Being a software developer for a large finanical company which performs a lot of testing, I understand how these problems can occur. I am sure that is wasn't malicious on Symantec's part. Mistakes will happen. I am sure that there is a developer and tester somewhere who feels like dying now because of this problem.
I am more afraid of being attacked by a malcious site than concerned of not being able to access eBay for a few hours. If your computer is attacked, you can lose personal information possibly resulting in identity theft. Also, if your computer is infected, you may have to wipe it out and lose your data. Most people don't realize how easy this can happen and why you need security software running at all times. If you were to disable security software in my company, you could probably be fired because they are so concerned about software infections and being attacked. I am grateful that Symantec Internet Security has not allowed attacks on my computer for many years.
I think Symantec should be graded on how fast they can turn this fix around. Also, I would hope that their testers add eBay checks to their automated testing so something like this doesn't occur again.
