They might not be as malicious as some windows viruses, but maybe if you apple people installed an antivirus you may find some out there. If nobody puts it on nobody knows they exist.

so was i, hardcore, for over 15 years. macs are superior in almost every way (with exception to business software). and mac techies are almost as geeky as linux techies. windows techies (like i used to be) are problem solvers. likely, because they need to be.

(ps. and yes, i’m so friggen’ cool i don’t need to use caps… and i’m a mac.)

PIFTS is a rootkit they use to spy on your computer and give to google, the US government, and some server in Africa.

I dont see why anyone would choose to use norton in the first place, it is extremely bloated, bogs down the system, and does not pick up viruses that a free antivirus scanner does. Oh, and its a real bastard to uninstall.

Best solution is to never go anywhere near norton.

But in more serious news, I don’t actually know what I had to say. Hopefully this madness resolves soon. Or hopefully it’s already resolved and I’m late to the party.

Where’d all the punch go?

Is this a Symantec rep admitting they got pwned?

I mean, they wouldn’t tell you to block the file unless they knew it:

a) was completely critical to the functioning of Norton, and blocking it would put you at risk, or

b) was a(n internally) known-hacked Norton component. Most 0-days these days are known to target antivirus apps first to prevent successful updates.

Norton sucks anyways, switch over to Panda or Nod.