Symantec Posts Fix To Vulnerability

An anonymous reader writes "Just a few days after it was discovered, Symantec has posted a fix to a critical flaw with its Antivirus software." From the article: "The eEye digital security firm reported the problem initially, and discovered it was present in the newest versions of the affected Symantec products. Further research noted by Symantec described the problem as a flaw that made the products vulnerable to a stack overflow. Once exploited, that overflow could have permitted an attacker to execute code on the machine, with System level rights. The issue was made worse by being one that impacted enterprise-level customers, big spenders that purchase hundreds or thousands of licenses depending on the size of the business. "

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Re:need to turn around

[Freaky Spook]

As much as I would love to start moving some of my clients away from a particular bloated & unsafe OS(which I have reccomended), a lot of people are lazy or just not interested in another OS, although they have problems with windows they at least understand it a little to get by.

Some of my clients have moved to Mac and haven't been happier, others find the same problems with Mac as they have with Windows, not bugs or faults, just general usability they have the same frustrations with how to use programs because they just don't have enough knowledge behind the application.

Moving an OS is a good idea in theory but having to re-learn different ways of doing things ,when people are busy with normal everyday life can be a chore for most, especially when you are intimidated by the machine your trying to learn.

Re:need to turn around

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Moving an OS is a good idea in theory but having to re-learn different ways of doing things ,when people are busy with normal everyday life can be a chore for most, especially when you are intimidated by the machine your trying to learn.

You are not doing your users any favors. M$ is going to push the cosmetic changes on them anyway but nothing else will change for them.

Is Windoze really worth the never ending exploits and all that entails? How many times can people put up with software reinstalls only to watch hopelessly as the same pop up advertisements mysteriously appear and already poor performance steadily degrades to useless?

Now is the time to move. In the next year or so, Microsoft will release the biggest cosmetic changes to their software ever. You could buy all new hardware for the pleasure of this learning experience, or download a CD and install some software that just works. The free solution has been stable and annoyance free for eight years or so, while the M$ people have boasted the same but never delivered. The middle road, in price and freedom is Mac. I've never had to spend the money to find out if it's worth while.

Moving away from Windoze has been great in more than theory for me.