Huge Security Hole Found in Symantec Antivirus Software

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Worm hole could possibly allow hackers to take full control of user's PC
Symantec is working hard to investigate a possible security flaw found in its antivirus software. Researchers at eEye Digital Security uncovered a vulnerability that would allow a hacker to take complete control of a host machine.

The worm is highly malicious and it doesn't even require input from the user to trigger an attack. A spokesman for eEye states, "This is definitely wormable. Once exploited, you get a command shell that gives you complete access to the machine. You can remove, edit or destroy files at will. We have confirmed that an attacker can execute code without the user clicking or opening anything."

Symantec's antivirus software has a vast install base with over 200 million computers covering both the enterprise and consumers segments. There have been no reports of someone using the exploit to plot attacks on computers connected to the Internet yet, and let's hope that it stays this way as Symantec works to resolve the issue.

Symantec has been in the news recently in regards to its lawsuit against Microsoft over storage technologies used in Windows Vista. Symantec claimed that Microsoft infringed upon technologies that Symantec had taken possession of when it acquired Veritas in 2004. Interestingly enough, Symantec is also in hot water with the IRS over the same Veritas deal.
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Symantec Norton antivirus is the biggest virus itself.It gives u more trouble than viruses itself.It's requirements are more than that of a modern game seriously dunno what does it do.......
 
techmaster said:
Symantec Norton antivirus is the biggest virus itself.It gives u more trouble than viruses itself.It's requirements are more than that of a modern game seriously dunno what does it do.......
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can't agree more

better use kaspersky if your system can handle it or nod32 for light loads
 
I had always hated Symantec antivirus:tongue: ...there was a virus attack on my pc the day i had to submit my sem project...& had to do most of the things n hurry from the older back up copies...:@ :@
Since then i stick my nose far from Norton AV but i use Ghost regularly...thats the only symantec product i use.
 
I think symantec is the company which pays for making viruses in the first place. :P

And for the facts, a full loaded SNAV adds anywhere between 14-27 seconds to your XP bootup time. :O
 
Symantec Plugs Anti-virus Worm Hole in Record Time
Working feverishly through the holiday weekend, Symantec's security response team has completed patches for a "high-risk" worm hole in two enterprise-facing product lines.

The flaw, which could allow malicious hackers to take complete control of a system without any user action, was discovered and reported by eEye Digital Security 48 hours ago.

In an advisory posted May 27, Symantec described the issue as a stack overflow affecting the Symantec Client Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, two product suites targeted toward business and government customers.
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They probably did have a patch ready for it and were aware of it. Waiting for someone to exploit/find the loophole so they could release the patch in the so called "record time".
 
yeah,

probably they already knew well about the vulnerability and waited for som1 to exploit to patch things up in no time showing, we offer better security then the rest, but, SYMANTEC ALL BY TISELF IS A LOOP-HOLE NO ONE CAN SEAL....
 
symantec is the worst AV i have used. a big memory hog, and too damn slow. and to make matters worse, used to have a virus almost daily! and the day i changed over to kaspersky, i did realize that symantec was the culprit all the way! at least im happy that it has a hole :P
 
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