Symantec has delivered fixes for a high-profile flaw in its corporate antivirus products that could be exploited in an Internet worm attack.
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 on Tuesday.
Microsoft has said it will release a patch at the end of January that should fix all the problems introduced by a recent update to its Windows Live OneCare security software.
Another company has released a third-party patch for a serious flaw in Internet Explorer, as experts warn users to be cautious with non-Microsoft fixes.
Security experts are largely unconcerned about the delay to Microsoft's latest critical security patch, as they believe hackers will struggle to exploit the vulnerabilities that the patch was meant to fix.
If you recently signed up with Microsoft's OneCare Live antivirus service -- and you use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express -- there is a chance that your stored e-mails have been wiped out.
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