the point i was getting at is why dose avast have to flag a legit program just because it has a optional toolbar install. i contacted the boys at divx and no divx is not spyware. they said that avast is falsely identifying it as such because of its optional yahoo toolbar wish they pointed out to me that thousands of users use each day. so weather it be spyware i don't care i personally don't use toolbars but the fact remains is its a false positive and should be removed from detections. anyhow weather avast choses to remove this is up to them i have no problem now that the update is installed and working. it no-longer detects this as its not installed.
The problem being, avast doesn't know if you are going to choose that option and since it is a signature based detection it is going to hiccup when it finds that signature, no matter where it is.
You say the fact remains it is a false positive, well that isn't a fact.
What I would like to know is why a divx installer needs with the yahoo toolbar in the first place. My suggested answer is money, as they would be getting a referral/affiliate fee for each time someone chooses to install the toolbar. Why would they get paid because the information gathered is valuable to the toolbar's owner yahoo.
