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09-17-2009, 01:29 PM
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Oh, those are hysterical. I personally loathe Norton's line, which is basically a matter of repackaging what they've had every year since before the wheel was invented, but still.... 
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09-17-2009, 01:47 PM
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Cute innit?
Anyway, Norton has actually been improving some. Its current AV program is miles better than the intrusive, bumbling ones of years past. But I still can't be bothered with it.  | | |
09-17-2009, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Loki[D.d.G]  Cute innit?
Anyway, Norton has actually been improving some. Its current AV program is miles better than the intrusive, bumbling ones of years past. But I still can't be bothered with it. | It does a good job, agreed. It's just that--the last version touted the fact you would get smaller AV updates more frequently instead of larger ones once a day. This was the product's Big New Feature. And that wasn't just in their anti-virus program: it was their flagship Systemworks. They're literally **** out of ideas. Sad, really, when you consider how well thought of Norton was before the real Peter Norton sold it.
But those ads? Damn funny. Just my kind of dry, off the wall humor. Kind of reminiscent of Stan Freberg's Dragonet takeoffs. Thanks for the links!
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09-17-2009, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by fable But those ads? Damn funny. Just my kind of dry, off the wall humor. Thanks for the links! | Heh heh. Made my day too. Oh, and they should have put Chuck Norris in one of them ads too. | | |
09-17-2009, 02:23 PM
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Those are great! 
I tend to view Norton the same way I do most Microsoft products, Adobe etc.
Sure they're getting better, but they are still excessively bloated and always trying to play catch-up to far superior products that have been on the market a long time.
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09-17-2009, 02:33 PM
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Liked the ads, hate Norton, and that aint gonna change. I still haven't forgiven them for destroying PC Tools, and every utility I've seen of theirs has been crap. Oh, and they aren't exactly trustworthy when it comes to renewing licenses either!
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09-18-2009, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by fable They're literally **** out of ideas. | Perhaps some of their marketing people should apply for positions in the R&D department. At least they seem to be full of brilliant ideas.
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09-18-2009, 12:53 AM
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Heh, I got the funnies. So when is that fabled Gamebanshee commercial going to hit the masses?  | | |
09-18-2009, 06:48 AM
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watching those makes me want to eat some chicken...
dont care for norton, i'll stick with AVG, but damn, i really want some chicken now.
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09-20-2009, 08:25 AM
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I use nod32 myself, but those are pretty darn funny. Like all other commercals I won't change my product over it though.
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09-20-2009, 09:39 AM
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I use Avast! And so far it has managed to do an admirable job of protecting my chicken and caterpillar.
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09-20-2009, 10:34 AM
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Funny ads. But I haven't used Norton since their product allowed worms into my old comp. They can take a running jump over a steep cliff...
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09-20-2009, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Loki[D.d.G] I use Avast! And so far it has managed to do an admirable job of protecting my chicken and caterpillar. | It's probably just my mind....
But that sounds wrong on so many levels... 
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09-20-2009, 11:29 AM
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