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Concerns over pifts.exe from Norton
There has been some concern expressed recently about the nature of the file pifts.exe, which is installed by Norton software.
The following at Bleeping computer may give some answers ...
Full Information ....There has been a lot of controversy the past few days over a program called pifts.exe that is bundled with Norton products. This program is said to connect to stats.norton.com and send information from your computer to a remote site. What makes it even more strange is that any topics created to discuss this program in the Norton community forums have been erased. Due to this programs behavior, and Norton's strange activity, a lot of theories have been popping up from data being sent to africa to NSA snooping. Personally, I think there is a much simpler explanation.
Debunking the Norton pifts.exe conspiracies