Tag: anti spyware coalition

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• Spyware 'standards' set by security consortium

  A consortium of security and antivirus companies are working together in an attempt to establish guidelines for defining spyware and testing anti-spyware products.

• Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adware

  New coalition to name companies that sneak ads and spying programs onto computers of unsuspecting Web surfers.

• Anti-spyware guidelines get final version

  A coalition of software companies have agreed on standard methods for identifying and combating spyware, those unwelcome downloads that have plagued Internet users with pop-up ads and other annoyances.

• Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists

  Antivirus companies are considering protecting their customers from the digital rights management software used by Sony on some CDs.

• Symantec files suit to label adware

  Symantec has filed a lawsuit against a New York Internet company for the right to detect its toolbars as adware.

Features and Case Studies (2)

• Security vendor survey: Will they side with the government?

  Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.

• Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adware

  New coalition to name companies that sneak ads and spying programs onto computers of unsuspecting Web surfers.

Reviews (1)

• Microsoft Windows Defender

  Windows Defender is free and therefore should be a part of your desktop antispyware collection. Still, it's best to get a second opinion, probably from your name-brand antivirus-plus-software application.

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