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News Releases - 1998
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- December 29, 1998
- Symantec is First Vendor to Provide Integrated Repair Solution for Remote Explorer Virus
- December 23, 1998
- Symantec Provides Detection For Remote Explorer Virus
- December 21, 1998
- Symantec's Retail Sales Lead the Way This Holiday Season
- December 21, 1998
- Symantec, IBM Launch Anti-Virus Education Program Aimed at Current IBM Customers
- December 16, 1998
- Symantec and Pacific Bell Enter Strategic Business Alliance
- pcANYWHERE32 Hailed as Editors' Choice by Windows NT Magazine
- December 15, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus Awarded Checkmark Certification for Trojan Detection
- PC Magazine Names CleanSweep Deluxe Best of 1998
- PC Magazine Names Norton AntiVirus 5.0 Best of 1998
- December 14, 1998
- FTD Protects Florist Locations With Norton AntiVirus, Provides Remote Help Desk Support Via pcANYWHERE
- December 8, 1998
- Symantec Announces Full Support for the Next Release of the Java Development Kit
- December 7, 1998
- Market-Leading Norton SystemWorks Suite Fully Integrates Award-Winning Norton CleanSweep and Norton CrashGuard
- Norton Advances Utility Suites Again with Norton SystemWorks Professional Edition
- December 2, 1998
- Quarterdeck Plans Special Meeting of Stockholders to Approve Cash Merger
- November 30, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus is First Product to be Awarded Checkmark Level Two Certification
- November 24, 1998
- Symantec Customer Service Recognized at European Industry Awards
- Norton SystemWorks Leads the Utilities Suite Category
- November 23, 1998
- Caterpillar Selects Symantec to Provide Anti-Virus Solution
- November 18, 1998
- Norton Utilities and ACT! Win PC Computing 1998 MVP Awards
- November 17, 1998
- Symantec Completes Tender Offer for Quarterdeck Shares
- Symantec Announces Norton Ghost for Netware
- Symantec Receives Top Honors From Home Office Computing Magazine
- Norton SystemWorks Tops McAfee Office in Ziff-Davis Testing
- November 12, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus Protects Against Unknown Password-Stealing Trojan Horses
- November 11, 1998
- IBM Selects Symantec as Antivirus Partner for eNetwork Firewall Solutions Pack
- November 10, 1998
- Symantec Addresses Number One PC Customer Need with Norton CrashGuard 4.0
- November 9, 1998
- Symantec Norton 2000 Protects Small Businesses and Consumers by Pinpointing Y2K Problems on Desktops, Laptops
- November 5, 1998
- Symantec Continues to Lead U.S. Retail Market
- November 4, 1998
- Department of Justice Approves Symantec Acquisition of Quarterdeck
- October 29, 1998
- Four Symantec Products Named PC Computing 1998 MVP Award Finalists
- October 28, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus Without Peers in Windows Magazine Winlist
- October 27, 1998
- Symantec's pcTelecommute Wins Outstanding Innovation in Telework Award International Telework Association & Council Honors Symantec at Annual Conference
- October 26, 1998
- Symantec (TM) Announces Symantec Visual Café (TM) Version 3.0
- Norton AntiVirus 5.0 Deluxe Eases Online Service and Support
- October 22, 1998
- Norton SystemWorks Helps Baseball Fan Nab Seat at the World Series
- October 21, 1998
- 3M Protects 48,000-Node Enterprise With Norton AntiVirus
- Norton SystemWorks Beats Network Associates' Utility Suite Hands Down in PC/Computing Showdown
- October 20, 1998
- Symantec Provides Uninstall Product With Norton SystemWorks
- October 15, 1998
- Symantec Announces Second Quarter Results
- Symantec to Acquire Quarterdeck
- October 14, 1998
- Symantec's ACT! 4.0 The Best-Selling Contact Manager, Continues its Leadership by Winning INFOWORLD's Test Center Comparison of Sales-Force Automation Solutions
- IBM to Remarket Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Product Line
- October 12, 1998
- Symantec to Offer Premier-Level Integration of Norton AntiVirus Into Tivoli Enterprise and Tivolo IT Director
- October 9, 1998
- U.S. Department of Defense Renews Contract for Norton AntiVirus
- October 8, 1998
- Symantec Launches Innovative Program to Provide Tech Support Using pcANYWHERE's Remote Control Capabilities
- October 6, 1998
- Symantec Indicates Second Quarter Results
- October 5, 1998
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus Receives Third Virus Bulletin 100% Award
- Symantec's ACT! 4.0 Chosen 'Best Buy' by Home Computing
- September 30, 1998
- Iomega and Symantec Offer Free Norton Zip Rescue Software
- September 28, 1998
- Symantec Buys Intel's Anti-Virus Business
- September 25, 1998
- Symantec Continues to Lead U.S. Retail Software Market
- Norton Certified Services Now Available at CompUSA
- September 23, 1998
- Symantec and Platinum technology, Inc. Announce Strategic Business Alliance
- September 21, 1998
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus to be Included in All Build-to-Order CompUSA PC's
- September 18, 1998
- Symantec's Norton Your Eyes Only Named Editor's Choice and Best Buy in SC/Infosecurity News Magazine
- September 17, 1998
- Symantec Ships Norton SystemWorks with Free Bonus Pack
- September 15, 1998
- Symantec's Norton Ghost Garners High Praise from Editors, Reviewers
- September 14, 1998
- Symantec Takes Action In Uninstall Lawsuit
- Symantec Integrates State-of-the Art Heuristic Technology for Excel Viruses into Norton AntiVirus
- CompUSA Names Symantec As Software Vendor Of The Year for Third Time
- Norton Utilities for Macintosh Now PowerPC Native, HFS+ Compatible
- Symantec Launches Transition Assistance for Pressured Dr. Solomon's Customers
- September 9, 1998
- Home Office Computing Names Norton Utilities Best Buy in Head-to-Head Product Matchup
- September 1, 1998
- Symantec Ships First Telecommuting Productivity Solution
- August 31, 1998
- Symantec Releases JITspeed for Netscape Communicator and Navigator
- IONA Technologies and Symantec Deliver Dramatic Advances in Enterprise Java Development
- August 27, 1998
- 1,500 Companies Say "Give Me Norton AntiVirus"
- August 26, 1998
- IBM Rolls Out Norton AntiVirus to Worldwide Network
- August 25, 1998
- Symantec Supports OS/2 Customers with New AntiVirus Product
- August 24, 1998
- Symantec Introduces Unparalleled Small Business Solution - TalkWorks PRO 2.0
- Symantec Announces Norton SystemWorks
- Symantec Announces the Next Generation of the World's Best-Selling Fax Software Package - WinFax PRO 9.0
- Symantec Internet Tools Launches Academic Partnership Program
- Symantec Leads the U.K. and U.S. Retail Markets in Business Software Sales
- August 19, 1998
- Symantec AntiVirus Research Center Finds First Cross-Platform Java Virus
- Symantec Joins HP & American Airlines to help increase the productivity of traveling professionals
- August 17, 1998
- Symantec to Include Netcom Internet Access Service in pcTelecommute
- Symantec Promotes Dana Siebert to Executive VP; Keith Robinson to VP for the Americas
- Pilot Program offers Symantec Moble Update for Free
- August 13, 1998
- Symantec Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan
- August 12, 1998
- Symantec CEO, Gordon Eubanks, opens Beijing Office to meet demand for AntiVirus Products in PRC
- Symantec Donates $10,000 and Copies of pcANYWHERE Software to Victims of Florida Fires
- August 11, 1998
- Symantec's Norton Utilities 3.0 Wins Family PC's Top Rated Award
- August 10, 1998
- Symantec Announces New Version of Market-Leading Norton AntiVirus
- Symantec Announces Norton AntiVirus 5.0 for Windows NT Server
- Symantec's pcANYWHERE32 8.0 Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award
- Symantec is the only Major Vendor to Provide Tool to Disable CIH Virus without Rebooting
- July 29, 1998
- BEA Selects Symantec as Strategic Java Tool Partner
- July 28, 1998
- ACT! 4.0 is Overwhelmingly Preferred in Usability Testing Conducted by NSTL
- Symantec Appeals Decision in Canadian Copyright Case
- Symantec Pioneers Enterprise Rapid Application Development
- July 22, 1998
- Windows Magazine Awards Norton Mobile Essentials a Place on Prestigious Winlist
- July 21, 1998
- Symantec Ships Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange
- July 16, 1998
- Symantec Reports First Quarter Results
- Norton AntiVirus to be used by Bell Atlantic under Multi-Year Contract with Symantec
- July 15, 1998
- Symantec Protects Desktops, Servers with Launch of Norton 2000
- July 14, 1998
- Total Number of Mac Viruses Increases by 33 Percent
- July 7, 1998
- Symantec Indicates First Quarter Results
- Symantec Enters China Market with Release of it' s Norton AntiVirus Solutions
- June 30, 1998
- National Software Testing Results say Norton Mobile Essentials is a "must have" for Mobile Users
- June 29, 1998
- Symantec's Norton Web Services Simplifies Hardware, Software Updates
- June 24, 1998
- Symantec Acquires Ghost, Expanding Corporate Solutions Set
- Symantec Integrates IBM's Virus Detection Technology into Norton AntiVirus
- June 22, 1998
- Symantec's Norton Your Eyes Only Becomes Entrust Ready
- June 15, 1998
- Symantec Introduces Web-Site Management With New Visual Page Release 2.0
- June 9, 1998
- Symantec Board Authorizes Stock Buyback
- Symantec Sponsors Telecommuting Web Site
- Norton Trio Named Windows Magazine's 1998 Win 100 Award Winners
- Norton AntiVirus Wins World Class Award for Second Consecutive Year
- June 8, 1998
- Symantec Announces First Telecommuting Productivity Solution
- June 5, 1998
- Symantec's Norton CrashGuard Deluxe and Norton Web Services Trialware Bundled with CompUSA Service Protection Agreement
- Symantec's ACT! 4.0 Remains on Windows Magazine's Highly Regarded WinList
- June 2, 1998
- Symantec Reports Strong Customer Response to Anti-Virus Alliance with IBM
- June 1, 1998
- Symantec Provides First Anti-Virus Administration Solution for the Microsoft Management Console
- Symantec Provides Complete Desktop Protection in One Package
- May 26, 1998
- Symantec1s pcANYWHERE32 Named to Celebrated WinList
- Network Computing Names pcANYWHERE32 Editor's Choice Version 8.0
- Symantec Supports Microsoft Windows 98
- Milkyway Networks SecurIT Firewall to Ship with Norton AntiVirus
- May 21, 1998
- Symantec's Norton Mobile Essentials Now Available in Stores
- May 19, 1998
- IBM and Symantec to Deliver Single Family of Anti-Virus Software Products
- Symantec Earns Virus Bulletin's 100 Percent Rating for Virus Detection
- May 18, 1998
- Symantec Brings New Version of Top-Selling Macintosh AntiVirus Software into Norton Family of Products
- May 15, 1998
- Symantec and Teleadapt Help Norton Mobile Essentials Customers Connect from Anywhere
- May 13, 1998
- Symantec Offers Detection and Elimination of First Known Macintosh Worm
- May 6, 1998
- Symantec Wins Top Honors at Networld+Interop
- May 4, 1998
- Symantec Offers Four Times the Protection with Fully-Tested, Weekly
Virus Definition Updates
- Symantec Unveils a Breakthrough Solution at Networld+Interop
- Symantec Introduces the Visual Café Technology Preview Center
for 2.5 Customers
- April 28, 1998
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus Protects Secure Computing
Firewall™ for NT Users
- Symantec Consolidates Leadership of Retail Market
- April 27, 1998
- Symantec and Biztravel.com join forces to provide Norton Mobile
Essentials Customers with Worldwide Travel Information
- April 27, 1998
- Symantec and Biztravel.com join forces to provide Norton Mobile
Essentials Customers with Worldwide Travel Information
- April 23, 1998
- Symantec Announces Record Fourth Quarter - Earnings Per Share Grow 167 Percent
- April 22, 1998
- Symantec Solution '98 Explores Electronic Commerce Strategies Reseller Event Focuses on Business Models and Issues
- Symantec Partners with DIGITAL to provide Worldwide Support for Norton Mobile Essentials Customers
- April 14, 1998
- Symantec Launches One-on-One Internet Program for Technical Support
- April 13, 1998
- Symantec appoints Dave Hill as Vice President of Marketing for the Americas Region
- Symantec offers customers Beta of Norton Mobile Essentials
- April 8, 1998
- Symantec and Trend Micro Cooperate to Benefit Customers
- April 7, 1998
- Norton Utilities 3.0 Earns High Praise from Editors, Reviewers
- April 1, 1998
- Alliance between Symantec and NEC Computer Systems Division Delivers Remote Control Capabilities to All NEC Handheld PCs
- March 31, 1998
- Symantec Increases Dominance of PC Data Top Ten List
- Symantec Announces Integration between Symantec's ACT! 4.0 and Microsoft Outlook 98
- March 30, 1998
- Symantec Announces Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange Server
- March 26, 1998
- Symantec Ships Version 2.5 of Visual Café for Java
- March 24, 1998
- Symantec Announces Novell Selects Symantec Java Just in Time Compiler for Netware
- Sun Selects Symantec Just in Time (JIT) Compiler Version 3.0 to Boost the Performance of Java Implementations
- Symantec Announces Visual Café for Java Will Support Development of Java Card Applications
- Symantec Visual Café for Java™ IDE Performs Live Integration with RationalRose™ via Ensemble's Rose Visual Café Link
- Symantec Announces Visual Café for Java Supports Development of PersonalJava Applications
- March 23, 1998
- Symantec and HP Partner to Provide pcANYWHERE32 on HP Brio PCs Worldwide
- March 20, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus Wins Internet Computing's 'Net Best' Award
- Norton Utilities Named Consumers Digest "Best Buy"
- March 19, 1998
- PC World Hong Kong Readers Vote Symantec's Products as Top Choice Across Three Categories
- March 16, 1998
- ACT! 4.0 Provides Users with Complete Customer Management; Turning Contacts into Relationships and Relationships into Results
- March 9, 1998
- Symantec's pcANYWHERE32 Wins 1998 Mobility Software Product of the Year
- March 2, 1998
- Symantec Experts Address Virus Fears Online
- February 27, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus Wins PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award for Third Consecutive Year
- February 18, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus Awarded PC World's Respected "1998 Best Buy" Award
- February 17, 1998
- Symantec Announces OEM Agreement with Samsung Electronics to Supply Korean Version of Norton AntiVirus with Samsung Personal Computers
- Symantec Visual Café Wins 1998 NewMedia Magazine Hyper Award
- February 11, 1998
- Symantec and Archer Enterprise Systems to Offer Enterprise Sales Automation Solution Based on ACT!
- Symantec's Norton Utilities Wins Computerworld's IT Leader's Choice Award for Best PC/LAN Utility
- Symantec Awarded 50,000 Unit Contract by H&R Block
- February 10, 1998
- Symantec Executive Elected Consumer Products Council President
- Symantec Introduces New Trojan Horse Detection Technology; Protects Users Against Latest Password-Stealing Threat
- Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, and WinFax PRO Named to PC/Computing's Prestigious "A-List"
- February 9, 1998
- Symantec Announces Version 2.5 of Visual Café for Java Professional Development Edition
- Symantec Publishes Visual Café for Java Open API Architecture
- Symantec Visual Café for Java Wins InfoWorld's Highly Coveted 1997 Product of the Year Award
- Symantec Announces Version 2.5 of Visual Café for Java Database Development Edition
- February 6, 1998
- Norton AntiVirus for Lotus Notes Earns Coveted Award from Network Computing Magazine
- February 5, 1998
- Symantec Response to CyberMedia Lawsuit
- February 4, 1998
- PC Data Figures Show Symantec Led U.S. Corporate Market in 1997
- February 3, 1998
- Symantec Posts Detection and Repair to New XF.Paix.A Excel Virus; Nav Users Automatically Protected by Unique Capabilities of LiveUpdate
- January 26, 1998
- Symantec Dominates PC Data Top Ten Software List
- January 21, 1998
- Symantec Combats New and Unknown Boot-Sector Viruses with Exclusive Bloodhound Boot Technology
- January 20, 1998
- Symantec Announces Fifth Consecutive Record Quarter
- Microsoft Joins with Symantec to Provide Comprehensive Fax Capabilities for Microsoft Outlook '98
- Oracle and Symantec Team to Deliver Enterprise Web Solution
- January 14, 1998
- Symantec's Just-In-Time (JIT) Java Compiler 3.0 Runs Java Applets and Applications 50% Faster
- January 12, 1998
- Symantec Announces Norton Your Eyes Only Version 4.1 for Windows 95/NT
- Symantec's Norton Your Eyes Only Receives ICSA Product Certification for Cryptography
- Entrust Technologies and Symantec Corporation Provide First Comprehensive Secure Desktop Suites
- January 7, 1998
- Symantec Provides pcANYWHERE Express Internet Components
- January 6, 1998
- Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Chosen as Best AntiVirus Utility in 1997 by PC Magazine
- January 5, 1998
- Symantec Announces New Upgrade to Visual Page
- Symantec's Visual Café Macintosh Named Finalist for MacWorld/MacTech Eddy Awards
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