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Norton 360's metaphorical viral ad

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Taking a cue from metaphorical ads (probably the Mac vs. PC ones), Symantec's released a new viral site and ad to promote its Norton 360 computer care product (similar to Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare, combining antivirus, firewall, maintainance and backup functions in to one product) called Should We Tell Him?.



I love the metaphorical representations, 'windows protection' - clear film on the windows, 'firewall' - gas-powered wall of fire piping around the perimeter of the house, 'email scanning' - hi-tech mailbox that scans senders and checks for attached paperclips, 'backup protection' - off-site storage for his CDs and other valuables. Smart, could've injected some more humour in it, but nice work.

Watch out for the 360s planted everywhere, get them right and you can get a 30 buck discount on Norton 360. I can't, after a few run-throughs, find the remaining 2 360 clues though, that aren't part of the clues list. Stop reading here, unless you want the clues spoiler, because I'm such a nice person.

(If you're too impatient to look for them, the clues for the discount are: House, Book, Letterbox.)

UPDATE (21/4/2007): Ok, with some help from Anton below, I've managed to find the 2 remaining hidden clues. Look away now if you want to find them yourself - be prepared to get a magnifying glass out though...

Symantec's Should We Tell Him, hidden clue 1     Symantec's Should We Tell Him, hidden clue 2
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Drive:Activated tracked back:

...to win prizes. I won a PSP Value Pack and a copy of Norton 360 (with a total retail value of $480

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Anton said:

Thanks for the comments - we tried to have a bit of fun with this - there are two more  360's, unfortunately they are a bit hard to see on YouTube, but here  are a couple of hint for one  -  under T.

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Sam said:

Thanks for the hints Anton. I can 'see' them now, in fact I initially suspected the 2nd one but dismissed it because it could be anything. They are basically illegible thanks to the compression though.

I feel like an idiot though because I should've just looked through the images on the promo site!

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