What is Nss.exe?

Nss.exe is part of Standalone Scanner Components and developed by Symantec Corporation according to the Nss.exe version information.

Nss.exe's description is "Norton Security Scan"

Nss.exe is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation.

Nss.exe is usually located in the 'C:\PROGRA~2\NORTON~2\Engine\403~1.27\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Nss.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Nss.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameStandalone Scanner Components
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionNorton Security Scan
Internal nameStandalone Scanner
Original filenameStandalone Scanner
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2013 Symantec Corporation
Product version4.0
File version4.0.3.27

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameStandalone Scanner Components
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionNorton Security Scan
Internal nameStandalone Scanner
Original filenameStandalone Scanner
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2013 Symantec Corporat..
Product version4.0
File version4.0.3.27

Digital signatures [?]

Nss.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSymantec Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number66660552d465b31f429f7527ea6a93bf

VirusTotal report

1 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Nss.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Rising PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
1 of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the Nss.exe file.

Folder name variants

Nss.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\PROGRA~2\NORTON~2\Engine\403~1.27\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Nss.exe

Nss.exe (15 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c157ef391de676cbf9de22ab37d53de6
SHA2567f83701c2d4af652eb04d2b1317e7a5d9be18b29be22a55b08f3a6a5cb8ecf2f

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to nss.exe:

nss.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

nss.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Norton Security Scan has stopped working.

End Program - nss.exe. This program is not responding.

nss.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

nss.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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