ig Yellow has done an about-face in light of new analysis that confirms users of its pcAnywhere software may be at risk to attack due to the disclosure of source code.

Symantec is advising users of its pcAnywhere remote access product to disable the software if they don’t absolutely need it.

The warning comes amid confirmation by the security giant that hackers, believed to be affiliated with the Anonymous hacktivist collective, accessed a portion of the company’s source code dating back to 2006, according to anote on Symantec’s website. The code was related to the 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks and pcAnywhere.

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