hackfix-virusnews: Email deletion bug bites Norton Internet Security (interesting article)
- From: "Christy" <snowz@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackfix-virusnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 12:46:14 -0500
Email deletion bug bites Norton Internet Security
By John Leyden
Posted: 04/11/2002 at 12:48 GMT
A serious bug within Norton Internet Security 2003 is
responsible for the unexplained deletion of emails
for some users.
Symantec is aware of the problem with the latest
version of its security suite and is working on a
fix. It promises to deliver a patch through its
LiveUpdate automatic updating facility this week. The
company has downplayed the significance of the
problem by saying it affects a small number of
people.
Symantec's product management team "has only received
a handful of reports concerning this type of
behaviour and we believe this to be an extremely rare
occurrence", a spokeswoman told us. "The product is
working as expected for the overwhelming majority of
Norton Internet Security 2003 users."
For the unfortunate "few", the consequences are
serious as a Reg reader and email deletion victim
explains. "People are having their email permanently
and inexplicably deleted by a product that is
supposed to be giving "Security". I've seen Virii do
less damage than this."
Read more here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27915.html
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