For instructions on using Norton Power Eraser, see the tutorial. It can also help detect and remove Potentially Unwanted Programs. However, you can always undo the results of a scan. Because Norton Power Eraser is an aggressive virus removal tool, it may mark a legitimate program for removal. Norton Power Eraser uses our most aggressive scanning technology to eliminate threats that traditional virus scanning doesn’t always detect, so you can get your PC back. NPE doesn't tell you much about a file because it really doesn't know much about the files it presents - that's the whole point, if Norton knew whether the file was actually malicious or not you would not have to run NPE, as Norton Security would catch it if it was malicious and NPE would not flag it if it was a known good file.

If there doesn't appear to be anything wrong, the results returned by NPE will almost always be safe files that belong to applications on your system. It is meant to be run when your Norton program does not detect anything malicious but you still suspect that something may be acting suspiciously on your PC. NPE does not detect malware (that is what Norton Security is for), it presents you with a list of files that could be malware. Norton Power Eraser Tutorials for Windows 11/10/8/7 Eliminates deeply embedded and difficult-to-detect crimeware that traditional virus scanning doesn’t always detect.

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