Comments on: Anti-spyware guidelines get final version

A coalition of software companies agree on standard methods for identifying and combating spyware.

[ben_]

But

Did the spyware and adware authors agree to only create spyware and adware within the guidelines the coalition of wishful thinkers thought up?

Only tip of the iceburg

I do not see this battle going away anytime soon. In fact this is only the beginning in an effort to standardize the approach to fight - but it will not put an end to - those annoying pop-ups...

[Roman12]

Anti-spyware

Although, I suspect spyware issues will remain as issues for a the next while, it's not about to disappear anytime soon. But the anti-spyware side is

definitely putting up a good fight. Not too long ago, there was an article on how the anti-spyware market can not keep up with the latest threats. I've seen improvements among various products since then, and these guidelines are part those improvements.
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R.K.
http://www.Remove-All-Spyware.com/

[ben_]

The anti-spyware market

It's important for the anti-spyware market to stay one step BEHIND the spyware/adware developers.

This is because it creates and reinforces the need for their anti-spyware software. If they put themselves ahead of 'the game' then spyware developers would stop, it'd be pointless ... having an 'in' that's blocked within minutes is worth $0 to them.

That's my $0.02 anyway.
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http://www.foradware.com

[G00F]

I am sure everyone is already thinking this but

Why are the people who are known for their anti-spyware and been doing it for years invited? You know, like spybot and ad-aware. Not even trend micro who bought CWShreder and has had it's own anti-spyware product is listed.

I even went to their website [ http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/ [http://antispywarecoalition.org] |http://antispywarecoalition.org] ] and couldn't find anything about the members to confirm it.

If you do not have the experts of anty-spyware involved, what good is this one? I think it means they didn't create this coalition with the benefit of the end user(me and you) in mind.