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Symantec spells out the future for the analysts
News Symantec set out to make its future plans very clear to everyone, including staff, customers and especially the analyst community, on Wednesday now its merger with Veritas has been completed. The strategy was spelled out by Symantec's new vice...
[August 4, 2005, 12:45]
Symantec buys SafeWeb
News Security company Symantec has acquired SafeWeb, a maker of secure network devices, for $26m (£15.5m) in cash -- as the tide of consolidation continues to sweep through the security industry. The purchase, announced on Monday, gives Symantec its own...
[October 21, 2003, 12:20]
Symantec chief executive advocates fair play - and Macs
Talkback Now maybe Symantec can get their Symantec Web Security filter to work with the current OS X - Safari combo. Great.
[May 16, 2006, 18:36]
Symantec slams the door on Live Update flaw
Talkback Yes I had the same, I did 6 re-installs and thee HDD formats, the last straw was last week, even Symantec remover tool would not remove it.l.ol. See following links-: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,65744,tk,dn101101X,00.asp http://isc...
[October 12, 2005, 15:10]
Symantec announces Veritas NetBackup 6.5
News Symantec has announced what it claims to be the first product that allows IT professionals to centrally manage tape, disk and virtual machine storage. Kris Hagerman, Symantec's group president of data-centre management, insisted the company was the...
[June 13, 2007, 10:33]
Symantec raises Norton prices
Talkback I'm disappointed with Symantec (? profiteering? as a fan of their Norton Suite which has stopped everything I've thrown at it, unlike CA or Trend products. The real question is would you trust an A-V product from Microsoft?
[October 13, 2005, 13:00]
Symantec raises Norton prices
Talkback Has anyone tried to contact symantec support lately. I ended up uninstalling my Internet security in order to get on the internet when things went wrong.There was no way I could contact them (without paying) I wish it had happened before I paid for...
[October 14, 2005, 3:08]
Symantec sees a hosted future
News Symantec will slowly move toward supplying its consumer applications - such as Norton Antivirus and Norton Utilities - as a service. At a roundtable discussion in Sydney on Thursday morning, David Sykes, vice-president of Symantec in the Pacific...
[December 9, 2005, 8:20]
Symantec snaps up storage-software firm
News Security software maker Symantec expanded its disaster recovery portfolio on Wednesday with the acquisition of PowerQuest, which sells storage management applications. Symantec said it plans to create a new line of disaster recovery applications...
[September 24, 2003, 16:05]
Symantec slams the door on Live Update flaw
Talkback I am not impressed at all with Symantec and now am considering buying another product which is a real pain (not to mention expense). I had exactly the same problem!
[September 13, 2004, 19:39]
Symantec strategy keeps 'em guessing
News Leading anti-virus company Symantec will, it is understood, unveil a new all-encompassing utilities and security strategy Thursday, but competitors are dismissing it as nothing new. Symantec has a strong tradition of individual user utilities and...
[August 18, 1999, 10:34]
Symantec slams the door on Live Update flaw
Talkback C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate I downloaded the new standalone Liveupdate Update from Symantec: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/lu/lu.html Name: Anonymous Occupation: novice tech Comment: This worked for me.
[March 5, 2006, 16:37]
Symantec slams the door on Live Update flaw
Talkback Sometimes you have to use special Symantec tools to completely remove Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security from the Windows Registry, even after you did add/remove of all Norton products. For NAV/NIS 2004 and 2005, you can download a .REG...
[November 17, 2004, 17:41]
Symantec warns of 'parasitic storage'
News Security specialist Symantec has warned businesses over an increasing trend for criminals to use "parasitic storage" on networks of compromised systems. While saying that the risk is not major, Symantec has warned businesses that PCs can be...
[May 29, 2007, 18:17]
Symantec Critical of Windows Vista Security
White Papers These were the conclusions that Symantec came to in three detailed reports. Microsoft says not to worry because Symantec's conclusions were based a pre-release versions of Vista, and that some of the vulnerabilities have already been addressed.
[December 9, 2006, 0:00]
Symantec: Surge in spam from Chinese domains
News There has been a significant rise in the amount of spam originating from Chinese domains, according to the latest statistics from security vendor Symantec. In a report issued on Monday, Symantec noted a sharp spike in spam messages containing URLs...
[August 13, 2007, 15:00]
Symantec announces ActiveX vulnerability
News Symantec has revealed details of a vulnerability in two ActiveX controls used in its Norton Windows antivirus software. The vulnerability was reported by security research firm Secunia as "highly critical" and Symantec urged users to update their...
[August 10, 2007, 16:05]
Symantec to keep watch over Web transactions
News Symantec is readying a new security product designed to protect consumers as they do business online. Additionally, it will identify trustworthy Web sites and help users manage login names, passwords, credit card numbers and other information used...
[June 1, 2006, 10:35]
Symantec hacked - UK boss says no war with hackers
News Symantec recently criticised one such group, Cult of the Dead Cow, after it announced its own plans to make anti-virus software. Aled Miles, Regional Director for Symantec in the UK and Ireland, admits the hack (hackers prefer to use the term...
[August 2, 1999, 16:52]
Symantec labels anti-censorship software a Trojan
News Symantec's Norton AntiVirus product has blacklisted software that allows users in China to access government-blocked Web sites. The result is that users of Symantec's antivirus product in China will be unable to download the Freegate program and...
[September 15, 2004, 13:00]
