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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. No great loss by ravenspear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every experience I have ever had with a Symantec product has been utterly terrible. Generally they cause more problems than they solve.

  2. Sounds as Though Turner Made One Mistake by SwashbucklingCowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.
    Turner can't update their software in EIGHT MONTHS? That's not a problem with Symantec, that's a problem at Turner.
  3. Updates by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People often don't update their software for years at a time. Hey, it costs. Which is why NAV is designed to update itself automatically. You just have to configure it correctly.

    I'm no fan of Symantec. It's perfectly true that they're badly run. Hey, they used to be a lot more than a "security software" company, but all their other business (natural language databases, compilers, IDEs, desktop software, backup software) just died on them. But to blame them for the ineptitude of the CNN's IT department is idiotic.

  4. Re:With all due respect... by Zantetsuken · · Score: 5, Insightful

    yes, its close to zero cost when you buy the software in store, but its still subscription based, which is where they get you - its like a subsidized cell phone from a major carrier - sure, the phone is zero cost or 50 bucks off, but you've still got to pay for airtime minutes...