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Beijing To Bar Symantec, Kaspersky Anti-Virus In Procurement: Report


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An employee works near screens in the virus lab at the headquarters of Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Labs in MoscowBy Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - China has excluded U.S.-based Symantec Corp and Russia's Kaspersky Lab from a list of approved anti-virus software vendors, according to a Chinese media report suggesting Beijing is expanding efforts to limit use of foreign technology. The state-controlled People's Daily reported the news early Sunday on its English Twitter feed, saying that the government's procurement agency "has excluded Symantec & Kaspersky" from a list of security software suppliers. A second tweet said that government procurement office had approved the use five anti-virus software brands, all from China: Qihoo 360 Technology Co , Venustech, CAJinchen, Beijing Jiangmin and Rising.




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