Symantec Canadian General Manager to Speak at eBusiness World Business Security World Conference

TORONTO, Ont. - March 22, 2002 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world leader in Internet security, today announced that Michael Murphy, Canadian General Manager, will speak at the eBusiness World Business Security World Conference. Murphy's presentation is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EST on March 26, 2002 at the International Centre, Toronto.

In his speech, Murphy will address implementing a holistic approach to security management and more specifically, how to develop a multi-tier security strategy. The presentation will touch on security policy management, enterprise security best practices and blended threats.

Hosted by Softmatch, the conference aims to help corporations and governments detect, measure, evaluate and manage security risks within their organizations. Through lectures, panel sessions, case studies and live technology demos, the conference will discuss and demonstrate security techniques and products the help convey and reinforce important security concepts. Attendees include C-Level executives and business and government executives, managers and planners who must address the management of security risks for people, property and information systems. For more information, please visit www.softmatch.com.

About Symantec
Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in 38 countries. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com.

Symantec's Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver. For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, contact the Canadian office at (416) 441-3676 or access Symantec's Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST).

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