About Norton Power Eraser
Norton Power Eraser is a portable anti-virus and anti-malware tool. It can detect viruses that are difficult to detect by traditional virus scanning.
Well-known anti-virus maker Symantec has made it free for everyone. It is a lightweight tool, yet powerful.
Free Virus Remover
If you feel that your computer is not in a normal position that means NPE may be affected by many kinds of viruses or threats.
This scanner easily finds the most aggressive viruses or malware and shows the detected whole report so you can scan the process safely.
Unwanted Program Remover
Some applications may install unwanted toolbars on your PC during installation. Some applications may redirect browsers. In this case, Norton Power Eraser specifically provides an unwanted application scan option. The features detect and completely remove potentially unwanted programs (PUP) and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).
Crimeware Remover
Besides, it also takes on detecting and removing crimeware which is used by cybercriminals to trick you into downloading threats.
Portable Antivirus
Power Eraser does not need to be installed on your computer. Just download, run then quickly scan your full computer system. So using it saves both time and effort.
How to Download and run a scan:
- Download Norton Power Eraser and click save
- Select the location as Desktop and click Save.
- Double-click the NPE.exe file to run Norton Power Eraser
- Read the license agreement, and accept it
- To run a scan, Click on the Scan for Risks icon
- By default, it uses a Rootkit scan that requires restarting your PC. So you will see a prompt to restart the computer, then click restart. If you don’t want that you change the settings.
One of the best advantages of the tool is it shows the scan results. It shows status as bad which it considers as risky and recommends you to remove or repair them and shows unknown status to be more reviewed. After the restart of the computer, the selected items will be repaired.
Is Norton Power Eraser safe?
Yes! NPE is not dangerous for your system. It has no Adware or Malware. Anyone can use it without worry.
Caution: It may mark your useful or legitimate programs. So, you need to be careful. However, you can undo all the scan results.
Technical Details
Latest Version: | 6.6.0.2153 |
Final Released: | 22/11/2022 |
License: | Freeware |
Publisher: | Norton |
Operating Systems: | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 |
System Type: | 32-bit & 64-bit |
Language: | English (US) |
Setup File: | NPE.exe |
File Size: | 16.20 MB |
Uploaded: | Publisher |