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Symantec has been [caught putting a simple ‘rootkit’](http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp) type feature in the latest version of SystemWorks. Though the idea was much more benevolent than Sony’s recent attempt at a rootkit, it still stinks of a growing trend of commercial products that just don’t seem trustworthy anymore.

I switched from Symantec to Trend Micro last year, but only because the SystemWorks product seemed to really slow my PC down.

[(Link)](http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp)

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