Anti-Spyware Coalition
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The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) is a group dedicated to building a consensus about definitions and best practices in the debate surrounding spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies.
Composed of anti-spyware software companies, academics, and consumer groups, the ASC seeks to bring together a diverse array of perspective on the problem of controlling spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies.
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[edit] History
Formed in 2005, The ASC filled the void left by the dissolution of the Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors (COAST) which broke up over internal dissent.[1] The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a non-profit public policy organization, spearheaded the movement in April 2005 when Ari Schwartz called together the initial group of Anti-Spyware companies.
The group gathered momentum by adding more members and started to build consensus by authoring a series of documents within the coalition, and then soliciting feedback from the community at large. The first set of documents consisted of a definition of Spyware (and potentially unwanted technologies) and a vendor dispute resolution process. This was followed by a "Risk Model" that provides Anti-Spyware vendors with a framework for classifying software. Most recently, in March 2007 the ASC published their public final draft of their long awaited Best Practices document.
[edit] Members
As of March, 2007, the ASC members are:
- Aluria Software, an Earthlink company
- AhnLab
- AOL
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
- Bit9
- Blue Coat Systems
- Canadian Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
- US Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- CNET Networks
- Computer Associates
- Dell, Inc.
- Eset
- F-Secure
- Grisoft
- HP
- ICSA Labs
- Internet Education Foundation
- ISS
- Lavasoft
- McAfee
- Mi5 Networks
- Microsoft
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- National Cyber Security Alliance
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- Panda Software
- PC Tools
- Radialpoint
- Safer-Networking Ltd.
- Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall
- UC Berkeley School of Law
- Sana Security
- Shavlik Technologies
- Sophos
- Spamhaus
- Sunbelt Software
- SurfControl
- Symantec
- Tenebril
- Trend Micro
- Webroot Software
- Websense
- Yahoo! Inc.
[edit] References
- ^ Cowley, Stacy, "Coast antispyware consortium falls apart", IDG News Service, http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/08/HNcoastfallsapart_1.html February 8,2005
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