Tag: false positive
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Tough weekend for AV giants as FPs and DNS issues hit
Trend false alert cripples users’ systems, Sophos sites taken out by DNS mixup. Two of the larger security firms, Trend Micro and Sophos , had a busy weekend cleaning up after troubles hit them on Friday. Trend Micro released a pair of signature updates which led to its products erroneously identifying several Windows system files…
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NOD32 alerts on suspect adverts
False positive reveals sneaky techniques used in ads. ESET ‘s NOD32 product was updated several times in close succession over the weekend, as false positives were introduced flagging some JavaScript-based web advertising as the JS/Tivso trojan, and rapid adjustments were made to correct the false alarms. The incident, besides showing some very speedy response times…
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Symantec sued for false positive
Chinese FP issue leads to court case. A Chinese lawyer has begun court proceedings against security firm Symantec , claiming damages as a result of the widely-publicised false positive the product raised against a vital Windows component two weeks ago. Speculation about possible compensation payments has been in the air ever since the incident, which…
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Norton FP trashes Chinese systems
Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China. A serious false positive, caused by an erroneous update to Symantec ‘s Norton Anti-virus product range issued late last week, has left thousands of Chinese computers in an unusable state. Updates released on Thursday 17 May led the Symantec security software, including Norton Internet Security…