Symantec subscription glitch derails users
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| Symantec has apologised after a glitch with its software resulted in
| "small group" of its customers been falsely advised that their
| software subscriptions had expired early.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/22/symantec_subscription_glitch/
Who needs all of this? Shouldn't an O/S just be secure at its foundation?
More examples below. They demonstrate that it's part of a recurring
pattern/headache.
Related:
Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover
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| As a result, the PC could suffer a "blue screen of death" or
| allow the attacker to remotely execute code and take control of
| the system, Trend Micro said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6157554.html
McAfee Apologizes for Bugs in Falcon Roll Out
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| The new software didn't work well with some ISP (Internet service
| provider) software, causing browsing slow-downs for some users, the
| company said. And customers who had disabled firewall protection would
| be presented with notification messages that could not be ignored, an
| annoyance for some.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060912/tc_pcworld/127111
Symantec customers stranded by renewals glitch
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| Symantec's integration with Veritas in the UK has run into computer
| problems, leaving many Symantec customers unable to renew their
| corporate anti-virus licenses and large numbers of computers
| unprotected.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/04/symantec_glitch/
Single Anti-Virus Engine Is Vulnerable to Your Business Operations
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| The latest white paper called, "Why one virus engine is not enough," of
| GFI, brings forth that the organizations, which have faith on the safety
| of a one anti-virus engine, are in fact rendering themselves open to a
| malicious and invariable danger from all types of malware.
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http://www.spywarehunter.org/entry/single-anti-virus-engine-is-vulnerable-to-your-business-operations/
Finding Software That Slows Down Your Computer
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| The PC Spy is trying to make people aware of the worst software that is
| out there, and to no surprise Norton Internet Security 2006 is at the top.
|
| [...]
|
| It is pretty obvious that having a large number of fonts degrades
| performance in Windows. I think that I?ll be going through and deleting
| some of the ones that came with Vista because I really don?t need
| 400+ fonts.
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http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/09/18/finding-software-that-slows-down-your-computer/
http://tinyurl.com/glk7n
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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