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[Sushubh]

Symantec posts details on PIFTS.exe and Norton applications

 

[warthog]

Slashdot | Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec
Users Complain of Mysterious 'PIFTS' Warning - Security Fix
Conspiracy theories fly around Norton forum 'Pifts' purge ? The Register
Conspiracy theories run rampent due to PIFTS.EXE | Tech-Linkblog.com

remember they have admitted that this rootkit sends info without your consent to US intel and all your cookies and google searches and temp files are sent and the news is still calling it a conspiracy.

the only way it was caught that norton forget to digitally sign the executable


other norton stuff
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[Sushubh]

Symantec posts details on PIFTS.exe and Norton applications

Symantec has already given details on this executable.

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personally, i would not go near any symantec developed application.

 

[warthog]

users have reversed engineered it and it dials to US intel in DC.i was there at the norton forum where they were removing posts like anything.they are still not answering why it sends info to Washington DC and access google cache and temp files and cookies?.

 

[blr_p]

oh no he's discovered that time-sink aka /.

 

[Sushubh]

/. sucks

 

[Deleted member 7160]

I have never liked and used Norton.. Kaspersky/Nod 32..

 

[s.ricky]

i once installed norton it sucked all ram of my system,now m happy with nod32

 

[vishalrao]

the time sink is sometimes called "slashdork"...

 

[Sushubh]

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