Anti-Spyware Coalition’s recently-released “best practices” documents
For security vendors, one of the toughest aspects of fighting spyware has been trying to distinguish sinister software from legitimate programs. The Washington-based Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) was founded in 2005 to deal with that problem and build a consensus on the definitions and best practices surrounding spyware and other potentially unwanted programs. The organization finalized its best practices documents for the antispyware community earlier this month, saying the content is a critical tool to help consumers and software developers identify unwanted software. The first of the two documents is “Best Practices: Guidelines to Consider in the Evaluation of Potentially Unwanted Technologies,” detailing the process by which antispyware companies should review software applications for potentially insidious behavior. It relies heavily on the ASC’s own spyware definitions document and its risk model description.
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