Norton Internet Security Screws Us

Alphawolf · 2004-03-10, 01:19 AM

After an unrelated incident with this friggin' software I decided to download Norton Internet Security 2004 Trial for myself.

http://nct.symantecstore.com/fulfill/0001.109

I installed with defaults as most surfers probably will.

Not that this will be a surprise to many of you, but everyone's sites look different while running this.

Nearly all banner ads are stripped:

http://www.silkyerotica.com/tmp/gg&j.jpg

I decided to see how Norton decides what to strip:

http://www.silkyerotica.com/tmp/blocked.jpg

I went though a bunch of the blocked ads and looked at the reasons. They range from flagged keywords within the URL like 'banner', 'sponsor', 'sponsors', adclick' and even typical banner size was a sole reason to remove stuff.

This software is being used pretty heavily and I think it will become used even more in the future.

All of my ads were stripped because I keep the images in a folder named 'sponsors'. so any image that linked to that folder was removed. |pissed|

It may be worth it to download a copy of this thing to see why it strips your banners and make some adjustments.

Text links seem safe. I went to link-o-rama and GG's top tables with images inside had the images removed and overall it looked well, very bannerless...but the text links within the boxes remained.

I think to be proactive I'll be putting descriptive text links under all my banners from now on!

Hope this helps someone out...

2004-03-10, 01:19 AM	#1
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	Norton Internet Security Screws Us After an unrelated incident with this friggin' software I decided to download Norton Internet Security 2004 Trial for myself. http://nct.symantecstore.com/fulfill/0001.109 I installed with defaults as most surfers probably will. Not that this will be a surprise to many of you, but everyone's sites look different while running this. Nearly all banner ads are stripped: http://www.silkyerotica.com/tmp/gg&j.jpg I decided to see how Norton decides what to strip: http://www.silkyerotica.com/tmp/blocked.jpg I went though a bunch of the blocked ads and looked at the reasons. They range from flagged keywords within the URL like 'banner', 'sponsor', 'sponsors', adclick' and even typical banner size was a sole reason to remove stuff. This software is being used pretty heavily and I think it will become used even more in the future. All of my ads were stripped because I keep the images in a folder named 'sponsors'. so any image that linked to that folder was removed. \|pissed\| It may be worth it to download a copy of this thing to see why it strips your banners and make some adjustments. Text links seem safe. I went to link-o-rama and GG's top tables with images inside had the images removed and overall it looked well, very bannerless...but the text links within the boxes remained. I think to be proactive I'll be putting descriptive text links under all my banners from now on! Hope this helps someone out... __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!