- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 5th, 2016
Sophos Antivirus Screw-Up Blocks Windows Users from Logging In
Sophos fixes issue by Sunday morning, all is fine now
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 29th, 2016
ESET Fixes NOD32 Update That Flagged All Internet Sites as Infected
ESET rolls out NOD32 virus signature database version 13103 to address all the false positive detections
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 2nd, 2015
Somebody Rated Antivirus Engines Based on the Number of False Positives
A flawed methodology, but interesting results nevertheless
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 11th, 2015
VirusTotal Adds “Trusted Source” Flag to Fight False Positives
Google gets huge software developers to share catalogue
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 16th, 2015
Companies Spend $1.27 Million on False Positive Cyber Security Alerts
Too much time is spent investigating irrelevant alerts
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 24th, 2013
Verizon Certificate Revocation Lists Website Mistaken for Phishing Site
Several anti-phishing services flag public-trust.com as a phish
- Software Blog
- By Bogdan Popa
- March 15th, 2013
AVG Anti-Virus Breaks Down Windows XP Due to False Positive
The application incorrectly identified a Windows system file as Trojan
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 14th, 2012
AVG Detects JavaScript Obfuscation on Panasonic Australia Blog (Updated)
We have requested the security firm to check if the detection is accurate
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 11th, 2012
Google Chrome Identifies Malware on Phys.org
It's uncertain what triggered the warning message
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 15th, 2012
Google.com Appointed as Malware by Microsoft Security Essentials
Another false positive causes panic among Microsoft's customers
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 27th, 2011
Avira Anti-Virus Detects Itself as Trojan
False positives are not uncommon for security product vendors
- Security
- By Marius Oiaga
- October 3rd, 2011
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 Updated to Resolve Chrome False Positive
Users need to apply signature versions 1.113.672.0 by refreshing MSE
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 19th, 2011
ESET Nod32 Blocks Facebook Image Attachments
Something is wrong with the latest virus definition update
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 11th, 2011
Bad Sophos Definition Flags Google Analytics as Malicious
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- April 12th, 2011
Legitimate Websites Blocked Due to Buggy avast! Definitions Update
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- March 31st, 2011
Samsung Denies Accusations of Installing Keyloggers on Laptops
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- November 19th, 2010
