The Security Mentor

Norton Systemworks has been modifying Windows to stop Windows from being able to see one of the Systemworks directories. Their intentions seem to have been good, with the feature being aimed at keeping anyone/anything from accidentally modifying the directory. It was still a bad idea because writers of malicious software would have been able to hide their poison underneath the same cloak of invisibility.

Publisher Symantec has already released a change that removes this misfeature.

The security researcher who unearthed the Sony scandal, Mark Russinovitch, found this one too. He looked at it and concluded it's nowhere near as bad:

"In Sony's case, it was meant as a benefit to Sony. In Symantec's case, they really believed it was a benefit to the consumer. I don't see the benefit but I think they had good intentions. They did the right thing by making this change"

Install the update.