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April 29, 2004 Microsoft Corporation 1
Statement of Jeffrey Friedberg,Director of Windows Privacy,
Microsoft Corporation
Testimony Before the House Committee on Energy and CommerceSubcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
“Spyware: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You”
Slides For Oral Testimony
The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, email addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real
company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, places, or events is intended or should be inferred.
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Pop-Under ExploitSlides C,D,E
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“Cancel” Means “Yes”Slide F
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Faux Security Alert(really just a picture)
Slide G
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Don’t Leave Your Front Door OpenSlide H
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New Popup Blocker
Right click to get more options
Information Bar provides Notice and Choice
Slide I
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New Download Blocker
Unless download was user initiated, install prompt is
suppressed until user expresses interest
Slide J
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Improved Install Prompts
Current
New
Cannot overload text fields
Can choose “Never Install”
Slide K
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Harder to Leave Your Front Door OpenSlide L
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For More Information, Visit …
www.microsoft.com/spyware