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What is nprotect.exe? Norton Recycle Bin?

Vendor:      Symantec
Product:     Norton
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: NPROTECT.EXE implements the Norton protected Recycle Bin that offers more protection against accidentally deleted files. If you do not want to use this feature, remove it through the Norton Utilities configuration dialogs.

nprotect.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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nprotect.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.14%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
nprotect.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x4914a155f9b73317b14f94bba4a79639 4/20/2019 5:15:00 PM Unknown 16.00.0.22 Norton Recycle Bin 132 KB
2 Status 0x236408d8b6263f3c6fb992b6d2b4bda6 10/20/2016 3:35:00 PM Unknown 15.03.0.36 Norton Recycle Bin 132 KB
3 Status 0x6e082c64e63f20e4e8946a927fc2be55 2/18/2016 12:31:00 AM Unknown 19.0.0.48 Norton Recycle Bin 93 KB
4 Status 0x81e45a1e03f1fccbdce761d0d8845b6a 1/20/2016 8:45:00 AM Unknown 18.0.0.62 Norton Recycle Bin 93 KB
5 Status 0x93cbfd618f2416703f1e3db7c2a7d979 7/25/2015 9:57:00 PM Unknown 15.0.0.20 Norton Recycle Bin 132 KB
6 Status 0xcff46776a6886231ce782a3d63495f20 2/16/2015 9:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton Recycle Bin 93 KB
7 Status 0x45f8a227b4b2f94dea5e9da2347890c9 9/16/2014 12:39:00 PM Unknown 19.0.1.8 Norton Recycle Bin 93 KB
8 Status 0xcd5ea8269f7b4d7e582fc232e789eaa2 1/2/2012 10:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton Recycle Bin 131 KB
9 Status 0x1e935a63bcf24a2dff6fc2e04b73d536 9/11/2011 6:21:00 PM Unknown 17.0.0.83 Norton Recycle Bin 80 KB
10 Status 0x360f93496fd1664b6e2d318d3e76882a 8/28/2011 4:38:00 PM Unknown 17.0.0.82 Norton Recycle Bin 80 KB
11 Status 0x52f62545b6ee3abf9c9642b37d278cc7 8/6/2011 9:17:00 PM Unknown 18.0.3.11 Norton Recycle Bin 93 KB
12 Status 0x83b0995d0f9703841657472b805867d2 7/27/2011 5:42:00 AM Unknown 15.0.0.20 Norton Recycle Bin 136 KB
13 Status 0x05ea1c04314682b637012d080c879691 7/3/2011 9:14:00 PM Unknown 17.0.0.82 Norton Recycle Bin 84 KB
14 Status 0x60df54b7382d016bf6f0a83eaa0750ab 3/5/2011 6:31:00 PM Unknown 19.0.1.8 Norton Recycle Bin 97 KB
15 Status 0x15cb0bdabb8695b9cccfbdab2016c7d8 2/22/2011 12:33:00 PM Unknown 14.00.0.28 Norton Recycle Bin 124 KB
16 Status 0xc783ad270d5b71be268889f9d12a6dff 11/24/2010 11:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Recycle Bin 97 KB
17 Status 0x1b62f807555f4d968565c45d63bec419 10/7/2010 4:58:00 PM Unknown 18.0.0.62 Norton Recycle Bin 97 KB
18 Status 0x74388ebc73fa31c0e7fde89966a0640f 5/21/2010 9:54:00 PM Unknown 17.0.0.82 Norton Recycle Bin 84 KB
19 Status 0x65a8e05346c94f0d6ddfe1139b1a0309 5/18/2010 3:11:00 AM Unknown 15.02.0.26 Norton Recycle Bin 132 KB
20 Status 0x6dad2d7b39924c4628606d1243320dd8 5/16/2010 8:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Recycle Bin 84 KB
21 Status 0xe8f9b11ee2d71d15a416eccca73dd3ee 5/11/2010 4:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton Recycle Bin 132 KB
22 Status 0xadbc94467ba3c8e2ab16381b3ccbc4fb 5/4/2010 10:34:00 AM Unknown 17.0.0.82 Norton Recycle Bin 84 KB
23 Status 0x5e1de2c73e30b3d2753f421edfe1a320 5/2/2010 4:27:00 PM Unknown 14.01.0.30 Norton Recycle Bin 124 KB
24 Status 0xbf4e9b2d10e1c05f6efab0e72d10c174 3/27/2010 7:47:00 PM Unknown 15.0.0.18 Norton Recycle Bin 132 KB
25 Status 0xfcb1ffe42394fd52a03d1e1b2e6ebfb8 3/14/2010 5:15:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Recycle Bin 93 KB


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