false positives

  1. How to Add Exclusions in Windows Security: A Complete Guide

    Let’s face it, we’ve all been there—a trusted app flagged as a malicious entity by Windows Security. It’s a nuisance, but that’s where exclusions come in handy. Microsoft makes it relatively straightforward for users to tell their system, “Hey, this file, folder, or process is in the clear, so...
  2. ExplorerPatcher Update: Enhancements and Challenges in Windows 11 Customization

    ExplorerPatcher, a beloved UI customization tool within the Windows 11 enthusiast community, has rolled out a significant update that promises to enhance user experience and address critical issues faced by its user base. This latest release underscores the ongoing tug-of-war between third-party...
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    Fraudulent IP connections to my exchange server? False positive or?

    Hello dear friends. I wanted to ask you about some logs that from my exchange server which i catch with qradar. They are all with qid: 5000830 or eventid:4624 which is a successful login to a server or anything. I use a rule which tells me if someone logs in to the exchange server from an...
  4. Following Spamhaus DDoS Attack, Action Taken. We Seek Your Feedback!

    Hello everyone, Tonight, we implemented CloudFlare, which uses its own content delivery network and content processing. Were the site to go down, content would continue to be available for a number of days, even if our servers that process that data goes down. This is not the first time that we...
  5. The leak check in Application Verifier may generate false positives in Windows 7, in Windows Server

    Describes a problem in the leak check tool in Application Verifier in which false-positive results are constantly generrated when a well-behaved driver is being tested and Application Verifier is enabled. Link Removed
  6. Windows 7 Avira going nuts!

    First, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this one but since Avira's website offers absolutely no help at all, I'm going to try. After yesterday's update (03-31), Avira started scanning as usual. This time however, it started giving an extreme ammount of virus report. Basicly, it...
  7. Windows 7 Avast update fixes false positives

    INSECURITY OUTFIT Avast yesterday released an update that caused its antivirus software to report scores of clean, legitimate software programs as being riddled with malware. According to a blog post by the company, the bad false positive issue came about following an update sent out around...
  8. Windows 7 Free Anti-Virus .vs. Purchased Anti-Virus

    Are there any risks using the free products versus the purchased products? I have used a variety of the free products and each has produced some false positives. Not sure of they have missed any viruses or not.
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    Windows 7 Advanced System Care

    I was wondering what others have experinced with this. The first time I ran it under Win 7 7127, it found 78 System Optimisations, and 6350 Security Defense isuses;!! Even if half of them are false positievs, that is unbeleiveable! :eek: