Symantec

Symantec Corporation, founded in 1982, is a software company that specializes in computer security and antivirus software.

Symantec has been primarily known for its Norton brand of antivirus and utility software, named for software engineer Peter Norton.

Some software released by the Symantec Corporation are Norton AntiVirus, Norton Commander, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiSpam, Norton GoBack, and Norton Ghost.

Due to the recent aquisition of PowerQuest, Symantec now produces the newest versions of Partition Magic and Drive Image.

The Symantec Security Response organization (formerly Symantec Antivirus Research Center) is one of the foremost antivirus and computer security research groups in the industry.

Acquisitions

Symantec has acquired many companies which gave it the technologies that it uses to produce its current softwares. For the list of aquisitions, see Symantec Acquisitions.