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Anti-Spyware Guidelines Get Final Version

Posted by Zonk on from the we-have-an-anti-spyware-coalition? dept.

Ant wrote to mention a C|Net article reporting an agreement by The Anti-Spyware Coalition on some standard methods for identifying and combating spyware. From the article: "The Anti-Spyware Coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Symantec, Computer Associates, McAfee, AOL and Yahoo, said on Thursday that it has finalized its spyware detection guidelines. The final version takes into account public comments on a proposed version introduced in October ... The Anti-Spyware Coalition's guidelines, or risk model description, aim to provide a common way to classify spyware, based on risks a piece of software poses to consumers. They also suggest ways to handle software, based on those risk levels."

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  1. Why aren't others involved. by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh yea they make secure products.

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  2. I guess now we just have to wait.... by revery · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...agreement by The Anti-Spyware Coalition on some standard methods for identifying and combating spyware. From the article: "The Anti-Spyware Coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Symantec, Computer Associates, McAfee, AOL and Yahoo, said on Thursday that it has finalized its spyware detection guidelines.

    I guess now we just have to wait for the Spyware Coalition to agree to the demands that they write spyware to these specifications...