I wouldn't hold a bad definition against them, though. Vipre, TrendMicro and McAfee have all done that.
From: cynicalg...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:19:38 -0500 Subject: Re: Run pcAnywhere? TURN IT OFF. To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com 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 -0500To: 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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