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Tool up for tomorrow's security threats, says Symantec chief

Nov 20, 2003 1:11AM PST

Today's practice of applying security updates after a software vulnerability becomes known or after a virus has been reported will be ineffective in a world of super-fast spreading worms and viruses, warned Symantec chief executive officer John Thompson.

A fresh approach and an armoury of security software and services are needed to combat "Warhol" threats, which spread across the internet and infect systems worldwide within 15 minutes, Thompson said in his keynote at Comdex in Las Vegas.

"These types of threats are fundamentally unstoppable by today's technologies. We will need proactive technologies that can protect and stop new attacks on the fly," he added.

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Nov 20, 2003 1:31AM PST

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Re:Tool up for tomorrow's security threats, says Symantec chief
Nov 20, 2003 1:35AM PST
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Link didn't work :(
Nov 20, 2003 1:40AM PST
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(NT) Nope, doesn't work either :(
Nov 20, 2003 1:52AM PST

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Re:(NT) Nope, doesn't work either :(
Nov 20, 2003 1:54AM PST

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Both links work for me.

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Not "strange" to me:)
Nov 20, 2003 2:29AM PST

I had the same problem last time with the exact same link Sad