Comments on: pifts.exe http://www.omfg.info/33/piftsexe/ The Title Says It All Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.omfg.info/33/piftsexe/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 admin Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:32:47 +0000 http://www.omfg.info/?p=33#comment-1248 Symantec has made a comment on pifts.exe A quote taken from http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=nis_feedback&thread.id=39119&jump=true Hi everyone, Symantec released a diagnostic patch "PIFTS.exe" targeting Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus 2006 & 2007 users on March 9, 2009. This patch was released for approximately 3 hours (4:30 - 7:40 PM March 9, 2009 Pacific Time). In a case of human error, the patch was released by Symantec "unsigned", which caused the firewall user prompt for this file to access the Internet. The firewall alert for the patch caused understandable concern for users and began to be reported back to Symantec. Releasing a patch unsigned is an extremely rare occurrence that does not pose any security issues to our users. The patch reached a limited number of Norton customers and has subsequently been pulled from further distribution. Norton users are fully protected and do not need to take any action as a result of this issue. Symantec has made a comment on pifts.exe

A quote taken from
http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=nis_feedback&thread.id=39119&jump=true

Hi everyone,

Symantec released a diagnostic patch “PIFTS.exe” targeting Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus 2006 & 2007 users on March 9, 2009. This patch was released for approximately 3 hours (4:30 – 7:40 PM March 9, 2009 Pacific Time). In a case of human error, the patch was released by Symantec “unsigned”, which caused the firewall user prompt for this file to access the Internet. The firewall alert for the patch caused understandable concern for users and began to be reported back to Symantec. Releasing a patch unsigned is an extremely rare occurrence that does not pose any security issues to our users. The patch reached a limited number of Norton customers and has subsequently been pulled from further distribution. Norton users are fully protected and do not need to take any action as a result of this issue.

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