If you have become the victim of crimeware that regular virus scans can’t detect, use the Norton Power Eraser to target and eliminate them. Norton Power Eraser is a last-resort, extreme tool that may help you cleanup special types of security risks.
There are some threats that impersonate legitimate programs, modify browsers or the boot screen graphics, and even redirect traffic. Our standard scanners necessarily have a delicate balance between effective malware detection and removal and erroneously removing legitimate files. Sometimes, these “scareware” programs can require special tactics to remove them.
With the Norton Power Eraser tool, these threats (and others) are specifically targeted, and thus are effectively detected and removed. Users should use theNorton Power Eraser utility when nothing else will remove an annoying software and they are are willing to accept a higher risk that the scanner may quarantine a legitimate application.
This tool focuses on security risks that impersonate legitimate applications and are known as “scareware” or “rogueware” or “scamware”. Norton Power Eraser uses more aggressive technologies than your Norton product, hence there is a risk that it will flag good programs for removal. You should carefully review the scan results page before removing files.
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.
