A software application from the holding company for Sears and K-Mart have the folks at StopBadware.org requesting changes to it.
Google is working harder on providing better information to webmasters and the effects are showing. The Google blog has announced that they will send detailed information in their malware notifications to webmasters. These notifications will also be sent by mail.
Sites that get flagged as possibly hazardous destinations in Google's search results will receive notifications from Google about the problem.
A group of technology companies have banded together to fight spyware and adware by publicizing offenders, under the sure-to-be-catchy monicker of the "Stop Badware Coalition".