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Offline Kosh

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Symantec rootkits?
on: January 13, 2006, 03:33:37 am
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp


I wonder how many other companies are hiding rootkits..... :rolleyes:
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Symantec rootkits?
Reply #1 on: January 13, 2006, 07:10:28 am
Yeah. It looks like in this case unlike the Sony one they thought they were acting in their clients best interest but making a hidden folder that nothing else can find is in no ones best interest.
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Offline Solatar

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Re: Symantec rootkits?
Reply #2 on: January 13, 2006, 09:30:17 pm
I can forgive them more easily than Sony. Sounds like they wanted to make sure people didn't screw up their stuff by mistake.

Sony...well, we all know about Sony by now.
 

Offline SadisticSid

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Re: Symantec rootkits?
Reply #3 on: January 14, 2006, 06:32:16 am
Well it seems more like a technical ****up in their attempt to offer a better product to their customers, rather than forcibly installing something that serves only their own purposes as in Sony's case.

This makes me glad I stopped using Symantec stuff though, NOD32 is about as comprehensive and bloat-free as you can get in an anti-malware package these days.
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