I am trying to install Sniper Spy on my computer.

[CrimsonGrave]

My mother is worried about what it is that I do on my computer (Among other things), so to allay her fears (if it can be called that) I have agreed to install Sniper Spy on my computer for a period of three months.
But Avast is not letting me do that.

As strange as this may sound, how can I make Avast allow Sniper Spy to install and run on my computer?

[Pondus]

and what does avast say about Sniper spy ?

[Pondus]

the easy way of parent controll is openDNS ....no install ....you sett it in the router
you then have a daschboard where you can deside the access level .....and depending on what version  (free or pay)  you have access to logs thet show where the kids have been

http://www.opendns.com/

[CrimsonGrave]

First, Avast says that it is Malware-Gen.

Second, I honestly wish my mother had spoken to me (So that I may have looked at another way) before she bought Sniper Spy.....

[Pondus]

can you upload and test it at  www.virustotal.com    max32mb    post the scan link here
or metascan-online.com  max40mb

[CrimsonGrave]

I have placed the file in VirusTotal.com, but it keeps getting a message telling me that the analysis failed.

This is Copy & Pasted, the small amount of information available before that message is presented.

SHA256:   437d28b6f87385aad4ae8ac3a2b322a33ebc1cddc69990e7607e283b311dd1fa
SHA1:   bd916631050a6696e5b19043947200a086c0f303
MD5:   89e178b488e0125a4d79d55fa5f0a0fb
File size:   100.7 KB ( 103088 bytes )
File name:   SniperSpy.exe
Detection ratio:   0 / 0

[polonus]

That file is malware, while avast classifies it as PUP. So it is riskware if you did not install it intentionally on a computer or it landed there via a third party.
See an scan for an earlier version of that executable: https://www.virustotal.com/file/c0a7ae88db947e484f669647d604f4f9d195c57efd167c62aa901b0d19d0ec04/analysis/#additional-info

polonus

[Pondus]

I have placed the file in VirusTotal.com, but it keeps getting a message telling me that the analysis failed.

could you try metascan-online.com or jotti.org

[henson]

First, Avast says that it is Malware-Gen.

Second, I honestly wish my mother had spoken to me (So that I may have looked at another way) before she bought Sniper Spy.....

You can try to disable avast when installing the spy software on your computer, another way try some undetectable spyware.

[mchain]

You can try to disable avast when installing the spy software on your computer, another way try some undetectable spyware.

You may mean well, but I think this to be bad advice. 

Why have an a/v if one ignores what the program alerts to?  No loss to offer this as it is not your system tho, so any dire consequences would only affect that user following that advice, not you.

If the user has imaging software installed, then he/she should be okay when recovered, but, we do not know if that is the case.

You might want to rethink what you posted.