nst.exe
Norton Identity Safe by Symantec Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 12.11.2.9 |
| MD5: | 03260b40aa59f5bdc1e0abe315b652ba |
| SHA1: | 2a65abe7303dd94f37f98adb2d4417be4e532c06 |
Overview
nst.exe runs as a service under the name Norton Identity Safe (NCO) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program Norton Identity Safe published by Symantec Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | nst.exe |
| Publisher: | Symantec Corporation |
| Product name: | Norton Identity Safe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\norton identity safe\engine\2014.5.0.67\nst.exe |
| Original name: | ccSvcHst.exe |
| File version: | 12.11.2.9 |
| Product version: | 2014.7.0.47 |
| Size: | 127.05 KB (130,104 bytes) |
| Build date: | 4/21/2014 4:54 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Symantec Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, August 9, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Norton ™ Identity Safe is a password manager that makes logging into your favorite web sites easier, faster and more secure. Never again forget a user name or password. Ever. Stop filling in the same forms over and over. Warns you of unsafe sites right in your search results and blocks them. Stores your passwords and more in a secure, cloud-based vault that only you can access. Stop filling in the same forms over and over. Identity Saf...”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'NCO' (Norton Identity Safe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00198454% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00062576% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00135878% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 10,573 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 193,201/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.57 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 17.73 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 10.54 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 110.8 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 182.66 MB | |
| Working set: | 14.1 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 23.18 MB | |
| Page faults: | 439,463/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.92 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 99 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 16 | |
| Handles: | 585 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 12 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 18 | |
| GUI USER count: | 19 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 20 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\norton identity safe\engine\2014.7.0.47\nst.exe" /s "nco" /m "C:\Program Files\norton identity safe\engine\2014.7.0.47\dimaster.dll" /prefetcC:1
- "C:\Program Files\norton identity safe\engine\2014.7.0.47\nst.exe" /c /a /s usersession
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | NCO |
| Display name: | Norton Identity Safe |
| Description: | “Norton Identity Safe” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| NST.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00065754% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00041551% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00024203% | |
| CPU cycles: | 17,849/sec | |
| Memory: | 128 KB | |
| wow64win.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00033548% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00022375% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00011173% | |
| CPU cycles: | 66,643/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 416 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.67% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
8.33% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 33.33% of Norton Identity Safe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
37.50% |
|
| Dell |
37.50% |
|
| Sony |
12.50% |
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| GIGABYTE |
6.25% |
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| Acer |
6.25% |
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