Symantec Problems

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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/05/25/antivirus.flaw.ap/

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I continue to be befuddledd by symantecs increase in market share

They have made poorly designed, poorly implemented, poorly supported software for years.

merely uninstalling a symantec program can take hours - go to thier site and do a search on uninstall - its COMMON to have to manually and forcibly remove the program - including hacking the registry. THats simply crappy software

The myriad of flaws including the fact that recently thier antivirus executed the virus rather than clean it ..

STAY AWAY - AVG (http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239-10320142.html) is free to home users almost anything is better than symantec

Doug

from my consulting web page



Symantec's antivirus software contains a vulnerability that could be exploited by a malicious hacker to take control of a system, the company said late Tuesday. According to Symantec (http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com&siteId=3&oId=2100-1002-6004097&ontId=1009&lop=nl.ex), the bug, which affects a range of the company's security products, is a "high" risk. Denmark security company Secunia (http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsecunia.com&siteId=3&oId=2100-1002-6004097&ontId=1009&lop=nl.ex) has labeled it "highly critical."
According to an advisory issued by Secunia, the bug affects most of Symantec's products, including enterprise and home user versions of Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus and Symantec Norton Internet Security, across the Windows and Macintosh platforms.

From: http://news.com.com/High+risk+in+Symantec+antivirus+software+flaw/2100-1002_3-6004097.html?tag=nefd.top (http://news.com.com/High+risk+in+Symantec+antivirus+software+flaw/2100-1002_3-6004097.html?tag=nefd.top)

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Here is list I collected quickly of recent significant flaws in Symnantec products

http://www.bosshelp.com/symantec%20flaws.htm

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Here is list I collected quickly of recent significant flaws in Symnantec products

http://www.bosshelp.com/symantec%20flaws.htm

:eek: :eek: :hammer: :hammer:

my response to a Symantec piece of software is :nono: :vomit:

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I wonder how long it will be till I get a nasty gram ...