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View Full Version : Symantec Caught In Rootkit Flap


adrian
January 12th, 2006, 07:55 AM
source (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp)

The anti-virus vendor acknowledged that it was deliberately hiding a directory from Windows APIs as a feature to stop customers from accidentally deleting files but, prompted by warnings from security experts, the company shipped a SystemWorks update to eliminate the risk.

Great, are they making every computer technician's job harder now?