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a discontinued antivirus and security software by Symantec, eventually included in the Symantec Endpoint Protection suite, and purchased by Broadcom in 2019. Use this tag for questions regarding the Symantec antivirus software, troubleshooting and issues related to its discontinuation.

a discontinued antivirus and security software by Symantec, eventually included in the Symantec Endpoint Protection suite, and purchased by Broadcom in 2019.

This tag should be used for questions regarding the Symantec antivirus software, troubleshooting and issues related to its discontinuation.

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locale.exe and tzset.exe trojans in Cygwin

I was updating wget this morning and Symantec notified me of trojans detected in locale.exe and tzset.exe Does this mean my cygwin installation is infected?
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What is the difference between "Norton AntiVirus" and "Symantec antivirus"?

What is the difference between "Norton AntiVirus" and "Symantec antivirus"? Are they same or different softwares? Which one is better? When compared to Microsoft Security Essentials, which one would you recommend? and why?
Tim
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Removing Symantec Antivirus from a Mac?

I installed Symantec Antivirus on my Mac (mid-2009 MacBook Pro) running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) via a work-provided software gizmo - along with some other software. I've had nothing but trouble since the installers ran into some problem while…
Jonathan Leffler
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Why can't I enable Symantac's Anti-Virus Auto-Protect?

I am having trouble enabling the Symantec Anti-Virus auto-protect feature: For some reason, after right clicking and choosing Enable Auto-Protect, the option is not turned on. Where should I look to enable the feature?
dance2die
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Should I replace Microsoft Security Essentials with Symantec antivirus for Windows 7 Home Premium?

I have a new laptop with Win 7 Home Premium. this machine came with already installed "MS Security Essentials" anti virus. I've installed on the laptop another protection "Symantec Endpoint Protection". I guess I don't need to have them both, can…
Tamir
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Symantec Corporate Antivirus 7.5 - 4.5 gigs of files?

I've got Symantec Antivirus 7.5 Corporate Edition forced on me at work. I notice that it has 4.5 gigs of files in this directory: %APPDATA%\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5 The files are named: 00000A45 00000A48 etc... Are these…
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What are the differences between Symantic and Norton antivirus software?

I have some questions regarding antivirus programs. Is there any difference between Symantec antivirus software and Norton antivirus software? I saw on our school's website they are referred to as SAV and NAV. They are both freely available to the…
Tim
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How to overcome antivirus false positive error

We develop software which will upload the files to a website. We are facing the false positive error from different antivirus vendors. We have update file, downloader exe (which download the files from web) and full setup (which includes update…
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Is there a replacement for now discontinued Symantec Corporate AntiVirus software?

I have been using Symantec Corporate AntiVirus for a few years and I'm very happy with it. I am now reinstalling my system, and I went to the Symantec site to check for the new release, but I see that this products has been discontinued. I don't…
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How to mark Git, SSH, Cygwin etc as safe in Symantec cloud antivirus?

I run Symantec Cloud Antivirus on Windows. Recently, after an upgrade, it started blocking SSH, Git, Cygwin. In particular, it deletes git, says it fails a SONAR Heuristic, and doesn't seem to give me any way to override it! How can I use git if I…
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