New ANTI SPYWARE COALITION (official list of partners)

[kamulko]

After the failure of the Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology, is born the Anti Spyware Coalition. Here you can see the Partners... I'm wrong or Google is not in the list? ...eheheh...

[polonus]

Hi Kamulko,

You know on whose initiative this new anti-spyware coalition came about? Right it was Symantec. With Aluria in  the coalition it is formed of some really strange bed-fellows. I think it has to everything to do with arriving  to a common denomination of malware, such like they tried to in the anti-virus world. Maybe they also agreed on the exclusion malware list. True it exists, see bazooka.

Greets,

polonus

[inconnu]

Still don't know quite what to make of this.  I don't entirely trust Symantec.  Or several others I see listed.  Etc. 

On the other hand, the presence of Patrick Kolla and Spybot S&D is reassuring.  As you may remember, he pulled out of COAST  spring '04 or earlier.

[polonus]

Hello inconnu,

Being also in a Dutch anti-spyware forum - knowing what I know from certain sources on the net-  this pack of wolves have some running, that definitely have cleared up their previous act. The anti-spyware business has a reputation of shadiness hanging over it. It makes a lot of people feel shy. I know there was or is a bogus HJT clone for instance, there were quarrels.  The pressure from commerce (and legit webmasters e.o.) is enormous to deal a bit on the side. Not to say there are some that stand firm and live up to standards to deliver a honourable job in clearing spy- and malware from machines.

kindest regards

polonus