Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:05:48 GMT

Sometimes discretion really is better part of valor�.

 

The UK�s Register is taking Symantec�s �PR bunnies� to task over their claims (in a press release) that their products found the recent �Slammer� virus before it hit systems around the world.

It turns out their claims are less clear cut than they would like.  Calls to Symantec�s UK PR reps were stonewalled with the Registered referred directly back to the original press release�.

Update: February 20, 2003 – Symantec respond