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Symantec Antivirus Flaw Warning

• casino_king

  30 May 06, 11:42

  Symantec Antivirus Flaw Warning
  Symantec flaw a business risk
  Correspondents in San Francisco
  MAY 29, 2006
  VERSIONS of Symantec's anti-virus business security software contain a flaw that could put millions of computers at risk of a crippling worm attack, internet experts have warned.
  
  Researchers at eEye Digital Security discovered the vulnerability, which they said could allow an attacker to create a worm able to take over a user's computer and destroy critical programs and files.
  
  They rated the threat as high because a hacker could exploit the flaw to get on a machine and edit, remove and delete programs and files without a user doing anything, such as clicking on a link, eEye spokesman Mike Puterbaugh said.
  
  "This could potentially result in an internet worm," he said. "It is a flaw that can be triggered from another location and provides the attacker with system-level access."
  
  A worm is a computer virus that spreads by sending copies of itself over a network. Most viruses these days are worms, since almost all computers are now linked by networks.
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• lpx88

  30 May 06, 11:58

  wa lau u link the whole paragraph
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 May 06, 14:11

  What versions?