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Article: Industry looks to tackle spyware.(Anti-Spyware Coalition)
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- Network World
- Article date:
- July 18, 2005
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The Anti-Spyware Coalition, a group of IT companies and public interest groups, hopes to succeed where a previous vendor
organization failed in tackling the global problem of spyware. The ASC released a draft definition of spyware last week that
it hopes will promote public comment and ultimately result in users becoming better educated about the dangers of spyware.
The Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors (COAST), initially drawn from companies that sell security software, fell
apart in February after a failed 16-month effort to coordinate its members' conflicting goals and an ongoing debate over admitting
companies ...