Last Tuesday, a series of emails that appear to be between Yamatough and a Symantec employee were posted on the site pastebin.com. The emails reveal back-and-forth over how to arrange a $50,000 payment in exchange for the hacker's promise not to release its source code. Symantec said the negotiations took place after the company contacted authorities about the extortion attempt. The emails are "part of the technical investigation into all these types of incidents," he added, noting that the company can't disclose law enforcement involvement while an investigation is ongoing. The company is urging any users of its pcAnywhere product to immediately apply security patches. "Of these four products, only pcAnywhere is still for sale," Paden wrote. "All have been superseded and discontinued -- or, in the case of Norton Internet Security, it has been completely, entirely re-architected." Symantec said the source code, which was stolen in 2006, affected four products: Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition, Norton SystemWorks, Norton Internet Security and pcAnywhere. The source code is from Symantec's pcAnywhere product, which allows users to log in and control computers at home or work remotely. Access to the code could give hackers theoretical insight into ways to grab hold of computers using the software. Symantec said it has updated the affected products with new code since 2006. Even so, the company said it has contacted customers in recent weeks to encourage them to apply software updates that address known security issues. The hacker, going by the name Yamatough, released a code file to controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay (Tuesday), just as Symantec revealed that ransom negotiations with the hacker were faked by law enforcement posing as Symantec employees. The source code was released after fake ransom negotiations failed, according to the company. Related theme Articles: Checklist for online marketing: 37 ways to promote your website Checklist for online marketing: 37 ways to promote your website Promote Your Website To Make Your Bottom Line? WordPress for Small Business Website January 16, 2012, by Eric Leave Comments Those millions on facebook? Some may not actually visit