[Full-disclosure] Symantec Contact?

[J. Oquendo]

>> What's really Sad is that Symantec does not have an option for the
>> general public (i.e. Independent Virus Researchers) to submit virus
>> samples .
>>
>> You have to either
>> A. Submit it through their product.
>> B. Have a Corporate Support contract.
>>
>> Guess they don't want new samples.

On the devil's advocate side, maybe they don't have it since it would be
trivial for a virus creator to flood them with bogus information. Its
easy to point a finger and say shame shame shame on you guys. You guys
blow, foobar, cry, but I've yet to have an instance where I was looking
for a point of contact at a vendor and not found one.

Most times I get the impression the (l)user on the mailing list
disclosing sends out one email knowing damn well the ratio for a
response will be low - especially when a response was sent to "abuse" or
"contact" or some other generic account. They then run along to a
mailing list(s) then cry foul "Vendor absent". Typical nowadays when
many that I've seen come and go never learning much other than how to be
a PACH. (buzzword - Point And Click Hacker).



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