You can also use the software to prevent your child from entering their name, address or other personal information, and block out spam email that may contain unsavoury language or malicious code. The new initiative is planned in particular to...
A large financial client called in Symantec in late April after an employee used Internet Explorer to browse an infected website and his system became infected. The attack, which had turned some websites into points of digital infection, was nipped...
In April, security experts warned that 'bot networks' - large networks of zombified home PCs - are a greater threat than high-profile worms such as Sasser and MSBlast, because they could be used to steal financial information or to send...
Security company Symantec has acquired anti-spam specialist TurnTide for $28m in cash, a sign of further consolidation among makers of email filters. TurnTide's technology will be part of a multi-tier anti-spam line-up that includes Brightmail and...
Computers are at risk if they run an unpatched version of a Symantec product that scans files to detect malicious code and if they use the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and AIX operating systems, Symantec said.
Symantec has agreed to acquire privately held WholeSecurity, which makes products to fight phishing scams and detect malicious code attacks. Symantec currently offers limited anti-phishing capabilities through its Brightmail anti-spam products.