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Is Security Software Becoming a Security Risk?

Started by Major Payne , Nov 28 2007 09:37 PM

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Major Payne

Posted 28 November 2007 - 09:37 PM

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Security researchers believe that file-parsing bugs in security software could become a big problem.

Is the software we're using to protect ourselves from online attacks becoming a liability?

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Ron

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Tal

Posted 29 November 2007 - 01:02 PM

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Why is that new? I've always known Norton Anti Virus is a 'big problem'

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Major Payne

Posted 29 November 2007 - 02:03 PM

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Wasn't just talking about Norton:

The flaws they've found affect every major antivirus vendor, and many of them could allow attackers to run unauthorized code on a victim's system, Zoller said.

Ron