StopBadware.org Web site will be modeled on Consumer Reports WebWatch site. Site will compile a list of companies that stick computers with annoying pop-ups, spyware and other malicious code. Coalition also plans to publish a set of guidelines defining what exactly it means by “badware” Project is a “multiyear and multimillion dollar effort,” co-director John Palfrey says. “We mean to fill what we see as a gap in the fight against spyware,” he says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2119995/google–tech-companies-back-stopbadware-coalition.html