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Get patching, sysadmins, there's a zero-day in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP). This US-CERT advisory is alerting anyone who ignored Symatec's note about the issue. CVE-2014-3434 is a local access vulnerability with a public exploit. A client buffer overflow can cause a blue-screen-of-death on the client, which could also …

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  1. jake Silver badge

    Symantec was always useless ...

    ... and went down-hill after Peter Norton cashed out.

    Seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. IMO, of course.

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    1. Gis Bun
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      Re: Symantec was always useless ...

      So you haven't used it in about 15 years right? That's like saying Google+ sucks - without using it.

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      1. Sandtitz Silver badge
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        Re: Symantec was always useless ... @Gis Bun

        Google+ and Facebook suck - and I haven't used them.

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      2. jake Silver badge
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        @ Gis Bun (was: Re: Symantec was always useless ...)

        I haven't USED it in 25 years. I have, however, evaluated it regularly over that time-frame. Why? To know enough about the product to steer corporate clients into a sane direction.

        Google+ does suck. Badly. How do I know? See above paragraph. There are far better solutions.

        HTH, HAND.

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  2. Truth4u

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    Av writers use the same tactics as V writers to hook your system. Inherently dodgy software.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Oh joy

    Have to rely on shared service centre to sort.

    Anon because Bacon

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    "Symantec Sucks"

    Google the phrase.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)

    "Offensive Security reported on their website that they had identified an escalation of privilege vulnerability within Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)" ref

    What we need is a SEP protection to protect against the vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Protection, in other words, because SEP is just another Windows process, it's just as vulnerable as any other Windows app.

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