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Microsoft security update flags Google.com for malware

...on the Microsoft Forefront forum. "I'm almost sure this is a false positive." Users in countries including the US, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft tweaks antivirus after Chrome blocking

Both Microsoft and Google have updated software after Microsoft security programs falsely identified the Chrome browser as a Zeus banking Trojan Read more

3 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner
A New Analysis of the <endeca_term>False Positive</endeca_term> Rate of a Bloom Filter

A New Analysis of the False Positive Rate of a Bloom Filter

...testing an object for set membership, a Bloom filter may give a false positive. The analysis of the false positive rate is a key to... Read more

3 August, 2010
Minimize the <endeca_term>False Positive</endeca_term> Rate in a Database Intrusion Detection System

Minimize the False Positive Rate in a Database Intrusion Detection System

A Database Intrusion Detection System (DIDS) is used to detect potential violations in database security. DIDS follows... Read more

1 October, 2011
Hybrid Fuzzy Based Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Local Area Networks

Hybrid Fuzzy Based Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Local Area Networks

...based intrusion detection in a wireless network is the high rate of false positive. This can be solved by a designing a hybrid intrusion detection... Read more

30 May, 2011
Luxand Blink 2.4

Luxand Blink 2.4

...just perfectly, providing the benefit of few false negatives and nearly impossible false positive recognitions Read more

8 February, 2012

Microsoft tool may be removing Chrome

...removing Chrome from Windows machines, according to complaints on user forums. The false positive in Microsoft's security tool may be identifying Chrome as a... Read more

30 September, 2011
EMP Enterprise Anti-Spam Filter 7.0

EMP Enterprise Anti-Spam Filter 7.0

...The use of contextual patterns results in high success and extremely low false-positive rates as well as catching cloaked spam other products can't... Read more

2 June, 2011

Which passwords do I need to change?

...t have a trojan in, but it does show up as a false positive in some antivirus software ). This will give you a handy list... Read more

14 December, 2010

Cloudmark DesktopOne Pro

...will keep scanning your accounts using only minimal system resources. Unblocking a false positive using the Outlook 2010 toolbar DesktopOne can be found in the... Read more

13 August, 2010
Saint Andrew's NoVirusThanks Scanner 1.0

Saint Andrew's NoVirusThanks Scanner 1.0

...it to the scanner and it can check if it's a false positive or really a threat Read more

4 May, 2012
iLightningCam Lite - real-time lightning photography with iPhone made easy 3.30

iLightningCam Lite - real-time lightning photography with iPhone made easy 3.30

...Night Mode improved New in 2.0: Lightning detection highly improved!!! Less false positive detected images! New user interface! Various configuration options! Feedback button! Warning... Read more

3 May, 2012
iLightningCam - real-time lightning photography with iPhone made easy 3.30

iLightningCam - real-time lightning photography with iPhone made easy 3.30

...algorithm Night Mode improvedNew in 2.0: Lightning detection highly improved!!! Less false positive detected images! New user interface! Various configuration options! Feedback button!Warning... Read more

1 May, 2012
Fuzzy Algorithm to Mitigate Risk in the Assignment of Roles in a Wireless Network

Fuzzy Algorithm to Mitigate Risk in the Assignment of Roles in a Wireless Network

...issue to mitigate the risk involved and overcome the false negative and false positive issues involved in assigning the roles. The trapezoidal distribution is defined... Read more

1 March, 2012
A Bayesian Classification on Asset Vulnerability for Real Time Reduction of False Positives in IDs

A Bayesian Classification on Asset Vulnerability for Real Time Reduction of False Positives in IDs

...environment knowledge. Continuous monitoring of alerts to evolve whether, an alert is false positive or not is a major concern. In this paper, the authors... Read more

1 March, 2012

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