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>"These vulnerabilities reminded me of phishing and the Double Tap for two reasons. First, every one of these vulns can be exploited by just sending an email. S
by a_small_island 10y ago
>"These vulnerabilities reminded me of phishing and the Double Tap for two reasons. First, every one of these vulns can be exploited by just sending an email. Since the product is an antivirus, so it’s going to scan every file that touches your disk and every email you get for viruses. You don’t have to get your target to click a link or even open the message you sent — Symantec will happily try to parse every email you receive."
Another reason not to run any "antivirus" on your personal PC
- Too 10y agoWow. I've always been very against anti virus but never actually thought of this aspect. The anti virus itself is a huge attack surface, probably with higher risk than the risks it can mitigate. Sigh.