Symantec

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

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 Fighter, Symantec’s Awesome Japanese Ad Mascot, is Back

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…

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

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…

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

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…

Nokia/Symantec Stop Viruses, the Clap

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…