Anti-Spyware Coalition Summary of Comments and ASC Response on the …

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Anti-Spyware Coalition
Summary of Comments and ASC Response on the October 27, 2005
Draft of the ASC Risk Model Description
Summary
The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) received over 100 comments from the public during
the 30-day comment period for the first draft of its Risk Model Description document.
The ASC is grateful to the many organizations and individuals that participated in the
public comment process. The coalition incorporated many of the suggestions offered by
public into the final Risk Model Description Working Report.
The substantive comments on the description generally fell into four categories: 1) those
praising the ASC for creating a Risk Model Description; 2) those offering general
criticisms suggesting that the very existence of a Risk Model Description with differing
risk levels is counter-productive to protecting users; 3) those offering general criticisms
suggesting that the ASC has not gone far enough in providing specific guidance for antispyware
vendors; and 4) those offering specific suggestions to improve the Risk Model
Description.
None of the broadly critical comments offered other suggestions for other means to
achieve the main goal of the Risk Model Description: making the decisions of antispyware
vendors more transparent while continuing to provide…