Norton Power Eraser effectiveness questions

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Hi, Norton Community. I have a couple of questions regarding Norton Power Eraser:

1. Is NPE compatible with x64 OS? 
2. Is NPE able to detect and eliminate Backdoor.Tidserv(aka TDSS) x64 variants(I mean TDL4/TDL5 versions of this rootkit)?
3. Can NPE detect other x64 malware? 
4. Is NPE detects anomalous system changes? (e.g. Non standard UserInit key, many IP addresses which are bound on loopback in hosts file, task manager and / or registry editor blocking via policies, etc).
5. Does NPE removes all traces of file, which has been deleted, from registry? (I mean, if some file create a couple of  CLSIDs, WinLogon notify, etc...  Does NPE delete these things when it has been removing this file?)
Thank you for your answers. 

6. How stable is NPE when malware controls TCP/IP stack of network protocols(i.e. When network connection is not flat and may be terminated by malware).

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Who, from Symantec employees, will answer these questions? They're really simple, but they will be driving me for making right conclusions about this tool.

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Hi Nerimash:

 

This is a user to user help forum.  Sometimes Symantec volunteers drop in but may not be involved in this particular area.  The NPE is not designed as a regular on demand second opinion scanner.  It is very agressive and very effective against fake AV's.

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Hello nerimash,

 

NPE is compatible on x64 OSes like Vista x64 and 7 x64. It is able to clean x64 variants of Tidserv. It also scans for many of the system changes that prevalent malware are known to do like the ones you listed.  It is constantly updated, portable, fast, and free.

 

-makoto

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Many thanks, Makoto. I'm really happy to hear it from Symantec employee. :smileyhappy: