Microsoft's free security download, Morro, only offers antimalware protection for users' PCs. But the announcement was enough to trigger falling shares for both Symantec and McAfee...

Updated 1:15 p.m. PST with Symantec comment...

Microsoft Corp's upcoming security software is not designed to take sales from Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc as it is a stripped-down, free product that focuses purely on anti-virus protection,...

A changing of the guard is on at Symantec, the largest maker of computer security software. Chief Executive John Thompson will retire after a decade in the role. Chief Operating Officer Enrique...

Credit John Thompson for having impeccable timing. Of course, the timing of his resignation announcement as chief executive officer from Symantec was purely coincidental, falling just one day b...

Symantec Monday said that Chairman and CEO John W. Thompson will retire as CEO at the end of the software company's fiscal year...

Symantec reported growth for its second quarter, but the sting of challenging economic times was reflected in a conservative Q3 forecast and declining consumer sales...

CommVault and MacAfee are jointly developing products and marketing programs to fight a common enemy, Symantec...

At this year's PartnerEngage conference in Washington D.C., Symantec partners got to party in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, see the White House and Washington Monument, and oh yeah, lis...

Symantec execs said that they were "not 100 percent sure" that the company's new channel model will include a global channel chief after VP of Global Channels Julie Parrish leaves the company...