Five major anti-virus and security companies this week announced a collaboration effort aimed at fighting spyware, promising to share detection, testing and methodology for the benefit of consumers. McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thompson agreed to create standardized identification and testing for spyware, including common standard samples, in response to the increasing difficulty in identifying and categorizing the malicious software.
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Security Firms Collaborate to Fight Spyware
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 31, 2006 01:13 PMFive major anti-virus and security companies this week announced a collaboration effort aimed at fighting spyware, promising to share detection, testing and methodology for the benefit of consumers. McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thompson agreed to create standardized identification and testing for spyware, including common standard samples, in response to the increasing difficulty in identifying and categorizing the malicious software.