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Symantec Norton Antivirus LiveUpdate Host Verification Vulnerability

Solution:
Symantec has acknowledged this issue and encourages users to upgrade to LiveUpdate 1.6. This updated version contains "cryptographic signatures" of all update files.

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/lu/lu.html

Symantec's official response to this issue can be found at the following URL:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html