Re: Symantec AntiVirus Worm Hole Puts Millions at Risk

I'm glad we are still using SAV Corporate 9x.

Tom

"Panda_man" <Pandaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Imhotep" wrote:

"A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus
software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm
attack, Internet security experts warned May 25.

Researchers at eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the
flaw,
said it could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of
the target machine "without any user action."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060525/tc_zd/179335

imhotep



Many are at risk now and I hope many will get disappointed and understood
that Symantec are sleeping most of the time . Hope they have good
firewalls
as well :)


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