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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.02


                                                                January 31, 2000


Mr. Ron Moritz
3757 Starr King Circle
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Dear Ron,

On behalf of Symantec Corporation, I am pleased to offer you employment as Vice
President and Chief Technical Officer. In this position you will report directly
to John Thompson, CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. This
position will be located in our Cupertino offices. Your starting base salary
will be $240,000 annually, and you will be eligible for an annual focal review.
At this rate of compensation, you would be eligible, at 100% of company and
individual performance, to an additional 60% of annual base salary, which would
bring your total target annual cash to $384,000. Symantec will also reimburse
you or your current employer, upon production of proper documentation, up to
$17,000 of moving expenses currently owed to your former employer.

Symantec will pay you a one-time hire-on bonus in the amount of $15,000 net
(less withholding allowances) payable within thirty (30) days after you begin
employment with us. If you voluntarily terminate employment with Symantec prior
to completing one year of service, you will be required to reimburse Symantec a
prorated share of the total hire-on bonus.

You also will be entitled to Tax preparation service and Non-qualified deferred
compensation plan (NQDCP).

As a member of Symantec's Executive Staff, you will be eligible to participate
in a wide variety of Executive Staff benefit plans including the Executive Staff
Variable Compensation Plan, 423 Stock Purchase Plan, matching 401(k) savings and
investment plan, health insurance and many other benefits.

We will recommend to the Board of Directors that you be granted an option to
purchase 50,000 shares of Symantec's common stock under our 1996 Stock Option
Plan. The price of the stock will be the closing price of the Company's Common
Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on the last trading day prior to the option
grant date, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. The option will vest over a
four-year period starting from your date of hire, at the rate of 25% of the
option at the end of your first year of employment and on a monthly basis
thereafter.

Attached is an Employment Agreement that must be signed and returned with your
signed offer letter. This Agreement must be signed before you start work at
Symantec. It requires that you hold in confidence any proprietary information
received as an employee of Symantec and to assign to us any inventions that you
make while employed by Symantec. We wish to impress upon you that we do not wish
you to bring with you any confidential or proprietary material of any former
employer or to violate any other obligation to your former employers, and that
the Agreement that you will be asked to sign contains a representation by you
that you have not brought nor will you use any such material at Symantec.

This letter does not constitute a contract of employment for any specific period
of time but will create an "employment at will" relationship. This means that
the employment relationship may be terminated by either party for any reason at
any time. Any statements or representation to the contrary (and, indeed any
statements contradicting any provisions of this letter) should be regarded by
you as ineffective. Participation in any of Symantec's stock option or benefit
programs is not to be regarded as assurance of continued employment for any
particular period of time.


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Please note that to comply with regulations adopted in the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), we require that you present documentation
demonstrating that you have the authorization to work in the United States on
your first working day. If you have any questions about this requirement, which
applies to U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens alike, please contact me.

Please confirm your acceptance of this offer by signing this letter in the space
indicated and returning it to my attention in the enclosed envelope and faxing
your acceptance to fax no. (408) 864-2485.

Ron, I believe that Symantec will continue to be a leading force in the software
industry and I sincerely hope that you will accept this offer and join us in
building the future. I know that you would be a great addition to the team!

Sincerely,



John W. Thompson
CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors




I accept the offer of employment stated in this letter, and expect to commence
employment on  _______________, 2000.


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