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Information about defwatch.exe file

File: defwatch.exe
Name: Norton AntiVirus Definition Watcher
Product: Norton AntiVirus
Manufacturer: Symantec Corporation
Risk factor (Virus/Trojan/Spyware):

"defwatch.exe" is part of Norton AntiVirus from Symantec Corporation. It detects out-of-date virus definitions for Norton Anti-Virus software. Required only if you don't update the virus definitions manually on a regular basis.

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There were 265 user requests for that file. 16 users classify it as harmless. 2 users classify it as not so dangerous. 1 user classify it as dangerous and recommend to remove defwatch.exe. 1 user didn't classify it ("don't know").

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Part of Symantec/Norton Antivirus - Virus definition scout

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defwatch.exe is part of Norton Antivirus Corporarte Edition. It monitors the virus definition files and will initiate a process to update these if necessary. Billy X

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