What is SymWSC.exe?

SymWSC.exe is part of Norton Security Center and developed by Symantec Corporation according to the SymWSC.exe version information.

SymWSC.exe's description is "Norton Security Center Service"

SymWSC.exe is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation.

SymWSC.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about SymWSC.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on SymWSC.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNorton Security Center
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionNorton Security Center Service
Internal nameSymWSC.exe
Original filenameSymWSC.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1997-2004 Symantec Corporation
Product version2005.1
File version2005.1.2.20

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

Product nameNorton Security Center
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionNorton Security Center Service
Internal nameSymWSC.exe
Original filenameSymWSC.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1997-2004 Symantec Cor..
Product version2005.1
File version2005.1.2.20

Digital signatures [?]

SymWSC.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSymantec Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2001 CA
Certificate serial number768032064730c0303744bffd0e6f3b90

VirusTotal report

None of the 44 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SymWSC.exe file.

None of the 44 anti-virus programs detected the SymWSC.exe file.

Folder name variants

SymWSC.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD567c5af84809468061121fbcbecb19285
SHA256fc43a828630ee722604691443afcc7fa32c50f44b49542f87c64b435a76e996c

Error Messages

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

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

symwsc.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 Center Service has stopped working.

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

symwsc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with SymWSC.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with SymWSC.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
4

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with SymWSC.exe. Only 4 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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