Process name: Norton Protection Status
Product: Norton Utilities
Company: Symantec Corporation
File: nprotect.exe
Security Rating: 1
Nprotect is part of Norton Utilities. (It replaces the default recycle bin.)
Get more detailed information about nprotect.exe and all other running background processes with Security Task Manager.
Note: Any malware can be named anything - so you should check where the files of the running processes are located on your disk. If a "non-Microsoft" .exe file is located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, then there is a high risk for a virus, spyware, trojan or worm infection!
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681 users ask for this file. 8 users didn't rate it ("don't know"). 24 users rated it as not dangerous. 4 users rated it as neutral. 3 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 5 users rated it as dangerous.
