Norton Antivirus Version 10 severe security Flaw

Browntoa

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/rss/14666871.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_rss

Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers said Thursday.

Rex_Mundi

I was wondering if anyone was going to post this.

This exploit ONLY affects Symantec's AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.

All of the normal consumer versions used on home PCs are not affected by this.

Read more here.

T4i

Go Norton Go Norton.....

Browntoa

aaaahhhh

other report was not that clear

John_Gray

In addition to the above, the flaw was discovered by another 'security' firm. So hackers will be aware that a flaw exist in the Corporate Edition, but not what it is. I would imagine that Symantec will fix the flaw (known to them) before the hackers find what it was.

Another piece of media misunderstanding of technical matters, affording the Norton-knockers more ammunition.

John

Later... I see that PC World (the US computer magazine, not the UK 'store'...!) puts Symantec at the top of ten security suites in their recent testing!

wiraone

Guess this has something to do with the suit that Symantec has filled against Microsoft and this other 'security' firm might have been hired to reveal everything ... Conspiracy???.