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What is savscan.exe? Norton Antivirus?

Vendor:      Symantec Corporation
Product:     AutoProtect
Vendor Website:      http://www.symantec.com
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: SAVScan.exe - Norton Antivirus, real time virus scanning component.

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


savscan.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
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savscan.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
savscan.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xde337e8649e1970c5663999457a9352f 2/6/2012 2:18:00 PM Unknown Norton Antivirus 189 KB
2 Status 0x760b4d1d222b534422bb81e5ebbacb57 9/16/2011 8:02:00 AM Unknown 9.2.0.79 Norton Antivirus 189 KB
3 Status 0x609b68e5aa362af04559cddd3df8fc7d 8/11/2011 4:01:00 PM Unknown 9.7.0.10 Norton Antivirus 193 KB
4 Status 0xbfba4ed75bcdf0f5681a6749d8f27fc7 6/12/2011 9:08:00 PM Unknown 9.2.1.14 Norton Antivirus 189 KB
5 Status 0x63ee66b5229a14809e5d89a9275325ad 3/28/2011 8:40:00 AM Unknown 9.4.2.1 Norton Antivirus 193 KB
6 Status 0x2b0267b27f9b043ed0097b54165a1cac 5/8/2010 3:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Antivirus 193 KB
7 Status 0x23dfeaf80bd247a37be2001d26ba50ac 3/14/2010 9:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Antivirus 189 KB
8 Status 0x1f1e8606942b6615c6717ec6e79334ed 2/26/2010 2:02:00 AM Unknown 9.4.1.10 Norton Antivirus 193 KB
9 Status 0xcf3235d1d5bc8f1e7bef28fc0bdbcdc9 1/3/2010 4:08:00 PM Unknown 9.4.0.53 Norton Antivirus 193 KB
10 Status 0x7c69d3d160cbed5d32c28503e4c95942 8/14/2009 11:08:00 PM Unknown 9.7.1.4 Norton Antivirus 193 KB
11 Status 0x31d944f87b7f2347db2fb75b93e3ff91 2/27/2009 3:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton Antivirus 189 KB
12 Status 0x2b0bf0646080b68f3c3aba3cd6ad7024 8/11/2008 1:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Antivirus 189 KB
13 Status 0x400e3db6888f83f24bfbec95797e7184 5/31/2008 5:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton Antivirus 189 KB
14 Status 0xaff45cf10f6d564700972b578f57c035 5/23/2008 12:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton Antivirus 189 KB
15 Status 0x81f3319689255c4788453d102bee77b8 12/31/2007 Unknown 9.2.1.14 Norton Antivirus 189 KB


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