Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center, Consumers Union WebWatch, and Oxford University with internet giant Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems have teamed up in an effort to fight Badwares, their own term for either spyware, adware or malware roaming around the internet.
According to their site, www.StopBadware.org is a “Neighborhood Watch” campaign aimed at fighting badware. Seeking and providing reliable information about downloadable applications so that users will be more informed about what they download on their computers.
The site comes in a complete package including a webblog, FAQ, reports, and a way for users to submit their own story about Badwares.
