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  • The PIFTS Norton conspiracy

    Posted on March 10, 2009 at 22:44 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    SANS Internet Storm Center reports that Norton has been caught with its pants down, again.

    It seems that an update yesterday to one (several?) of the Norton products includes a file called PIFTS.exe that phones home, to stats.norton.com. ISC says that many people have reported the problem – PIFTS’s aberrant behavior was detected by Norton’s Firewall.

    That’s just stupid. Here’s what makes it a conspiracy. Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of messages posted on Norton’s support forums regarding PIFTS have been deleted.

    More info shortly.

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