Ohmygosh!
Hate Ads?   Norton Internet Security to the Rescue!?!
Who'd a thunk a firewall would be set by default to screen advertising?
– by Stephen Mahaney

If you hate ads, then you'll be delighted to know that Norton Personal Firewall / Internet Security 2004 (NPFW/IS2004) comes shipped with an ad-blocking feature – with the default set to ON!

Now, isn't that thoughtful?   No longer will your customers need to worry about clicking your money links when they frequent your site. When they read descriptions for certain products and services you're offering they'll ponder those missing links because, (drum roll, please) Ta Daaaaa, Norton has nuked em! ...yep, wipes them entirely from the source code being displayed by your browser.

Ohmygosh!

Of course, by now, you should be asking yourself...

• Will that cut into my affiliate sales? ...uh, yeah.

• Does it nuke my display ads? ...yep, like they were never there.

• Banners? ...those too, gone.

• What about Google AdWords? ...renders them unclickable.

• MSN Featured Sites? ...same, unclickable.

Like I said, if you hate ads, you'll love Symantec's NPFW/IS2004. Of course, if you're an advertiser, an affiliate, or just about any other online business that relies on the myriad forms of advertising, your income stream could be in big trouble.

In case you don't already know, Symantec almost has a LOCK on the internet security business via their Norton Anti-Virus Protection niche. And now,