Symantec/Trendmicro updates suffers

I just though i would report that my NAV2003 updated fine today. I never use the automatic update, and instead click the live update button (just the way i am used to doing it)

I heard something vague but interesting about live update. Had you heard? Within the last week or so there was an update to Norton's "Redirector" after installing this, myself and other user's found a new process starting up automatically called "SNDMon.exe". At this point Norton users took on of two divergent paths:

1 - Like me, just figure your antivirus is on your side and leave it alone

2 - Panic, and take it out of the autostart of windows

Now, come to think of it this is probably off topic, even more than usual for me (sorry) but what i heard was that without SNDMon.exe NAV and F products were open to remote program code execution. in other words, it is fairly important that you allow this feature to run.

I wish i could be more definitive about this, please, anyone feel free to correct me if i got it wrong

- HandsOff

 

The security hole problem is with the Symantec firewalls:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/print.php/3353841

SNDMon.exe issue:
http://computercops.biz/forum82.html Symantec NetDriver Monitor thread & NIS thread

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=30524 My experience with the issue

Regards - Charles

 

Good to know!
I think I´m gonna move to Kerio again. NIS2004 (only firewall) it´s very heavy in sys-res, worse if you add security holes to a firewall.
Any suggestion before move to other FW is wellcome.

backfolder.-