They kept a lot of corporate customers a couple years ago when they released a bad definition file that borked computers (they wouldn't boot after receiving the definition file update.) They then gave corporate customers either a year or a couple of years of free upgrades. I wonder if they can buy their way back from this one.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > And now they think we are going to trust them with our passwords?**** > > ** ** > > > http://betanews.com/2012/01/31/symantec-launches-norton-identity-safe-as-standalone-beta-app/ > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:31 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Run pcAnywhere? TURN IT OFF.**** > > ** ** > > Didn't they also claim that SEP caught malware?**** > > Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird**** > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Louis, Joe" <jlo...@guardianalarm.com> **** > > *Date: *Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:21:19 -0500**** > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>**** > > *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > >**** > > *Subject: *RE: Run pcAnywhere? TURN IT OFF.**** > > ** ** > > We disabled ours too but…**** > > * * > > *“Symantec declares pcAnywhere safe to use”, Tuesday, 1/31/2012* > > > http://www.scmagazineuk.com/symantec-declares-pcanywhere-safe-to-use/article/225425/ > **** > > ** ** > > Looks like they are offering free upgrades; even if you have a > no-longer-supported version. **** > > ** ** > > *“A scan for exposed systems running pcAnywhere found that tens of > thousands of installations that could be attacked through unpatched > vulnerabilities in the software because they directly communicate with the > internet.”* > > ** ** > > This might explain an uptick in PSA ports that were being probed last week > J **** > > ** ** > > ----------------------------------**** > > *Joe Louis***** > > ** ** > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 4:34 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Run pcAnywhere? TURN IT OFF.**** > > ** ** > > Zing!**** > > ** ** > > My co automagically disabled it on all of our clients whether they like it > or not. > > -- > Espi**** > > **** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> > wrote:**** > > I think ASB posted about it yesterday or the day before. You might see the > post next week :-) > > Sorry, cheap shot :-0**** > > ** ** > > On 27 January 2012 18:16, Stu Sjouwerman <s...@sunbelt-software.com> > wrote:**** > > * Run pcAnywhere? TURN IT OFF. > > You may not have seen this, but Symantec has advised all its users of > pcAnywhere to literally turn it off, and wait for security patches. It's > old code and it was stolen in 200g and was not updated much. There are > several vulnerabilities in encoding and encryption. 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