Symantec urges users to disable pcAnywhere

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"At this time, Symantec recommends disabling the product until Symantec releases a final set of software updates that resolve currently known vulnerability risks," the Mountain View, California-based company said.
Symantec, in a technical white paper posted on the firm's website, said the vulnerability to pcAnywhere, which allows for remote PC to PC connections, is the result of a 2006 theft of source code by hackers.
"We believe that source code for the 2006-era versions of the following products was exposed: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition; Norton Internet Security; Norton SystemWorks (Norton Utilities and Norton GoBack); and pcAnywhere," Symantec said.
The only identified threat, however, is to pcAnywhere and not any of the Norton products.


http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-symantec-urges-users-disable-pcanywhere.html
 
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Binky

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Rather than "disable" it, users should really uninstall it. There are better options.
 

ultimatebob

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Wow, talk about a non-issue... I don't think that I've used PcAnywhere for anything since I discovered VNC back in 2005.