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  • Symantec antivirus security patch

    Anyone who's using Norton Antivirus or any Symantec antivirus detection software needs to get a security patch asap. They have discovered that this particular flaw will actually allow viruses to open and load that are supposed to be stopped by the program.

    "The vulnerability affects an antivirus library used by the majority of Symantec's antivirus and antispam products, including Norton SystemWorks 2004 and Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, the security provider said on Tuesday. ...
    Computers are at risk if they run an unpatched version of a Symantec product that scans files to detect malicious code and if they use the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and AIX operating systems, Symantec said.

    But the flaw does not affect the latest versions of some of the products, such as Norton Antivirus 2005, the company said. ..."

    Miulang

    http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5...tag=zdnn.alert
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