it's in the list of trusted applications, Power Eraser leaves it on the system. If it is in the list of bad applications, it is marked for deletion. If it is unknown and not in any list, it is reported as suspicious but not marked for removal. Instead, the program recommends a "remote scan", which will upload the file to [[Symantec]]'s servers to check it with virus definitions.
+'''Norton Power Eraser''' (NPE) is a small [[Portable Executable|portable executable]] which uses [[Norton Insight]] in-the-cloud application ratings to scan a computer system.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133322/https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.HOWTO101744.html  What you should know before you run Power Eraser ].</ref> The [[Computer Program|program]] matches an application found on the user's computer with a list of trusted and malicious applications.  If it's in the list of trusted applications, Power Eraser leaves it on the system. If it is in the list of bad applications, it is marked for deletion. If it is unknown and not in any list, it is reported as suspicious but not marked for removal. Instead, the program recommends a "remote scan", which will upload the file to [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]'s servers to check it with virus definitions.
+==Effectiveness==
+Power Eraser is very aggressive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx?lcid=1033 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413055708/http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx?lcid=1033 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 13, 2011 |title=Norton Power Eraser |website=[[Broadcom#Symantec enterprise security|Symantec]] |date= |access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> against unknown threats that are not [[whitelist]]ed and are instead marked for removal or sent for analysis. The tool also features [[rootkit]] scanning, which requires a system restart. Threat removal is also performed after restart, on the next boot, to avoid the self-protection of [[virus]]es and [[Trojan horse (computing)|trojans]].
-==Effectivness==
-Power Eraser is very aggressive<ref>http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx?lcid=1033</ref> to unknown threats which are not [[whitelist]]ed and are instead marked for removal or sent for analysis. The tool also features [[rootkit]] scanning, which requires system restart. Threat removal is also performed after restart, on the next boot, to avoid the self-protection of [[virus]]es and [[Trojan horse (computing)|trojans]].
-Norton Power Eraser sometimes identifies Photoshop as a threat.  However, the only issue the program says is that "there is a problem with the shortcut."  Thinking that you are simply fixing a deadlink shortcut, Norton Power Eraser removes the program and saved files.  If you discover missing programs after running Norton Power Eraser, you can run Norton Power Eraser <ref>http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx</ref> to review past repair sessions and undo them.
 ==References==
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+{{Gen Digital}}
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+[[Category:Norton (software)|Power Eraser]]
+[[Category:Gen Digital software]]
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