IT Observer - Symantec plugs antivirus security holes

Symantec plugs antivirus security holes
Friday, 01 April 2005, 00:53 GMT

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

One of the vulnerabilities caused Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005 to freeze when scanning a particular file type for viruses. This would ultimately cause the system to hang and require a reboot.

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