On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:55:26 GMT, null@zilch.com wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:52:56 -0400, siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com>
>wrote:
>
>>http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/expanded_threats/adware/
>>http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/expanded_threats/dialers/
>
>KAV and McAfee have been doing this for quite awhile now. Besides
>Trojans and backdoors, some av vendors are obviously spreading out
>into all kinds of controversial-ware. The designation anti _virus_ is
>way out of date. These vendors produce anti-malware products.

Good comments, thanks. Anti-malware, you may have coined a phrase there.


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siljaline

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