Associations join together to unveil proposals for fighting the spread of spam and malware Eleven trade associations and other nonprofits representing the software and communications industries recently released a set of principles for combating the spread of malware and other viral computer programs via the Internet. The Industry Botnet Group unveiled its voluntary principles at a White House event May 30, which call on group participants to work collaboratively to combat the problem and to educate computer users about the tools available to them to stop malware, among other things. “Nearly 5 million computers around the world have been conscripted surreptitiously into… Read More