Gen Digital (GEN) 10-K 2010 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.01

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Symantec Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-60141, 33-64507, 333-07223, 333-18353, 333-18355, 333-39175, 333-71021, 333-71023, 333-31526, 333-31540, 333-31632, 333-47648, 333-52200, 333-56874, 333-64174, 333-81146, 333-102096, 333-106173, 333-116547, 333-117176, 333-119872, 333-126403, 333-140252, 333-141986, 333-148107, and 333-155266) and Form S-3 (Nos. 33-82012, 33-63513, 333-77072, 333-127958, 333-127959, and 333-139230) of Symantec Corporation, of our reports dated May 21, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Symantec Corporation and subsidiaries as of April 2, 2010 and April 3, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended April 2, 2010, and the related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of April 2, 2010, which reports appear in this annual report on Form 10-K of Symantec Corporation.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, effective April 4, 2009, Symantec Corporation changed its method of accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) by retrospectively adopting new accounting requirements issues by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California

May 21, 2010