The Anti-Spyware Coalition has offered a draft version of guidelines for protection against spyware programs. This includes recognition and removal of spyware.


The Anti-Spyware Coalition has offered a draft version of guidelines for protection against spyware programs. This includes recognition and removal of spyware.

The draft version of the guideline is available for public comment till 11/27. The guidelines will change as per the feedback obtained from the public and “as new behaviors and technologies emerge”.

The guidelines have been prepared because “the rating systems used to classify Spyware and other Potentially Unwanted Technologies vary between Anti-Spyware vendors”. [source]

All Anti-Spyware vendors do not follow the same procedures to identify what are spywares what are other “Potentially Unwanted Technologies” that are similar to spyware.

The members of ASC believe that anti-spyware companies should share with consumers how their tools classify spyware. This will help the users, software publishers and the anti-spyware vendors.

The users will understand how anti-spyware tools make decisions.
The software publishers will understand what may concern users.
The Anti-Spyware vendors can share information about emerging threats.

According to the coalition, this document will include the following:

“Outline the common terminology and process for classifying potentially unwanted technologies

Describe the behaviors that can lead to detection so that software vendors and users will have a better understanding of the decision-making process

Provide an overview of the approaches used to classify a software application”

To read the complete document of “Anti-Spyware Coalition Risk Model Description” click here.

To send your comments for consideration to be included in the final draft to be released in 2006 click here.

 

 

 

 

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