Comments on: The mysterious Norton cover-up and pifts.exe http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/ The rants and raves of the interweb. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: software test http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-58027 software test Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:22:30 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-58027 Everybody thinks that Norton is a great anti virus but for me it's not, it chunks too many memory on your computer and always annoys you of updating and constant software change. Everybody thinks that Norton is a great anti virus but for me it's not, it chunks too many memory on your computer and always annoys you of updating and constant software change.

]]> By: little_rio10 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-57993 little_rio10 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:39:02 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-57993 I have also asked them about PIFTS but I got no reply. I still trust Symantec though even if this thing happened. I have also asked them about PIFTS but I got no reply. I still trust Symantec though even if this thing happened.

]]> By: bhavna.rna http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-46003 bhavna.rna Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:48:20 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-46003 Norton is lying. People have asked about PIFTS for months and they've always banned everyone who asked. Only after 4chan got involved did this get attention. PIFTS is a rootkit they use to spy on your computer and give your personal data to google, the US government, and some server in Africa. Norton is lying. People have asked about PIFTS for months and they've always banned everyone who asked. Only after 4chan got involved did this get attention. PIFTS is a rootkit they use to spy on your computer and give your personal data to google, the US government, and some server in Africa.

]]> By: leakyunderpants http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-44595 leakyunderpants Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:26:39 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-44595 This is just another reason why the big "pay-for" companies are losing more and more customers to the free versions of AV out there. I'm not so mad about them using the file but the fact that they tried to hide it really burns me. This is just another reason why the big "pay-for" companies are losing more and more customers to the free versions of AV out there. I'm not so mad about them using the file but the fact that they tried to hide it really burns me.

]]> By: Maxim http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-41503 Maxim Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:04:37 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-41503 Maybe, there is nothing dangerous In it? VirusTotal shows no one detecting it and ThreatExpert shows it calling home. http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/734465e30a6ee6d6c493471d77940f4c http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=91b564d825a3487ae5b5fafe57260810 Maybe, there is nothing dangerous In it?
VirusTotal shows no one detecting it and ThreatExpert shows it calling home. http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/734465e30a6ee6d6c493471d77940f4c http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=91b564d825a3487ae5b5fafe57260810

]]> By: DoFollow Webmaster Blog http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-41385 DoFollow Webmaster Blog Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:04:19 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-41385 It's funny to see a reputable company such as Symantec cover something like this up, even if it's a harmless thing. But, I still trust my safety and security to them no matter what! Regards, Daniel It's funny to see a reputable company such as Symantec cover something like this up, even if it's a harmless thing.

But, I still trust my safety and security to them no matter what!

Regards,
Daniel

]]> By: Bull3t http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-40541 Bull3t Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:39:49 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-40541 @yanon59: The interest is no longer with the program itself - it's been proven harmless - but with the great cover-up. Their statement still doesn't explain the whole truth. @yanon59:
The interest is no longer with the program itself – it's been proven harmless – but with the great cover-up. Their statement still doesn't explain the whole truth.

]]> By: yanon59 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-40524 yanon59 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:21:18 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-40524 This story got really popular really quickly... but it still seems to be like it has gotten sensationalized. The program looks like it was just statistics and error reporting to Symantec's servers. Nothing worth getting really worked up about. This story got really popular really quickly… but it still seems to be like it has gotten sensationalized. The program looks like it was just statistics and error reporting to Symantec's servers. Nothing worth getting really worked up about.

]]> By: n00bMuncher http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-39998 n00bMuncher Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:53:21 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-39998 The Africa thing is wrong.That's someone messing up that was some torrent scam download they used the keywords in google PIFTS.EXE to get traffic because it was so popular. The file was connecting to swapdrive.com nortons data storage facility in Washington DC. The file was used to analyze code conflicts in certain softwares so they could analyze them and stop conflicts with there security software. Could they use it to spy on you?You bet they could. But that wasn't what it was for. The Africa thing is wrong.That's someone messing up that was some torrent scam download they used the keywords in google PIFTS.EXE to get traffic because it was so popular.
The file was connecting to swapdrive.com nortons data storage facility in Washington DC.
The file was used to analyze code conflicts in certain softwares so they could analyze them and stop conflicts with there security software.
Could they use it to spy on you?You bet they could.
But that wasn't what it was for.

]]> By: Ken Fink http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/the-mysterious-norton-cover-up-and-piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-39809 Ken Fink Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:01:48 +0000 http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/?p=681#comment-39809 I never liked Norton anyways! And this comes out in front of my eyes as proof now. I used to have Norton AV for my older system, now I regret that I purchased it at the first place I never liked Norton anyways! And this comes out in front of my eyes as proof now. I used to have Norton AV for my older system, now I regret that I purchased it at the first place

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