Symantec President to Speak at Pacific Crest Technology Forum

Business Wire, August 12, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Pacific Crest Technology Forum

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC), the world leader in Internet security, today announced that John Schwarz, Symantec president and COO, will speak at the Pacific Crest Technology Forum. Schwarz's presentation is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. MT on Tuesday, August 13 at the Sonnenalp Resort in Vail, Colo.

In his speech, Schwarz will review the company's overall strategy and guidance. An audio webcast of the presentation will be available to the public until August 20, 2002. To listen to the webcast, please visit Symantec's Investor Relations web site at http://www.symantec.com/invest/index.html.> About Symantec

Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in 38 countries. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com.

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