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The fox watching the henhouse?
eWeek: Symantec Caught in Norton 'Rootkit' Flap Symantec Corp. has fessed up to using a rootkit-type feature in Norton SystemWorks that could provide the perfect hiding place for attackers to place malicious files on computers.
Symantec Caught in Norton 'Rootkit' Flap Symantec Corp. has fessed up to using a rootkit-type feature in Norton SystemWorks that could provide the perfect hiding place for attackers to place malicious files on computers.
News.com has the story too: Symantec provides hiding place for hackers. One issue that was never sufficiently vetted was how most of the security vendors gave a hall pass to the Sony BMG rootkit. Who makes these decisions?