Symantec has discovered a recent vulnerability in the Symantec Antivirus 10.x Corporate Edition.  Earlier versions of Symantec Antivirus  (7.x, 8.x, 9.x) are not affected by this problem.  For more information on this vulnerability, see the Symantec Bulletin at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.05.25.html

ITS has implemented a solution that will automatically update workstations where users logon to the UALBANY domain and are running Symantec Antivirus v.10.x.

If you are running version 10.x of Symantec Antivirus, and would like to update your Windows 2000 or XP machine now, you can go to

http://www.albany.edu:7080/download/bin/page.pl?General

Symantec Antivirus versions 7.x, 8.x, 9.x are not affected by this vulnerability and should not be updated at this time.