Symantec Flaw Putting Users At Risk
News The vulnerability affects an antivirus library used by the majority of Symantec's antivirus and anti-spam products, including Norton SystemWorks 2004 and Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, the security provider said on Tuesday.
[February 10, 2005, 8:30]
Home PC Users Wake Up To Need For Firewalls
News On Tuesday, Symantec announced the latest release of its Norton Internet Security suite. The online retailer announced on Monday that sales of Norton AntiVirus 2001 jumped 112 percent in one week to the No.spot on both the Amazon.com software...
[August 29, 2001, 8:59]
Symantec Slams The Door On Live Update Flaw
News Security company Symantec, developer of the popular Norton AntiVirus software, fixed a problem in its Live Update feature last week - a vulnerability that could allow malicious users to gain unauthorised administrator access rights to an affected PC.
[January 13, 2004, 15:55]
Microsoft Accused Of Withholding Vista APIs
News The timing of this is crucial for Symantec, as it is due to ship a Vista-compatible Norton antivirus product to PC makers in October. Symantec hopes the APIs will be supplied before that, and would not comment on the damage to its OEM relationships...
[September 27, 2006, 12:35]
Antivirus Holes Zipped Up
News But Symantec told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia that when the auto-protect function is disabled - by terminating the CCApp.exe process - Norton AntiVirus’s auto-protect feature is still active.
[October 20, 2004, 9:30]
Symantec Raises Norton Prices
News Symantec has quietly raised renewal prices for its Norton antivirus and other products, a move some see as a parting shot before Microsoft enters the consumer security fray next year. Symantec has also cut the upfront price of Norton AntiVirus by...
[October 13, 2005, 10:40]
Security Makers Prepared For Vista Launch
News To distinguish itself from the pack, Symantec on Tuesday announced a new feature for Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus. Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro and numerous others will have antivirus software and other protection tools available...
[January 18, 2007, 8:09]
'Goner' Worm Spreading Fast
News AtGuard's Personal Firewall, ConSeal's PC Firewall, Kaspersky Lab's AVP, Network Associates' McAfee VirusScan, Symantec's Norton Antivirus and Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm are among the programs that the worm attempts to deactivate.
[December 5, 2001, 8:54]
Symantec Announces Norton Updates
News Symantec on Tuesday announced Norton AntiVirus 2007 and Norton Internet Security 2007, updated versions of the company's widely used security software for consumers. The updates to Symantec's traditional Norton products precede the launch of a next...
[September 13, 2006, 9:30]
Symantec Security Products Hit By High-risk Flaw
News According to an advisory issued by Secunia, the bug affects most of Symantec's products, including enterprise and home user versions of Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus and Symantec Norton Internet Security, across both the Windows...
[December 21, 2005, 12:00]
Symantec Arms Against Phishers
News The 2005 upgrades apply to versions of the company's products for consumers and small businesses: Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security. Norton AntiVirus will bolster worm protection to block home...
[August 17, 2004, 16:25]
Symantec Flaw Can Hide Hacker Activity
News The Norton update will display the previously hidden "NProtect" directory in the Windows interface, which will allow it to be scanned by antivirus products, Symantec said. Symantec has released an update to its popular Norton SystemWorks to fix a...
[January 12, 2006, 10:15]
Symantec Takes Online Services Plunge
News Symantec also offers online backup for consumers through its Norton 360 software. If you think about what we're known for, such as antivirus, anti-spam and remote access, you can figure out what we're launching," Chris Schin, director of product...
[April 17, 2007, 11:35]
Yahoo Email Storage Reaches 1GB
News The service currently uses Symantec's Norton Antivirus to detect viruses, but prohibits people from opening the attachment instead of ridding the file of its infection. Besides the 1GB of storage, Yahoo Mail will offer antivirus scanning.
[March 23, 2005, 11:40]
Corel Targets SMEs With WordPerfect Release
News The WordPerfect small-business offering also features a version of the Norton Internet Security 2005 package made by Symantec, including the antivirus, anti-spam, firewall and privacy control tools. WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition...
[April 27, 2005, 9:55]
Amazon UK Enjoys Busiest Day Ever
News The most popular software item over the Christmas period was a bundled package of Symantec's antivirus software, Norton Internet Security 2005, with its disk recovery software, Norton Ghost 9.0. The online retailer said on Tuesday that more than...
[January 4, 2005, 12:55]
Antivirus Plans 'still Under Development' - Microsoft
News Any antivirus products would compete with offerings from Network Associates' McAfee and Symantec's Norton software. Microsoft intends to create an antivirus service in the near future, but has not finalised its plans, a company executive said on...
[June 16, 2004, 9:15]
McAfee's 'Falcon' To Come In Four Flavours
News Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and Symantec's Norton 360 will also be sold on the same basis, the companies have said. Microsoft's OneCare and Symantec's Norton 360 are pitched as one size fits all.
[June 7, 2006, 9:35]
McAfee Unleashes The Falcon
News By contrast, Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and Symantec's upcoming Norton 360 are pitched as "one size fits all". The suites - McAfee Total Protection, McAfee Internet Security Suite, McAfee PC Protection Plus and McAfee VirusScan Plus - are...
[August 2, 2006, 9:35]
McAfee Strikes Yahoo Search Deal
News Yahoo currently uses Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software to check email attachments sent with its Yahoo Mail service. Mainstream computer security efforts began with antivirus software that runs on people's PCs, spread to corporations that screen...
[May 7, 2008, 11:04]
