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InternetNews June 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Spyware Sneaking into the Enterprise Not just for consumers anymore, invasive programs are finding comfort in the corporate realm and leaving more than unwanted ads in their wake.
InternetNews February 18, 2005 Chris Nerney	Microsoft Makes Security Pledge -- Again You IT professionals can stop worrying now. Your security woes will soon be a thing of the past. Haven't we heard this before?
InternetNews February 15, 2005 Erin Joyce	Network Security in the Spotlight With key issues like spyware, spam and single sign-on, is it any wonder that the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco this week is setting new records for attendance and vendors alike?
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003	John Thompson, Symantec Symantec tries to give consumers and corporations a whole array of computer virus defenses in one integrated package.
InternetNews September 12, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec, Juniper in Security Partnership Symantec and Juniper Networks are about to get a lot closer than they've ever been, thanks to a new strategic partnership announced today. They aren't going to merge.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec to Buy Veritas for $13.5B The marriage of Symantec and Veritas would form one of the largest security and back-up software powers in the market. Should it succeed, Symantec shareholders will own 60% and Veritas shareholders approximately 40% of the combined entity.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Robert Barker	Not Many Chinks in Symantec's Armor Demand for its Internet firewall and antivirus software programs is so strong that Symantec expects revenues in the fiscal year ending in March to surge 33%, its earnings per share jumping 44%, to $1.54.
InternetNews September 20, 2005 Roy Mark	Malicious Code For Profit New trend finds shifts toward attacks seeking confidential information.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Veritas Security software maker Symantec is reportedly in talks to buy back-up software power Veritas Software in a blockbuster deal that, at $13 billion, would be one of the largest of its kind.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Clint Boulton	EU Clears Symantec-Veritas Merger The European Union approves Symantec's $13.5 billion bid for Veritas; Symantec announces a threat assessment service.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Microsoft Takes Giant Step Against Spyware Redmond acquires anti-spyware software maker and plans free beta version within a month.
InternetNews September 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Report: Home Users Blind To Hackers According to a new status report from security vendor Symantec, home users are the target of 86 percent of attacks. Financial services ranked second, the target of 84 percent of phishing attempts in the first half of 2006.
InternetNews January 29, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Extends IT Management With Latest Buy Symantec continues evolving its product lines for IT management.
PC World July 2005 Mary Landesman	Symantec Offers So-So Spyware Protection Beta of Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition stops some spyware, but produces mixed results otherwise.
PC World November 2005 Mary Landesman	Best Defenders No, you don't need to put up with PC-clogging, privacy-invading spyware. New and potent tools for killing it dead. Spy Sweeper 4.0... Platinum Internet Security 2005... McAfee AntiSpyware 2006... CounterSpy 1.029... Interview with Gregor Freund on the future of spyware...
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	A New Security Strategy For Microsoft? Microsoft is expanding its security protection services with the upcoming launch of two new products, Antigen and Microsoft Client Protection.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Tom Taulli	Symantec Goes to M&A Rehab The security software giant says it will forgo mega-deals. Rather, the focus will be on smaller deals, such as its $970 million purchase of Altiris in April. The new strategy should be good news for shareholders.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec-Microsoft Suit Casts Pall on Vista Did Symantec sue Microsoft to throw a kink in its plans for Windows Vista, which will have security features similar to what Symantec offers?
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Launches Anti-Spyware Beta Test uses software from recently-acquired Giant Software.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Symantec Denies 'Highly Severe' Antivirus Flaw Could Symantec's antivirus software, which guards company and government computers, include a backdoor allowing hackers access to corporate data?
InternetNews May 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Symantec Patches Antivirus Vulnerability Symantec said today it has fixed a vulnerability in its antivirus software suite that potentially could open a backdoor to hackers.
InternetNews August 2, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Who's Who in Antivirus Software? Despite dominant players, the Black Hat conference has a big cast. Now if only people will use their products.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Michael Hickins	Yahoo Helps Symantec Join the Consumer Fray Symantec's expanded deal with Yahoo opens a new channel for the Internet security giant, but consumer adoption remains a question mark.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 Matt Koppenheffer	Securing Your Portfolio Data security has been a major area of interest and investment over the past decade, but it's been a tough place to be an investor. Want to play the data-security market? Seek out the gorillas.
PC World August 21, 2007 Ryan Naraine	Die, Spyware, Die! Spyware remains a continuing hassle and a potentially serious intrusion on your privacy. We tested the top antispyware programs to see which ones do the best job.
PC Magazine June 21, 2005	Ad-Aware SE Plus 1.06 The new version of Ad-Aware is a significant upgrade... Microsoft Windows Anti-Spyware does a decent job of removing spyware, but does not block spyware well... Norton Internet Security is ambitious but fails... etc.
PC Magazine September 14, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Is It Spyware? The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) has presented definitions and supporting documents for what is considered spyware to help standardize anti-spyware software.
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InternetNews May 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Trend Micro Acquires InterMute Trend Micro's acquisition of InterMute brings more spyware protection into the company's fold.
InternetNews August 17, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Symantec Adds Piece of Security Puzzle The antivirus maker, Symantec, buys Sygate to fill out its enterprise offerings.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Paul Shread	McAfee, Symantec Ride Security Wave McAfee reported pro forma earnings of 31 cents a share... Symantec reported earnings of 27 cents a share... The broader market rose on strong earnings reports... etc.
PC Magazine December 14, 2004 Jay Munro	Bots March In These worms could "zombify" your computer, but you can give bots the boot.
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec Antivirus Users At Risk The Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Decompression Buffer Overflow has been found to have a highly critical vulnerability for which there is currently no patch.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Boots Up The security software maker reports fiscal fourth-quarter 2006 earnings today after close of market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec Slammed Symantec plus Veritas equals minus $1.5 billion. When Microsoft makes goo-goo eyes at a market, it's the current suitors that get the shivers.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Kelly Martin	Unmasking Spyware Today's Internet threats often arrive so quietly that they're undetectable, allowing he malicious code more time to identify and extract additional sensitive information, including passwords, decryption keys and keystrokes.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Sings Management at Symantec digs out its wallet and allocates $2 billion in authorizations for share buybacks.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Facing Overlaps With Altiris And Rivals Symantec's $830 million purchase of IT management software maker Altiris is yet another message to rival Microsoft that it intends to be more than just a top security software maker.
PC World February 3, 2003 Paul Roberts	The Net Is Dangerous, Research Says Attack rates decline, but worms and software flaws keep cyberspace hazardous, Symantec reports.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2005 Tom Taulli	Software Firms Struggle With Upload Despite lots of communication with investors, the Symantec-Veritas combo is still generating unease.
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sues Microsoft to Halt Vista Symantec claims Microsoft is improperly using its code in Vista.
PC Magazine June 19, 2005	Weeding Out Spies When it comes to antispyware, the ability to clean those nasty programs out of your system is priority number one. Here are some reviews of antispy software: Spy Sweeper... Spyware Doctor... etc.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Tim Beyers	A Billion Reasons to Avoid Symantec? The antivirus maker has a taxing problem. For its part, Symantec says it isn't in error and plans to take the Feds to tax court, but it's not certain how much investors may lose if the IRS is right.
InternetNews August 26, 2005 David Needle	Hunting Down Spyware Tenebril says its SpyCatcher Enterprise blocks more spyware than competing products. Enterprises now spend over $130,000 per month in IT time fighting spyware-related issues.
InternetNews December 17, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec, Veritas Marriage Gets Mixed Reviews While vendors slugged it out over new customers over the last couple of months, two giants in their respective markets were hatching a plan to ambush the software market with a blockbuster merger.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Paul Shread	Veritas-Symantec Merger Gets Shareholder Nod Shareholders approved the merger of Veritas and Symantec, clearing the way for one of the largest software mergers ever.