Once found, it copies itself into the Windows directory of the remote machine, according to the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center.

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LiveUpdate, a Symantec antivirus service, pushes virus updates to registered Symantec customers.

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Schlein, who helped build Symantec's antivirus business and long wondered how to improve security.

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Tracking lost phones and performing backups is hardly enough of a task to sustain giant antivirus operations like McAfee and Symantec.

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McAfee competes with Symantec and TrendMicro in the enterprise as well as consumer antivirus market.

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When Microsoft began offerings its antivirus software for free in June of last year, Symantec scoffed.

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The company is successfully competing with traditional stalwarts such as Symantec and McAfee, and has already captured 31% of the US B2C antivirus market.

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The worm has mostly attacked home users who are less likely to update antivirus software or use firewalls that block IRC traffic, according to Carey Nachenburg, chief researcher at Symantec Corp.

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