Norton Power Eraser...rogue/fake alert remover

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:50 am

http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/overview.asp
Seems like Nortons version of Combofix.

"Eliminates deeply embedded and difficult to remove crimeware that traditional virus scanning doesn't always detect."

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:41 am

It won't let me download it?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu May 27, 2010 9:32 am

Double tap..takes you to a second link which does....came down fine in Firefox.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu May 27, 2010 10:13 am

Had to right click and choose open in new tab in Chrome.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:22 pm

Downloaded because Yeolde said so!

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Fri May 28, 2010 9:17 am

It is interesting that they send data back to their servers, after scanning.. and there is no mention of that on the download page. (Ex: Privacy statement or TOS) Not knocking the program per se, just a observation.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri May 28, 2010 9:54 am

Shinobi wrote:It is interesting that they send data back to their servers, after scanning.. and there is no mention of that on the download page. (Ex: Privacy statement or TOS) Not knocking the program per se, just a observation.

Important IMO for their end to help better its effectiveness....similar to SuperAntySpyware, or Microsofts SpyNet, etc.

It does state that it will gather info on your computer in the EULA as you run the program....before doing a scan.