Article: Symantec's free web-hosted security check analyzes computer vulnerabilities for more than 2 million PC users; Results show nearly 40% of users are vulnerable to hackers and nearly half are not yet protected by anti-virus programs.

M2 PRESSWIRE-17 January 2001-SYMANTEC: Symantec's free web-hosted security check analyzes computer vulnerabilities for more than 2 million PC users; Results show nearly 40% of users are vulnerable to hackers and nearly half are not yet protected by anti-virus programs (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that Symantec Security Check 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 ...

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