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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. Re:Important work! by hobbesx · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe that 'classification' in this case is being used in the sense of sorting and labeling by property, rather than detect and identify.

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  2. Re:No its not a joke by Afrosheen · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wonder what versions of NAV do this. I've used both versions 8 and 10 of NAV Corporate on many machines and have never once seen NAV identify Spybot S&D as spyware, malware, or anything else. It even skips past Ardamax Keylogger.

  3. Full list of Members by Blazeix · · Score: 2, Informative
    From there website, here is a list of members of the AntiSpyware Coalition
    • Aluria, a division of Earthlink
    • AOL
    • Blue Coat Systems
    • Canadian Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
    • Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
    • Center for Democracy & Technology
    • CNET Download.com
    • Computer Associates
    • Cyber Security Industry Alliance
    • Dell, Inc.
    • Eset
    • F-Secure Corporation
    • Grisoft
    • HP
    • ICSA Labs
    • Internet Education Foundation
    • LANDesk
    • Lavasoft
    • McAfee Inc.
    • Mi5 Networks
    • Microsoft
    • National Center for Victims of Crime
    • National Cyber Security Alliance
    • National Network to End Domestic Violence
    • Panda Software
    • PC Tools
    • Safer-Networking Ltd.
    • Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall,
    • UC Berkeley School of Law
    • Sophos
    • SurfControl
    • Symantec
    • Tenebril
    • Trend Micro
    • Webroot Software
    • Websense
    • Yahoo! Inc.
  4. Re:Terrorism by hoggoth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sheesh. At least SOMEONE got the analogy.

    Moderator: Um... This says terrorism; Um... The article says spyware; Um... Buzzwords don't match; Um... Must be offtopic.

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