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The Anti-Anti-Virus

Symantec is beating back a worm that attacks its anti-virus software. But in this case the hackers aren't exactly Johnny-on-the-spot: Symantec finished a patch for the flaw back in May, so the worm only attacks systems that haven't been fixed. Best get to patching!

Posted by Doug Barney on December 19, 2006


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