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Re: symantec to buy pc tools
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:55:32 +1200
Alex Eckelberry wrote:
http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20080818_02
Isn't this the second time? Many, many years ago Symantec bought Central Point Software, the parent company of the products "PC Tools" (which was a (once) popular competitor to the Norton Utilities) and of Central Point AntiVirus (CPAV). IIRC, they then promptly killed all of CP's products with the exception of CPAV -- probably the single crappiest "big name" AV of its time -- which they rebadged as Microsoft AntiVirus (which then became the crappiest "big name" AV of the time). Or maybe CP had already done that deal with Microsoft, before the Symantec purchase, so that MS could include an AV -- _any_ AV -- in the MS-DOS v5.0 release? (I heard MS wasn't willing to pay very much in royalties for the privilege of bundling whatever AV they could get, hence they got the crappiest and one of several "obviously failing" products at the time...) Regardless of whether the CPAV/MS deal was pre- or post-Symantec buyout, I'm fairly sure Symantec actually produced detection update files for MSAV for a while after it bought CP, but not for long/very regularly. Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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