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News (20)

• Norton Anti-Virus makes Mac OS X less secure?

  Apple Macintosh users could be making themselves less secure by installing Symantec's flagship anti-virus application.

• Flaw stymies Norton Internet Security

  A software component of Norton Internet Security could allow hackers to use the application as a backdoor into a person's computer system, security researchers warned.

• Symantec to help with Vista security?

  Symantec is thinking up ways to take the pain out of a security feature in Windows Vista.

• Symantec plays-down security hole in Norton AntiVirus

  Symantec has admitted its flagship consumer security application, Norton AntiVirus 2005, has a security vulnerability that allows certain types of malicious script to infect a user's PC with a virus.

• Norton AntiVirus ignores malicious WMI instructions

  Symantec's flagship consumer antivirus application contains a vulnerability that can allow certain malicious scripts to pass through without being scanned, according to a security researcher.

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Norton Internet Security 2010 beta: Screenshots

  This week Symantec made beta versions of its flagship Norton Internet Security 2010 and Antivirus 2010 products available for testing. We put NIS 2010 through its paces to see how it stacks up.

• Flaw stymies Norton Internet Security

  A software component of Norton Internet Security could allow hackers to use the application as a backdoor into a person's computer system, security researchers warned.

• Symantec plays-down security hole in Norton AntiVirus

  Symantec has admitted its flagship consumer security application, Norton AntiVirus 2005, has a security vulnerability that allows certain types of malicious script to infect a user's PC with a virus.

• Symantec CEO says no Vista for me

  Coming off a good quarter for Symantec's consumer businesses, CEO John Thompson warns against viewing Windows Vista as a solution to security woes.

• Symantec coughs up latest virus remedy

  The software maker takes the wraps off its upcoming Norton Antivirus 2004, pitching the updated security software as an antidote to complex viruses such as the MSBlast worm.

Reviews (2)

• Norton AntiVirus 2008

  As we await final code and therefore test results on the overall performance of this year's version of Norton AntiVirus, the new interface and features alone do not suggest an automatic KO in our latest antivirus roundup of 2008 products.

• Activation aggravation

  Commentary: What benefit, exactly, are consumers meant to get from product activation?

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