And as networks became predominant in the ’90s, viruses began to spread over the wire instead of through dirty diskettes. As PCs invaded the workplace, so did viruses. File storage, system optimization, disk cleaning, data erasure, backup and recovery, and anti-virus made up bundles sold by software companies that primarily addressed the consumer market. The original anti-virus vendors grew from companies that provided a variety of utilities for the nascent PC industry. The 1980s were a time when viruses were transferred from machine to machine via floppy disks. Much of the following is excerpted from my recent publication, Security Yearbook 2020.Īnti-virus products predated the internet.
Let’s look at Symantec’s history and it’s place in the cybersecurity industry eco-system.
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