"Symantec confesses to using rootkit technology"

"We're just getting over the Sony DRM rootkit ruckus and now we have a security company hiding software components from Windows APIs with rootkit technology. News.com reports that Symantec Corp.'s spokesperson admitted to using this rootkit type feature in Norton SystemWorks to hide a directory so customers wouldn't accidentally delete files. "

.....and the band played on......

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/index.php?p=747