The online delivery of antivirus and other applications will help reduce software piracy rates, according to Symantec.
An admitted counterfeiter has agreed to pay Microsoft and Symantec US$1.1 million in restitution, a victory in the software industry's fight against software piracy.
Symantec is thought to be investigating and preparing legal action against suspected software pirates in Australia; the news comes just days after the company launched a US$15 million lawsuit against eight companies in the US.
Two of the world's largest antivirus software vendors are launching legal action against software pirates selling illegal versions of well-known security products on eBay.
Symantec is beefing up its anti-piracy efforts following the acquisition of Brisbane-based software licensing company XtreamLok.
The security software maker smooths a wrinkle in its product activation technology that was causing its Norton family of security applications to fail.
Australian small businesses are being targetted in the latest software piracy crackdown, with companies which don't get the message under threat of court action.
Microsoft's chairman talks about taking on the big guns in the business software market. "We are patient people," he says.
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