A lawsuit filed against symantec

A lawsuit filed against Symantec Corp claims that the software maker seeks to persuade consumers to buy its products by scaring them.A lawsuit filed against Symantec Corp claims that the software maker seeks to persuade consumers to buy its products by scaring them with misleading information about the health of their computers. Symantec products, Symantec, the top maker of consumer anti-virus software, is the maker ofNorton 360,Norton Internet SecurityandNorton AntiVirus software.Sales of all Symantec's consumer products -- including PC Tools and Norton Utilities -- rose 4 per cent to $2 billion in its most-recent fiscal year.