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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager end-of-decade glitch

January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment

There’s an end of decade issue with Symantec’s EPM.  Symantec has admitted that its Endpoint Protection Manager is erroneously marking signature updates issued this year as out of date.  Antivirus, antispyware and intrusion protection updates with a date after Dec. 31, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. are considered out of date by the software.  Until it [...]

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Encrypted USB memory sticks are not secure

January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Critical Adobe Acrobat vulnerability I was at a conference this past week, and there are several security vulnerabilities you should know about.  Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat have several serious vulnerabilities which can allow an attacker to take control of the computer.  Applies to 9.2 and earlier versions.  The patch is due [...]

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IT News Items you should know about

January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment

This week is going to be an exciting week for IT Professionals. CES is this week in Las Vegas where new products are announced. But not all product announcements take place at CES.  Apple is has made arrangements for a product announcement in SF this week – Rumors are it will be the Apple Tablet.  [...]