Symantec, McAfee suffer bugs

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2006

Norton and VirusScan afflicted.

Symantec has issued details of a minor bug in its Norton AV software - a recent update left some users seeing confusing messages claiming the products no longer supported repairing.

Meanwhile McAfee, already taking flak for its confused attitude to open-source in its 20MB 'Sage' pdf, is getting early reports of a vulnerability in its software. A patch for the bug, which apparently allows remote stealing of passwords and data, is due to be released today (2 August).

Read about the McAfee issue here: http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/3465241.html.

A report of the Symantec issue sighted in the wild can be read here: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33385.

Symantec's simple instructions for fixing the bug in its products can be found here: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/0/84551c7f6c94dea8882571bb001c13c6?OpenDocument.

Posted on 02 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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