Antivirus Vendors Collaborate on Spyware Fight
A group of security vendors has announced an agreement under which they will work together to establish industry standards for identifying and evaluating antispyware products.
The group, which includes McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs, and Thompson Cyber Security Labs, wants to create standard metrics and common samples of spyware programs that third-party testers can use when evaluating antispyware tools.
The goal is to make it easier for companies to compare and evaluate antispyware products at a time of considerable market confusion over various offerings said David Cole, director of Symantec’s security response group. “In the antivirus space, there are several well-known testing bodies and testers who follow standards and well-thought-through methodologies” for evaluating products, he said.