ASC anti-spyware releases
p2pnet.net News:- A comprehensive set of guidelines to identify spyware has been released by the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), which also released Conflict Identification and Resolution Process establishing a routine methodology for resolving software conflict between anti-spyware tools.
""The underlying goal of everyone involved in the Anti-Spyware Coalition is to make the Internet experience safer, more productive and more enjoyable," says David Fewer, staff counsel for CIPPIC (Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic), one of the ASC’s Canadian members.
Best Practices: Factors for Use in the Evaluation of Potentially Unwanted Technologies details the process through which anti-spyware companies review software applications identifying behaviors which raise red flags, as well as behaviors that help to mitigate concerns by providing real value to users.
It relies heavily on the ASC’s own spyware "definitions" document and its Risk-Model Description, which helped to establish a common understanding of spyware and how it is classified, says the organization.
Conflict Identification highlights possible ways in which anti-spyware tools may conflict with one another and offers clear steps to resolve those conflicts, says the ASC. "In addition to allowing for better, more structured interactions between developers, the resolution process will also provide a level of transparency to consumers who may be affected by such conflicts," says the ASC, adding that it’ll hold an official public comment period for the next month."
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The ASC was founded in 2005 to educate users, establish a community for anti-spyware advocates and collaborate to improve the usefulness of anti-spyware technologies. It’s made up of anti-spyware software companies, academics, and consumer groups.
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