Anti-Spyware Coalition Risk Model Description
| Title: | Anti-Spyware Coalition Risk Model Description (ID: CSD4265) | | Topics: | Spyware or Adware | | Origin: | Community Contributions (2005) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The Anti-Spyware Coalition has released a definition of what constitutes spyware, as well as guidelines for dealing with spyware.
The group's definition says that spyware is an application installed without sufficient consent of the user and that interferes with the user's ability to exert control over such things as security, privacy and personal information, and system resources. Critics had cautioned that a definition of spyware would allow developers of unwanted software to simply sidestep the characteristics included in the definition, thereby legitimizing their applications. The Anti-Spyware Coalition said it understands that concern and drafted a definition with enough latitude to avoid that problem. The group also identified good practices for how organizations should identify and prevent spyware. Included in the resources is guidance on how to rate the severity of particular spyware applications. The group will accept public comments on the newly released documents until November 27 and will release final versions in early 2006. | | View this resource: | |
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