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PRODUCT video review BAD: Norton security 360 software CD

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EDT

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Symantec Papercraft Bots: Must. Resist. Clever. Marketing.

Mark Wilson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:15:00 EDT

The only thing better than a robot may be a papercraft robot, and computer security software company Symantec clearly totally realizes this. Because to better educate the public on various malware bots that can infect their systems, Symantec has released free thematic papercraft robots. And kudos to their marketing department—they aren't covered in logos for Norton Antivirus or something. Here's a picture of their identity theft bot. Hit the link to collect all two! [Symantec via boingboing]

Norton Fighter, Symantec's Awesome Japanese Ad Mascot, is Back

dango — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:42:18 EST

You may have seen the first Japanese Norton 360 commercial featuring the Ultraman-esque Norton Fighter mascot a few months back. Now, Symantec has made what amounts to a full-length tokusatsu episode featuring the guy, and man is it great.

While the first go-round pretty much looked like a few dudes running around Tokyo with a Handycam, this new release's production value has upped considerably—complete with faux-vintage film grain look and a kickin' soundtrack. We've also got a cute maid from a maid cafe, spam puns, an evil botnet named Botlas and a stunning Akihabara nerd attack! I won't ruin the rest for you—check out part two below. My hat's off to whoever Symantec is using for this ad campaign. Bravo. Now if only their software was as svelte as the yellow-suited future ninja they have advertising it.

[via Japan Probe]

Symantec Advertises Norton 360 Antivirus in Japan With Ultraman-esque Character

Jason Chen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:33:23 EDT

We're not passing any judgment on Symantec's Japanese advertising campaign where they take an Ultraman-like character and have it beat up several black "virus" characters on the street to hype their Norton 360 product. Why? Because it's actually pretty awesome. Way more awesome than the crappy anti-virus ads we get here in the US, which lack distinct a "men on the street screwing with people" vibe. Even if it's slightly and subtly touching on Japanese racism to have a yellow-colored man beating up a bunch of black-colored men. We still approve (minus the racism part). [Norton Fighter via Japan Probe]

Today, Symantec and Intel announced Project...

Brian Lam — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:49:41 EDT

Today, Symantec and Intel announced Project Hood, which would result into security systems built natively into processors. No other info was given. [Reuters]

Symantec: Windows is Most Secure OS

Adam Frucci — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:15:00 EDT

In a report that surprises even the PC lovers around here (read: me), Symantec has listed Microsoft Windows as the most secure OS out there. They claim that Windows had the fewest number of patches and the shortest patch development time of any OS, including Mac, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX (any HP-UX fanboys in the house?).

So what in the hell is going on? We've been spoon-fed all this data that says Windows is about as secure as a screen door while Macs are perfectly safe, yet OS X came in 3rd in the report (behind Linux, which came in 2nd). At first we figured Symantec must just be really biased, as they sell PC software, but when you think about it, it's in their best interest to have people think that PCs are vulnerable so they think they need Symantec's software. And furthermore, Symantec sued Microsoft last year, so it's not like they're best buds.

Maybe it's… true? Something tells me that if this report included Internet Explorer as part of the Windows OS it would be a lot different, but for us Windows users that use Firefox it's nice to know we aren't just asking to get H4X0Red every time we go online. –Adam Frucci

Internet News [via Digg]

Nokia/Symantec Stop Viruses, the Clap

gizmodo.com — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:03:25 EDT

With the lack of a free needle exchange in the world of cellphones, all kinds of viruses are running around causing havoc. So it should come as no suprise that Nokia was all about Symantec hooking all new Nokia Series 60 phones up with anti-virus software. "Whoopty shit. Our phones don't get viruses." Motorola CEO Ed Zander has been quoted saying. Or not.

Nokia to inoculate phones with antivirus [Cnet News]