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company profile
Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content
and network security software and appliance solutions to enterprises, individuals 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. Head-
quartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in 38 countries. For more
information, please visit www.symantec.com.
Symantec, the Symantec logo, LiveUpdate and Norton AntiVirus are U.S. registered trademarks of Symantec
Corporation. Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Client Security,
Symantec Gateway Security, Symantec Firewall/VPN, Symantec Intruder Alert, Symantec Managed Security Services,
Symantec Security Response, and Symantec Web Security are trademarks of Symantec Corporation. Other brands
and products are trademarks of their respective holder/s.
© 2002 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. 10026855
forward-looking statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking state-
ments of this report. Such risk factors include, among others: the sustainability of recent
growth rates, particularly in consumer products; the anticipation of the growth of certain mar-
ket segments, particularly enterprise security; the positioning of Symantec’s products in those
segments; the competitive environment in the software industry; general market conditions,
fluctuations in currency exchange rates, changes to operating systems and product strategy
by vendors of operating systems; acquisition risks; and whether Symantec can successfully
develop new products and the degree to which these gain market acceptance. These and other
risks are detailed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
Symantec’s Form 10-K for the period ended March 31, 2002. Symantec assumes no obliga-
tion to update any forward-looking information contained in this report except as otherwise
required by law.