Last week, the web was attacked by a new rogue-antivirus application called ThinkPoint. Although there are many threats all over the Internet these days, some of them are able to cause huge problems to computer users. ThinkPoint was initially spread by cyber criminals around the 18th-19th of October. If you look for a way to fix your PC, use the following removal instructions. At the same time, the stock of one of the best known computer security companies, Symantec Corporation (NASADQ:SYMC), also began to get more attention.
Does this mean that the company sold more antivirus software because of this threat, making thus their name better known and getting more trust from consumers and investors?
If you are only investing in stocks and don’t know too much about the security in general, it is important to note that Symantec is producing the antivirus application Norton Antivirus, which is among the top 5 antivirus software. So what happened these days?[BANNER]
After the rogue ThinkPoint started to infect computers (as I have already mentioned, it was around the 18th-19th of October), the stock of Symantec went from $15.61 to $15.89 per share yesterday, a rise of $0.27. In the meantime, the trading volume remained around 7 million.
On the other hand, SYMC stock price change might have been affected by the choice of the company’s product to secure the Procurement System of the European Union. Either way, the stock keeps rising and the company does not lose its authority. Let’s see what happens as the company announces its Q4 results.
