Re: Problem with Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8.0: Faulty Definition updates disabled client systems

From: Rob Rosenberger (junkmail_at_BARNOWL.COM)
Date: 06/23/03

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    >>Two major concerns over this incident:
            <snip>
    >>Second, Symantec has not issued any security alert for this issue,
    >>nor have they posted any information on their website, at least
    >>not in any location that I've been able to find so far.

    FYI: antivirus firms routinely find security holes in their own products.
    They quietly "slipstream" each security patch into their regular antivirus
    updates, all without the customers' knowledge. Yet these same antivirus
    customers will demand that Microsoft identify every security hole so they
    can decide whether or not they'll install a particular patch.

    The antivirus industry -- now a full-blown cartel -- long ago decided their
    customers should remain in the dark about antivirus security holes and
    antivirus patch failure. Symantec merely follows the overall desire of the
    industry/cartel.

    I don't say this to get you angry at Symantec or any other antivirus firm.
    I merely state a well-known truism in the antivirus industry. Frankly, I
    believe customers as a whole *want* to believe in the god-like perfection of
    their favorite antivirus firms.

    Rob

    The antivirus cartel's "Addictive Update Model":
    http://Vmyths.com/rant.cfm?id=607&page=4

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