There is a potential denial of service attack that can be launched against most Symantec Norton AntiVirus (NAV) products, including Norton AntiVirus 2004, Norton Internet Security 2004 (Professional), Norton System Works 2004 (Professional), Norton AntiVirus 2005, Norton Internet Security 2005, and Norton System Works 2005 (Premier). Researchers at the Information-Technology Promotion Agency-Japan, IPA, found that if files are modified in a certain way, the NAV products may crash with a Blue Screen of Death when they are scanned with the Norton Smart Scan feature. Symantec has patched all their products, and the fixes are available via LiveUpdate.

According to Symantec, scanning specific file modifications using the "SmartScan" feature of AutoProtect in the Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005 application can cause the other DoS issue reported by the Japan Computer Emergency Response team, JPCERT. Any malicious use of this DoS would require authorized access to the targeted system to implement.

Symantec has published a report about two software flaws in its antivirus product that could crash users' computers.

Dell on Tuesday said it was ditching its predefined support model and introducing a more customizable program that can be tailored depending on products and services support that a customer needs.

End of the month after the month before. January we were flat out, February has still been pretty busy but you wouldn't think so looking at my timesheets! This is where my Outlook 'Sent Items' and the good old post book come to the rescue as I try to reconstruct the missing days and hours in the last month's diary.

Some of the products are Norton Antivirus 2004 for Windows, Norton Internet Security 2004 (pro) for Windows, Norton System Works 2004 for Windows, Norton Antivirus 2004 for Macintosh, Norton Internet Security 2004 for Macintosh, Norton System Works 2004 for Macintosh, Norton Antivirus 9.0 for Macintosh, Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.0 and Norton System Works for Macintosh 3.0. It said that when the vulnerability is exploited, it would lead to execution of random code.

Malaysia's research and development (R&D) focus should go beyond only industries such as information technology but also into traditional industries such as agriculture, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis.

In business, dual-processor workstations are the trucks of desktop computing. Pickups aren't very glamorous, but when you need to move lots of stuff from one point to another efficiently, glamour isn't the point. You need a truck.

Solutions to online security problems like spam, viruses and spyware are needed quickly, as users are becoming reluctant to use e-mail or conduct business online. That's Consumer Reports' conclusion after surveying users about their experiences and completing comprehensive testing and analysis to determine the best online security products.

There are thousands of infections. In this modern age, there is absolutely no excuse for not running some sort of virus scan and anti-virus software on your computer. If you choose not to, you are risking major hardware failure and data loss. One leading anti-virus suite is the Norton AntiVirus Suite.