RE: Symantec issues faulty antivirus update

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 Wow, Symantec is taking a HUGE beating lately...  I honestly think that more vulnerabilities and issues have occurred 
with Symantec's AV in the past 1 year then in the previous 15 years....


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:00 PM
To: FunSec LList
Subject: [funsec] Symantec issues faulty antivirus update

from: http://news.com.com/2060-10789_3-0.html

Symantec issues faulty antivirus update

Users of Symantec Norton Antivirus 2006, or any product that contains
Norton Antivirus 2006, such as Norton Internet Security 2006, or
Systemworks 2006, may have experienced difficulties due to an faulty
update sent via Norton LiveUpdate over the weekend.

Users reported getting on screen messages stating that "Norton
AntiVirus 2006 does not support the repair feature," asking that they
uninstall and reinstall Norton Antivirus.

Symantec has posted a workaround, detailing how to turn off the messages.

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-JP<who knows of a workaround himself... NOD32 :-)>
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