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Companies that failed to apply a long-available patch for a Network Associates security application are at risk of a malicious message that crashes Microsoft Exchange servers.
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While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.
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