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News Releases - 1997

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December 22, 1997

Symantec's pcANYWHERE32 Lead in Growing Remote Control Market Results in Record Market Share

December 19, 1997

Symantec Offers New Years Resolutions for Small Business/Home Office Professionals

December 15, 1997

Symantec Releases Version 2.1 of Visual Café for Java Database Development Edition for Windows 95/NT

Symantec and BEA Announce Java-Based Transaction Processing

Symantec Releases Version 2.1 of Visual Café for Java Professional Development Edition for Windows 95/NT

Symantec Visual Café for Java Integrates Black & White Software Orbixbuilder Creating Unprecedented Java and CORBA Development Solution

December 11, 1997

Symantec Hosts AntiVirus Chats in Unique Online Environment

December 10, 1997

Symantec Announces Norton AntiVirus for NetWare 4.0

December 8, 1997

Symantec Completes Stock Buyback

Visual Numerics and Symantec Corporation Announce Bundling Agreement

December 5, 1997

Symantec Develops World's Largest Online Encyclopedia of Computer Viruses

December 2, 1997

Symantec Hosts Norton Utilities 'Bug-A-Thon' Showdown between USC and UCLA

November 27, 1997: Symantec Provides Free WinFax Pro Fax Software Solution for Business Communication Needs during Canadian Postal Strike
November 24, 1997: Symantec Board Authorizes Stock Buyback; Symantec Launches Telecommuting Resource Website
November 19, 1997: Symantec Launches Customer Reward Program
November 18, 1997: Symantec to Distribute EarthLink's Internet Software with Top-Selling Norton AntiVirus Software; Symantec's Visual Café for Java Database Development Edition Wins PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence at COMDEX
November 17, 1997: Symantec Announces the Solutions Alliance Program; Symantec Wins Most Valuable Product Awards from PC COMPUTING Magazine; Symantec's Visual Café for Java Garners PC Computing MVP Award at COMDEX; Symantec Wins Editors' Pick Awards from Home Office Computing Magazine; Visual Café for Java 2.0 Database Development Edition - Winner of PC Computing MVP Award at COMDEX; National Software Testing Laboratories Results Reveal that Norton CrashGuard Deluxe is Over Three Times More Effective at Crash Protection and Recovery
November 14, 1997: Symantec Introduces New Virus Protection Web Site for the IS Manager
November 12, 1997: Symantec Hosts Anti-Virus and Utilities Chats on TalkCity
November 10, 1997: Symantec Adds Norton Zip Rescue to Award Winning Norton Utilities; Symantec Appoints Tania Amochaev to Board of Directors; Symantec Announces Norton Utilities 3.0 for Windows 95
November 6, 1997: Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Windows NT Recommended as Top Pick for Users
November 3, 1997: Symantec Announces Norton AntiVirus for Lotus Notes

October 30, 1997

Buy ACT! for Windows Platforms and Qualify for Symantec Rebate

October 29, 1997

Symantec Reports Record Growth

Symantec Norton AntiVirus Invites Corporate Users to 'Make the Break'

October 28, 1997

Symantec Announces Sponsorship of National Small Business Crossings Tour with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft

October 22, 1997

Corporate Managers Report Increased Employee Productivity in Telecommuters, According to National Survey on Telecommuting

Symantec's Norton Utilities for Macintosh Leads PC Data's List of Top-Selling Macintosh Business Software

October 21, 1997

Symantec Corporation Receives Proclamation from Los Angeles County for Telecommute America Week

October 20, 1997

Symantec Introduces Norton Crashguard Deluxe-The New Standard In Crash Protection

October 16, 1997

Symantec Holds Number One Position; McAfee Is Number Two; Dr. Solomon, Touchstone and IBM Round out the Top Five

October 13, 1997

Symantec Holds Free Seminar to Educate Companies on How to Protect Against Today's Greatest Computer Security Threat

Netscape® Adds Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Internet Scanner To Its Communicator Deluxe Edition Client Software Suite

Symantec leads Telecommuting Initiative during Telecommuting America Week Code

October 9, 1997

Federal Judge orders McAfee not to Ship Product Containing Symantec Code

October 8, 1997

Symantec Appoints Rebecca Ranninger Vice President Of Human Resources

October 3, 1997

Norton CrashGuard For Macintosh Now Available As A Standalone Product

October 1, 1997

Unisys Selects Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Solution For Global Protection

September 29, 1997

Symantec Ships Visual Café for Java 2.0 Database Development Edition

September 26, 1997

Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Leads PC Data's List Of Top Selling Business Software For August

September 24, 1997

Symantec And Norton AntiVirus Awarded Contract By Telmex, The Largest Telecommunications Company In Mexico

September 23, 1997

Symantec's AntiVirus Research Center Responds To Mutating Macro Viruses With Bloodhound-Macro Technology

Symantec Ships Visual Café for Java 2.0 Database Development Edition

Symantec Delivers More Expertise Committed To Eliminating The Virus Threat With Norton AntiVirus 4.0 For Windows NT Servers

Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 4.0 Delivers Multi-Platform Support

September 22, 1997

Federal Magistrate Judge Orders McAfee To Preserve Evidence in Symantec Case

September 19, 1997

Symantec Ranked As Number One Security Software Provider In June Quarter

Symantec Demands McAfee Comes Clean Over Market Share Untruths

September 19, 1997

Symantec's 1997 Annual Report is now Online

September 9, 1997

Symantec's Web Site Ranks Among The Top 100 Busiest Sites On The World Wide Web

September 8, 1997

Symantec Announces Norton Safe On The Web To Protect Users Against Internet Security Threats

Symantec Offers Free Software For Telecommuting To Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Commuters

September 3, 1997

Symantec Products Continue to Meet Users' Needs, As Recent Awards Indicate

August 28, 1997: McAfee Drops Suit Against Symantec In Japan
August 21, 1997: McAfee Confirms That VirusScan Contains Misappropriated Symantec Code
August 18, 1997: Symantec Introduces a Nationwide Authorized Training Center Program for the Visual Café Line of Java Development Tools; Symantec Delivers on the Promise of Java with Visual Café for Java A Complete Line of Next Generation Java Development Tools; CompUSA Names Symantec As Software Vendor Of The Year; New Version of Act! for Macintosh Provides Direct Integration With Microsoft Word; pcANYWHERE32 Responds To Customers' Remote Control Needs With Version 8.0
August 11, 1997: Symantec Ships Visual Page for Windows

July 29, 1997: Symantec Reports First Quarter Results - Sets New Company Record For Net Revenue and Earnings
July 21, 1997: Symantec Discovers more Copied Code in Multiple McAfee Products, Including VirusScan
July 17, 1997: Symantec's Norton Antivirus Chosen For Multi-Million Dollar Defense Department Award
July 16, 1997: Symantec Leads PC Data Top Ten List
July 14, 1997: Symantec Ships Norton Antivirus for Firewalls
July 8, 1997: Symantec Offers a Complete Web Authoring Solution
July 7, 1997: Symantec Introduces ACT! For The Windows CE Platform

June 30, 1997: Symantec's Visual Café Pro Wins Web Techniques "Best Java Tool Of The Year Award"
June 24, 1997: Symantec Products Win at PC Expo
June 19, 1997: Industry Research on Safe Computing
June 11, 1997: Symantec Announces Expansion of AntiVirus Research Center
June 9, 1997: Symantec's Small Business/Home Office CD Sampler Helps Busy Professionals Maximize Time And Focus On Business

May 28, 1997: Symantec WinFax PRO 8.0 Update Available To Customers
May 27, 1997: Symantec Provides Customers With The Most Powerful Contact Manager For Lotus Notes
May 12, 1997: Crash Prevention And Improved System Performance Offered In New Version Of Norton Utilities For Macintosh 3.5
May 6, 1997: Symantec Announces Multi-Tier Virus Protection Solution; Symantec Announces Norton Antivirus For Firewalls

April 30, 1997: Symantec Announces Completion Of HP Acquisition Of Symantec's System And Network-Management Business; Symantec And HP Announce Remote Server Management Solution; Symantec Announces Next Generation Of Crash Prevention With Norton Crashguard 2.0; Symantec Sweeps Secure Computing Awards
April 29, 1997: Symantec Board Authorizes Stock Buyback
April 28, 1997: Symantec Announces Record Fourth Quarter And Fiscal 1997 Results; SystemSoft and Symantec Complete Strategic Cross-Licensing Agreement; Symantec Delivers First Detection And Repair For Weed.5850
April 23, 1997: Symantec Launches Lawsuit Against McAfee for Copyright Infringement
April 14, 1997: Symantec Corporation Announces New Online Services For Worldwide Electronic Software Distribution
April 9, 1997: Symantec Offers LiveUpdate Solution For Norton Utilities In Record Time
April 7, 1997: Symantec's Just-In-Time Java Compiler To Be Integrated Into Sun JDK 1.1; Daylight Savings And Symantec pcANYWHERE Extend The Day; Symantec's Visual Café Pro Wins Software Development Jolt Product Excellence Award
April 2, 1997: Symantec And Informix Form Strategic Alliance To Deliver Enterprise Java Development Database Solution; Widespread Acceptance Of Symantec's Java Tools Spurs Creation Of Visual Café Coalition

March 31, 1997: Symantec WinFax PRO 8.0 Now Available; Apple to Bundle Norton Utilities for Macintosh with New Small Business Mac
March 25, 1997: Symantec Announces Café 1.5 for Macintosh Java(TM) Development Environment
March 24, 1997: Symantec Demonstrates Leadership in the Utilities Software Market
March 17, 1997: Symantec Announces Exposé 4.0
March 11, 1997: Symantec's Visual Café PRO Wins CNet Internet Excellence Awards for Best Internet Development Tool
March 10, 1997: Symantec Establishes Link with PalmPilot for Mobile ACT! Users
March 5, 1997: ZDNet and Symantec Launch HealthyPC.Com, the Web's Complete Computer Care, Troubleshooting and Maintenance Resource

February 24, 1997: Symantec Announces WinFax PRO 8.0; Symantec Announces 100% JDBC Compliant dbANYWHERE Server for Java Applications; Symantec Ships Norton AntiVirus for Internet Email Gateways
February 19, 1997: HP to Acquire Symantec's System- and Network-Management Business to Enhance HP OpenView's PC-Management Capabilities
February 18, 1997: Symantec Announces Technology That Virtually Eliminates Macro Virus Threat in Corporate Environments; Symantec Announces National Virus Awareness Month Retail Promotion
February 14, 1997: Borland and Symantec Settle Trade Secret Litigation
February 13, 1997: Norton Your Eyes Only and Norton Secret Stuff Provide Protection Against Malicious ActiveX Controls
February 10, 1997: Symantec Offers Free Norton Secret Stuff; Symantec Announces the Opening of the Symantec AntiVirus Research Centre (SARC) News Bureau for the Media; Symantec Announces pcANYWHERE(tm) CE for Handheld PCs
February 6, 1997: Symantec Appoints Bain as Vice President of Worldwide Operations and CFO and Appoints Dykes to Symantec's Board of Directors
February 3, 1997: Symantec Announces Bloodhound Technology, An Advanced System for Detecting new and Unknown Viruses on the World Wide Web; Symantec Licenses Just-In-Time Java^TM Compiler to Justsystem Corporation, Japan

January 27, 1997: Symantec Announces Norton Utilities for Windows NT 4.0; Symantec Previews new versions of ACT! for Notes at Lotusphere '97
January 24, 1997: Symantec Awarded Merisel's First-Annual "Best All-Around Partner" Award in the Software Category
January 23, 1997: Symantec Announces Record Revenue and Income for the December 1996 Quarter; Symantec Announces Macro Virus Protection for Microsoft Office 97
January 14, 1997: A New Year's Resolution: Protect your Macintosh from Viruses with Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh (SAM) 4.5
January 8, 1997: Symantec Posts WinFax PRO Trial Versions on Internet
January 7, 1997: Symantec Commits to Support Future Apple OS Development Efforts
January 6, 1997: Symantec Delivers Complete Web and JAVA ^TM Development Solution for the Macintosh

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