I've been using anti-virus, anti-spyware and other security software for almost two decades but far too often, I have wondered whether the cure was worse than the disease. Symantec is a case in point.

Whoever thought loading an anti-virus engine into the Windows kernel was a good idea should finally have proof that they were completely and utterly wrong. That proof has arrived from Tavis Ormandy of ...

When you download antivirus software, you expect it to protect your computer, not threaten it. And yet for all the good that Symantec/Norton's security programs do, it turns out they may be able to do ...

Products from Symantec that are supposed to protect users have made them much more open to attack, according to Google. Researcher Tavis Ormandy has spotted numerous vulnerabilities in 25 Norton and ...

Critical security vulnerabilities have been found within Symantec and Norton products are "as bad as they get," according to security researchers. On Tuesday, Google's bug-hunting Project Zero team ...

Symantec announced its Q1 results last week that showed solid revenues growth of 15% to$1.6 billion. Its two most important business segments – Storage & Server Management and Consumer Products ...

Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2004 debuts with a promising pedigree. Previous versions have consistently led the antivirus pack in security innovations, being the first, for example, to scan ...

Norton Internet Security and Symantec Endpoint Protection are both security software suites made by the same company, Symantec, but aimed at different audiences. Many of the security features are very ...

Last week, Symantec teamed with Dell to try to help midsize businesses get control of their e-mail systems. The Dell alliance follows the previous week's announcement that Symantec and Juniper ...

As Symantec, maker of Norton AntiVirus warns customers, "When Norton AntiVirus detects a security risk on your computer, you must take appropriate action on the risk." Norton AntiVirus, like other ...

BOSTON — A bug in an update of Symantec’s anti-virus software caused some Windows PCs to crash, making machines inoperable until they were serviced in an embarrassing episode that angered some ...

Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2004 debuts with a promising pedigree. Previous versions have consistently led the antivirus pack in security innovations, being the first, for example, to scan ...