We isolated the machine. Air‑gapped. The file still updates its timestamp every 64 minutes. Thermal camera shows a 0.4°C hotspot over the southbridge — where there is no active process.
Symantec officially discontinued Norton Ghost in 2013. One might assume the tool is obsolete, yet Ghost64.exe remains widely used. There are several reasons for this persistence: Ghost64.exe
It can capture a disk image of a running 64-bit Windows Vista (or later) system using Volume Snapshot We isolated the machine
is the 64-bit executable version of the Norton Ghost backup and recovery tool. Originally developed by Binary Research and later acquired by Symantec, Norton Ghost was a disk cloning solution that allowed users to create exact copies (images) of hard drives or partitions. Thermal camera shows a 0
Capturing a "master" image of a configured operating system and deploying it to hundreds of workstations simultaneously.