Stopbadware Backed By Google, Lenovo, And Sun

Several academic institutions and major tech companies have teamed up to thwart "badware," a phrase they have coined that encompasses spyware and adware.Harvard University's Berkman Centre and the Oxford Internet Institute are leading the initiative and have received backing from Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems. The new website, StopBadware.org, is promoted as a "Neighborhood Watch" campaign