False Positives

2009 September 10
by Ilya

Some people think that the false positives are a good thing for a security product. As if it is such suspicious on a harmless object then a malicious one indeed have no chance. However, in reality, the false positives signify that a security vendor simply have no idea of where and how to look for a real threat properly.

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2 Comments leave one →
2009 September 17

Yep, sounds like most security products, in particular “vulnerability management” products, some of which cost 25K USD for the license.

2009 November 27

But definately better to find a false positive now and then than to let escape others. I guess finding every threat without false positives is simply impossible.

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