Norton Power Eraser, a free tool by Symantec, "uses aggressive methods" to detect and remove "crimeware". It can display many false positives and, therefore, is intended to be used when all other options have been exhausted.
It's still in beta but you wouldn't know until you download it.
http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/ov...origin=default
PieterV (Symantec Employee) said:
No. Hitman Pro uses behaviour analysis to detect a threat. NPE:
"Normal mode uses a combination of local heuristics and signatures, as well as cloud signatures and reputation.
Aggressive mode uses cloud reputation data only, and any file that is not known good is considered bad."
It doesn not scan the whole computer so that and the use of a cloud are the only similarities I see.
It is meant to be used when you have tried everything else (scan with Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes, etc.) but still believe there is malware on your system.
"You should use Power Eraser only when nothing else will remove the threat and you are willing to accept the risk that the scanner may quarantine a legitimate program.
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Because the Norton Power Eraser uses aggressive methods to detect these threats, there is a risk that it can select some legitimate programs for removal. You should use this tool very carefully, and only after you have exhausted other options."
For reputation it uses Norton Insight.
Last edited by malexous; 30 Apr 2010 at 03:58.
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