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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. In other news, Foxes hired to guard henhouse... by wagadog · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Anti-Spyware Coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Symantec...
    This is a joke, right?
  2. Fox Guarding the Hen House by Avohir · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this is beautiful for AOL, now they can define spyware in a way that makes bundling viewpoint without notification or possibility of independant removal legal.

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