Well you have to use a bit of logic and common sense to work out, for example, that an installation package from a well known company, is unlikely to contain malicious code. You can't tell from an antivirus programme, unless you installed another antivirus programme and scanned it, that a file is not infected even though the antivirus package says it is. On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:05:33 -0500, "Lois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > How do you know when it is a false positive, ? > > Lois > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christopher Hallsworth > To: blind-computing @jaws-users.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:16 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about AVG > > > David, this is probably a false positive, meaning AVG thinks that the > file is infected when in fact it isn't. False negatives can happen too, > and these are more dangerous, as this would mean that AVG couldn't pick > up a file that has been infected! Hope that helps. False positives you > can just ignore. > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:31:44 -0400, "David & Patricia Ferrin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > What does it actually do when claiming to heal a file? All of a sudden > > today it wants to heal the installation file for sygate personal > > firewall. I have had this thing sitting on here for years already but > > today AVG wants to heal it. It is not effecting the program as it has > > been installed for a long time, this is only referring to the source file > > that is sitting on the web site which by the way is perfectly fine > > completely unaffected at all. > > David Ferrin > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > > http://www.blind-computing.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > > or body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > > following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Christopher Hallsworth > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype name chrishallsworth7266 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christopher Hallsworth E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype name chrishallsworth7266 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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