The Norton team has just released the new Norton Power Eraser beta, NPE 4.0.0.25
I hope many of you have a chance to try it and let us know what you think..
We look forward to reading your feedback and great ideas.
You can download the Norton Power Eraser Beta here:
http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx?&env=beta
Key changes in this release:
- Scanning across user profiles
NPE can now scan across user profiles, if there is an infected account you cannot log into to use NPE, you can scan from another account such as Administrator
- Java vulnerability scan
NPE detects when the Java is out of date and provides a link to a KB to correct this.
- Safe mode persistence
NPE is able to determine when the machine is in safe mode and will restart the machine in safe mode prior to scanning, NPE will return the machine to normal mode prior to threat removal
- UI message streamlining/ UI refresh
UI has been updated and the messaging has been simplified