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Norton AntiVirus 2002 has been reported to crash when performing manual scans on files contained in certain folders. This is related to how the software handles ASCII control characters (represented by decimal values in the range of 1-31). Although unconfirmed this issue may allow a malicious file to go un-scanned, and so lead a user into a false sense of security. It should be noted that the vulnerability that is described in this BID is reported to affect manual scans only; it is not reported to affect the NAV Auto-Protect Engine.

Norton AntiVirus 2002 has been reported to crash when performing manual scans on files contained in certain folders. This is related to how the software handles ASCII control characters (represented by decimal values in the range of 1-31). Although unconfirmed this issue may allow a malicious file to go un-scanned, and so lead a user into a false sense of security. It should be noted that the vulnerability that is described in this BID is reported to affect manual scans only; it is not reported to affect the NAV Auto-Protect Engine.