...what we heard was that AV companies can't put spyware detection in their software because spyware is not always illegally deployed; by detecting the spyware as a "virus" they are tarnishing the commercial property of a legal entity, and by removing it are likely to cause financial damage to those entities, who can then sue the AV companies for those damages.

I don't buy the arguments in the article at all. AV companies can't pursuade their customers to buy better kit? That's what marketing departments are for. Maybe there's more at work here.

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