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ps. What is meant by 'AV tool' I thought 'ad aware' was the one to use. I could possibly get into writing a sever side equivelent. I'd need to know what I was looking for tho. I can code but I know nothing about 'Active X' (yet). If this was for the GPWA I could certainly look into it with the help of a few others.
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Sorry proper, I didn't catch that edit at first.
I meant Anti-Virus programs, such as McAffee and Norton Antivirus SHOULD have scumware classified as a virus and build into their virus definitions. If they did, these scumware applications wouldn't be nearly the problem they are now, as I'd imagine the number of internet users who run some sort of AV software is the majority these days. Compare that to ad-aware, which 99% of Internet users probably haven't heard of.
Why they don't I'm not sure, but I'd imagine until there's some sort of outcry they're rather avoid potential legalities and leave it alone.
I'm glad there's an ad-aware, but it's one more thing that your average user won't care about or bother with. If we could get just one AV company to include scumware for removal, they could get a lot of support from webmasters and use it to market their product ('removes ALL virii including scumware!'). Of course, if that becomes a good selling point, everyone will follow suit shortly after; and we'd have something people use already working for us.