Symantec Listed in Leaders Quadrant in Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection Systems

Toronto, ONT. - April 19, 2004 - - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world leader in Internet security, today announced that it has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant of the most recent Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS. Published April 13, 2004, Gartner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant positions vendors in the IDS market segment based on their vision and ability to execute that vision. According to Gartner, Inc., leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

"Symantec is honored to be listed in the leaders quadrant in Gartner's prestigious Magic Quadrant for IDS," said Stephen Cullen, senior vice president Security Products and Solutions, Symantec Corp. "Gartner's report confirms our commitment to delivering comprehensive intrusion protection solutions, and establishes Symantec as a clear leader in the IDS segment of the enterprise security market."

Symantec Intrusion Protection offers organizations the appropriate solution to anticipate, detect, prevent, and mitigate attacks from internal and external intruders. Elements of Symantec Intrusion Protection may include network- and host-based intrusion detection and prevention, integrated appliances, early warning services, and analysis and mitigation services. Unlike point-product security vendors that provide only a single element of this strategy, Symantec offers all of these elements for comprehensive intrusion protection that evolves with an organization's ever-changing security needs.

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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 email 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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