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A Bad Week for Symantec

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the seen-better-days dept.

Evan Hughes writes "NeoSmart Technologies has published a scathing editorial regarding 3 high-profile mistakes by Symantec Corp. — all in less than a week. In what seems to be a string of stupid mistakes culminating in the infection of CNN-parent Turner Broadcasting Systems by Rinbot— a virus dedicated to the eradication of Symantec from the known world."

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  1. So this is kinda obvious, but.... by rasafras · · Score: 4, Informative

    Turner apparently got hit because it had not yet updated the Symantec programs on its computers. A fix for the flaw has been available since May and security experts have repeatedly urged users to protect their computers by applying the update.

    Hmm hmm hmm people are dumb.

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  2. Re:Is this guy serious? by SwashbucklingCowboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    What kind of virus rule updates would you not want to download?
    The kind that treat widely installed legitimate programs, e.g. Excel, as a virus.