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Article: Symantec's Free Web-Hosted Security Check Analyzes Computer Vulnerabilities for More Than 2 Million PC Users.
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- Business Wire
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- January 16, 2001
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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001
Results Show Nearly 40% Of Users Are Vulnerable to Hackers and
Nearly Half Are Not Yet Protected By Anti-virus Programs
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC) today announced that Symantec Security Check(TM) has analyzed the levels of Hacker Protection, Privacy Protection and Virus Protection for more than 2.2 million PCs, since this free web-based tool was first launched in March 2000. More than 220,000 of those unique users have submitted their results for an ongoing comparative survey which shows that a large portion of participants are vulnerable to hackers, ...