Statement of Jeffrey Friedberg, Director of Windows Privacy, Microsoft Corporation

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Statement of Jeffrey Friedberg,Director of
Windows Privacy,Microsoft Corporation

• Testimony Before the House Committee on Energy
  and Commerce
• Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer
  Protection
• Spyware What You Dont 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 Exploit
Slides 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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Dont Leave Your Front Door Open
Slide H
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New Popup Blocker
Slide I
Information Bar provides Notice and Choice
Right click to get more options
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New Download Blocker
Slide J
Unless download was user initiated, install
prompt is suppressed until user expresses interest
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Improved Install Prompts
Slide K
Cannot overload text fields
New
Can choose Never Install
Current
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Harder to Leave Your Front Door Open
Slide L
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For More Information, Visit

• www.microsoft.com/spyware