Re: Norton products problems

From: anonymous (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 20:47:03 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>Leslie,
>Things are in a state of flux, with Microsoft having
>bought an anti-virus software company and now planning to
>upgrade their firewall to protect both incoming and
>outgoing communications. They are in the process of
>adding anti-virus protection; I believe their offerings
>will be making their debut with the release of Windows
>Service Pack 2.

Let me see if I got this straight. MS is getting into the
AV/PC security field?

Great! Now we'll not only have to patch the OS, but we'll
also have to patch the "security application".

Can't wait!!!

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