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bill107 | 20:02 Tue 20th Dec 2005 | Technology
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What is meant by false positives?

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One case is when you are told that there is a virus when there isn't one!

One of my anti-spyware programs is Spyware Eliminator, and for weeks two variants of the dreaded CoolWebSearch kept showing up and refused to go. It was found to be a 'false positive' by the customer support who tracked down SpywareGuard as the incompatible culprit.

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