SMH.com.au: "Anti-virus software products from Symantec and McAfee suffered security setbacks this week with the emergence of vulnerabilities that exposed Windows users to external attacks.
Both Symantec and McAfee said they had issued patches for the vulnerabilities. Although no specific intrusions were reported, bugs such as these are considered serious as, once their presence has been detected, unpatched computers remain exposed to the possibility of future attacks. The vulnerability affecting the McAfee software was revealed in a security advisory issued by iDefense, a division of VeriSign." Read More
Both Symantec and McAfee said they had issued patches for the vulnerabilities. Although no specific intrusions were reported, bugs such as these are considered serious as, once their presence has been detected, unpatched computers remain exposed to the possibility of future attacks. The vulnerability affecting the McAfee software was revealed in a security advisory issued by iDefense, a division of VeriSign." Read More
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