I challenged Symantec because of their scaremongering and misinformation about Free Anti Virus products. They said Free did not protect!
Just as a refresher, here is some of what they said:
in USA Today, (2010-09-22)
“Freeware vendors have created a false perception that free, basic security is enough to protect you from
The misinformation continues..
Here is what Symantec said in USA Today, (2010-09-22) (thats, today)
“Freeware vendors have created a false perception that free, basic security is enough to protect you from today’s online threats,” says Janice Chaffin, president of Symantec’s consumer business unit. “The reality is, free is not enough. It’s
I read what Symantec has said about Free Anti Virus products. This kind of misinformation is just unacceptable from companies like Symantec! Enough is Enough..You can’t mislead end users with blatant lies like this!
If Symantec truly believes what they preach to the media then they will have no problem taking
Comodo has now become the No 1 company in the High Assurance Certificate Market worldwide.
There are two main markets in the SSL business.
Organisationally validated and Non Validated Certificates.
Verisign as a Verisign brand purely sells Validated Certificates. No other company was able to challange Verisign in the Validated Certificates
Verisign has now removed the “Revoke” button while still publicly denying there was ever a vulnerability.
As can be seen in the pdf attached in the post made in our Comodo forums, the Revoke button that existed previously, has been removed.
Unfortunately, there are no winners here. Verisign loses, and Comodo