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Norton's PIFTS.EXE: Norton May Have Installed Spyware on Your Computer!

The Register is reporting:Conspiracy theories are running rampant in the absence of a clear explanation of why Symantec deleted threads expressing concern about a file called pifts.exe from its Norton support forums. Many users running Norton Internet Protection began seeing a popup warning on Monday that a file called PIFTS.exe on their systems was trying to access the internet. The location of the file was given as a non-existent folder buried inside the Symantec LiveUpdate folder.The appearance of a file in a non-existent folder suggests rootkit-like behaviour. PIFTS.exe attempts to contact a server in Africa, which has been traced to Symantec.I love how this is a "conspiracy theory." Something shady as all Hell is going on.  Norton is trying to cover it up...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).