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Symantec cuts jobs to reduce costs
March 15, 2007
Unspecified number of employees are being let go as the security software maker works to cut its cost structure by $200 million.
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Symantec completes Altiris buy
April 9, 2007
Acquisition of IT management software company, announced in January, valued at about $830 million.
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Symantec settles counterfeiting suit
June 21, 2004
Security software maker agrees to a settlement with a company it accused of marketing forged versions of its products.
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Acer to bundle Symantec software
August 1, 2006
Taiwanese PC maker will ship Norton security products on its PCs sold worldwide.
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Symantec sued for labeling product 'adware'
August 2, 2004
Small software maker says security giant has crushed business by mislabeling its anti-spyware product.
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Symantec, Veritas reach out to investors
January 5, 2005
Security, storage firms go to stockholders to plead the case for their proposed $13.5 billion merger.
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Gateway upgrades PC security contract
August 3, 2005
PC maker Gateway revised its contract for PCs with computer security software firm Symantec.
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Symantec buying spree continues
October 27, 2003
The security software maker extends its string of recent acquisitions, announcing plans to buy infrastructure management applications provider On Technology in a $100 million cash deal.
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Viruses keep on growing
September 20, 2004
The volume of worms and viruses is increasing, but the rate of successful attacks has dropped, according to Symantec.
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Symantec, McAfee join effort to trap pirates on eBay
May 17, 2006
Antivirus giants launch initiative with legal action against group selling illegal versions of their security software.
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Veritas: Layoffs will be limited
January 20, 2005
The merger with Symantec will mainly have an impact on back-office operations, executives say.
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Symantec beats the research drum
November 15, 2005
The company is making research a higher priority. It is investing more resources in the group and is more aggressive about the development of technology in-house.
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Software makers send out network patrols
June 10, 2005
Symantec launches new intrusion prevention software, as rival McAfee adds Linux support to its own corporate product.
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John Thompson places his wager
December 16, 2004
Symantec's CEO talks up the blockbuster acquisition that changes Symantec into a software megapower.
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Symantec eyes Thais with cut-rate software
May 28, 2004
The security software maker launches a version of Norton Antivirus 2004 in Thailand that costs half as much as the application's English language counterpart.
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Another Bagle variant tries to spread
September 1, 2004
New version turns off security and attempts to download malicious programs from the Net--but it's not likely to get far.
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Trojan rides in on unpatched Office flaw
September 30, 2005
A dangerous Trojan horse exploits a hole in Microsoft's Office software that has remained unfixed for five months.
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Symantec files suit to label adware
June 8, 2005
Lawsuit seeks right to detect Hotbar's toolbar programs as adware--a new move in the tug of war between security providers and marketers.
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Symantec wins $3 million in counterfeit-ware suit
December 23, 2003
The security software maker wins a judgment against one of America's more famous spammers, after a court rules that Maryland Internet Marketing was selling counterfeit Symantec applications.
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Symantec fixes product activation glitch
December 2, 2003
The security software maker patches a flaw in its product activation technology that was causing its Norton family of security applications to fail.
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