This also posted in the spyware forum but as there's people not going there and this is serious enough to take notice:

A serious security leak has been discovered in various version of Norton Antivirus.
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187

This allows anyone with the right skills to take total control over your computer.
All users should install the patch from Symantec ASAP or switch to another product.

Switching is a really good idea, I believe.

But then, I have a severe dislike for Norton products


By the way, please do not cross post topics.