Symantec's AV software

could put millions at risk

[Visit Thailand]

Symantec Corp.’s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world’s largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers said Thursday.

[msnbc.msn.com...]

[money.cnn.com...]

Quite a worrying problem.

[edited by: Visit_Thailand at 11:32 am (utc) on May 29, 2006]

[larryhatch]

If I read this properly, the flaw affects Symantec's commercial AV products,
and not their Norton stuff for home users. At least that's what S claims. -Larry