Catalyst - 7:42 pm on Feb 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

martinibuster OOOOOPPPPPS. I should have read the TOS before posting that. Sorry, I'm busted by the buster ;-)

The thing that bothers me the MOST about this is all the non-savvy surfers who are getting Norton products because they are AFRAID. They are afraid of spam, spyware, viruses and all the other web nasties so are buying the software for protection. I believe most do not even know ad blocking is on by default and that it is changing and deleting content.

Many of these people may want to buy online and may not even mind plain old banners and text links. But since the ad blocking is on by default many of them don't even know the software is the reason pages look funny and links don't work. If Norton would just turn blocking OFF as the default and also inform users right up front that the blocker could negatively affect navigation and change page content, I would not mind so much. I just think too many people are affected without their consent or knowledge of how badly Norton changes and strips content.