Security products scoop sales top ten

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 2, 2006

Strong sales for security products in June.

A hefty seven of the top 10 software products sold over the counter in June were security-related, according to sales tracking organisation NPD.

Symantec's Norton range was heavily represented in the list. The only non-security-related software to muscle its way onto the list were MS Office 2003 (in 3rd place), World of Warcraft (8th place) and Halflife 2 (9th place).

Read the full list at: http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=5217717&nav=0RbQ.

Posted on 02 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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