I ditched NIS2005 after only 8 months, you'll find Norton mention man
times and the problems they cause & NIS2006 is just as bad fo
flaws
The tool used to update the virus definitions in Symantec'
antivirus products has a security hole that can allow hostile code t
be downloaded to PCs, according to the German hacking grou
Phenoelit
LiveUpdate, the software used by Symantec's antivirus software t
automatically update virus protections when updates become available
has flaws in both the 1.4 and 1.6 versions that allow for the attacks
Phenoelit says. When LiveUpdate 1.4 looks for updates, it attempts t
connect to a specific server at Symantec, the group said. Tha
connection, however, can be hijacked using a number of Domain Nam
Server attacks and rerouted to the server of the attacker's choic
For full details see-
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,65744,tk,dn101101X,00.asp
also
A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec'
anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of
debilitating worm attack, Internet security experts warned May 25
Researchers at eEye Digital Security, the company that discovere
the flaw, said it could be exploited by remote hackers to tak
complete control of the target machine "without any use
action.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1967941,00.asp .... has it bee
fixed since NIS2005...????
This is the problem that I encountere
http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/ftopic124406.htm
Like many other's I would consider an alternative, AVG, Avast are goo
starters, and you'll find your computer runs faster
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