PcAnywhere, originally a product of Peter Norton Computing, is a tool that gives enterprise users remote access to their PCs. It is sold individually or bundled in Altiris Client Management Suite, Altiris IT Management Suite versions 7.0 or later, and...

With a patch now available, products that will require updating include all supported versions of pcAnywhere, as well as versions of pcAnywhere that ship as part of the Altiris IT Management Suite (7.x) and the Altiris Client Management Suite (7.x). ...

At the worst, the company warned, malicious users with access to the source code could have built new exploits for man-in-the-middle attacks, which can expose authentication and session information. The pcAnywhere software is either sold individually...

Butterfield joined Symantec through the company’s acquisition of Altiris in April 2007. At Altiris, he most recently served as chairman of the board, president and CEO. Butterfield has more than 23 years of executive-level experience in the software...

The simple-to-use program is especially designed to allow IT professionals to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot systems remotely. The Altiris Deployment Solution supports the operating systems that businesses use the most, including Microsoft and Linux. ...

Only the latter software contained vulnerabilities exposed as a result of the theft. PcAnywhere enables someone to remotely manage another computer. The discovered vulnerabilities affect the latest and older versions of the software, which was also...