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Symantec AntiVirus Hole Found

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the safer-than-sorry dept.

Hotwater Mountain writes "eWeek has a story about a gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite that could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack. According to eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the flaw, the vulnerability could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of the target machine 'without any user action.'"

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  1. Re:Details? by neil.orourke · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.smh.com.au/ had a writeup about this which said that Norton Internet Security guarded against this flaw in Norton AntiVirus. Go figure on the implications of that.

  2. Consumer versions not affected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Coverage on http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/05/25/antivi rus.flaw.ap/index.html CNN notes that it appears only the corporate version is affected.

    "eEye said it appeared consumer versions of Symantec's Norton Antivirus software -- sold at retail outlets around the country -- were not vulnerable to the flaw, though consumers who are provided Symantec's corporate edition antivirus software by their employers for use at home may be affected."