A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS SO FAR
Scenario 1:
Norton/Symantec was hacked. Google, Norton, Symantic are deleting posts in order to try to prevent the spread of pifts.exe; deleting was an attempt to
protect us. Hopefully they will be able to make some statements soon - imagine the embarrassment and frustration.
Scenario 2
Norton/Symantec planted a data-gathering file in their LiveUpdate, pifts.exe, and got caught. They are trying to delete everything but ATS and others
are WAY too fast for them!
Why would I say this?
* Several technical posts in here show the data collection aspect
* Norton apparently suggested against loading pifts.exe
* if a search for pifts causes the virus to be spread a responsible company would delete threads causing harm until the bigwigs are woken up to make a
decision
* Did Symantec really confirm this is theirs? It was within Norton first - with no other information how/why would they confirm this one fact, seen on
ATS as a post about a phonecall.
* Can we get a second source for information/letters/phone calls from Symantec?
* Currently people are looking at IP destinations - see last two pages.
Please forgive the lack of quotes and citations, this is a synopsis from what I have seen in this thread and have derived with my own thought process
This thread is going too fast for people to read everything so here's my contribution