
At present NPE is in Public beta, you can download it and use it for fee.Ĭaution: Please note that NPE is meant to be used as aggressive malware removal tool. You can even run it through a USB or CD Drive. NPE is a portable antivirus, meaning that it does not need any installation to run.

Unlike other security applications, it does not provide you a real time protection, but is developed to be used for cleaning an already infected computer. Norton Power Eraser (NPE) is a freeware tool, which can attempt to find and remove such deep rooted, hidden and hard-to-detect malware and virus infections. This kind of mechanism is such that they are always lagging behind a malware attack in reaching the ultimate users. The result is that however smart and effective your security software is, there are always chances that your computer may get infected from the circulating malware and viruses.

Today’s security applications are signature based.
