Comments on: False Positives Is A Common Problem In Todays Antivirus Software

By: web guy

web guy — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:25:16 +0000

Trend micro is driving me nuts they think that any website that does not use a static ip address is malicious, so if you are on a shared host with out an dedicated ip address your site will be listed as malicious

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:40:29 +0000

AV companies should be liable for the damage that false positives cause to other companies that put clean software in good faith out there!

this is outrageous, and I personally advise everyone against those AVs with highest false positive rate.

By: newguy

newguy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:53:08 +0000

stonehenge, Many here have praised the Kaspersky. I think its worth of looking for. I use F-Secure Internet Security 2010, but I’m thinking of moving to Kaspersky when my license runs out.

By: stonehenge

stonehenge — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:59:39 +0000

i will agree to all of you guys… so, which AV is the best? currently i’m using AVG internet security V9.0… pls comment…

By: nikhil sinha

nikhil sinha — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:35:57 +0000

please share wid us the false-positives problm solver tecnique..

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:55:51 +0000

The Trend Micro OfficeScan at work finds false positives all the time. What is worse is that my fellow IT workers do not seem to understand the concept of “false positive”. They believe that if Trend Micro says it may be a virus that it is and must be removed. It is very annoying.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:05:58 +0000

Great advice – i have lots of false positives, but i have taken the time to research these files, find them in process explorer and a range of file managers etc. When i am using certain files i know are safe i turn off my defense – or when i am not sure i take logical steps to locate the process, and see what it is.

I use the full Avira which i have used for a long time, i also use Comodo and Counter spy depending on the P.c/Laptop I’m using. They work well together on Vista and win 7 7100.

I play alot of games and i always have issues with the network or even .exe itself. I am forever telling people to use you own head and not let the p.c dictate to you. Look at the file extensions, locate them via properties or process explorer etc.

I don’t use some anti virus products because they will remove files without asking, very annoying restoring them.

Cheers.