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Security patch for Norton Antivirus? googlemail2003 06-03-2006
Posted by on June 3, 2006, 4:55 pm
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I read that there is a hole in Norton's Antivirus program that could
allow a hacker to access your machine. Apparently Symantec has issued
a fix but I'll be damned if I can find it.

Would it be included when I do a "Live Update"?


Posted by Tom [Pepper] Willett on June 3, 2006, 5:14 pm
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It's in the SAV Corporate version.


>I read that there is a hole in Norton's Antivirus program that could
> allow a hacker to access your machine. Apparently Symantec has issued
> a fix but I'll be damned if I can find it.
>
> Would it be included when I do a "Live Update"?
>



Posted by David H. Lipman on June 3, 2006, 5:58 pm
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| It's in the SAV Corporate version.
|

That's right. SAV Corporate v10.x

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Dave
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http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Tom [Pepper] Willett on June 3, 2006, 6:22 pm
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They have also issued a patch for 8X

Tom
>
> | It's in the SAV Corporate version.
> |
>
> That's right. SAV Corporate v10.x
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>



Posted by David H. Lipman on June 3, 2006, 6:34 pm
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| They have also issued a patch for 8X
|

For the same buffer overflow vulnerability ?

There were "other" vulnerabilities recently. This includes an archive file
parsing
vulnerability.

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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



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