More insecurity news from Symantec

Anti-virus software found to have critical error...

Published on December 22, 2005 By GoodMorphing In Personal Computing

"A critical software bug has been discovered in several of the most widely used anti-virus programs" Thirty-nine different symantec products could leave computer users vulnerable to theft of personal information. The glitch happens during decompression of RAR files and allows attackers to take complete control of the system.

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Bichur

on Dec 22, 2005

Maybe that's why I had so much trouble uninstalling Norton...some damn hacker didn't want to let go...

Jafo

on Dec 22, 2005

KeithMacDonald

on Dec 22, 2005

LOL

tjesterb

on Dec 22, 2005

That figures. We're a Symantec Beta-test facility, and I hear about it on a skinning forum.

GoodMorphing

on Dec 24, 2005

On so many levels, tjesterb, that is a worrisome and perhaps telling statement.

Bichur

on Dec 24, 2005

scorpio-logic

on Dec 30, 2005

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Sleeping Dragon

on Dec 30, 2005

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