Brits with long memories may recall a particular spoof that used to run on the satirical TV show Spitting Image, lampooning the then-popular children’s phenomenon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. With typical Spitting Image subtlety, its four doppelganger heroes were called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turds - and were indeed four brown, lumpy, pointy-topped, sausage-shaped characters fond of yelling “Cowadunga!” Why is Sneak dredging up this item from the sewers of yesteryear? Because for some reason antivirus firm Grisoft appears to have resurrected the Turds, and used them as branding around its freeware product. Sneak is at a loss to understand this move. After all, Grisoft’s free tool is actually quite good. It might not be as full-featured as the paid-for product, but neither is it a crock of sh*t...

24 Jun 2005