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A false positive does not mean that at all. "False" as in wrong, bad or incorrect. "Positive" as in passed test or (in this case) detection. It is an incorrect detection. Trend has fouled up. Badly. In the real world Trend would be sued for defamation, but in the soft world there is no such thing. A shame. (Not quite where you got "imprecise calibration" as a definition there....).
I'm a molecular biologist. For example, when you falsely test "positive" for a certain virus, it's usually because of the way the test (e.g., ELISA, Western Blot, etc.) was calibrated. It's apparently a bad analogy to my problem. J> The details on the culprit (found in the Registry) read:
J> HKU\S-1-5-21-3126995848-1559877500-2177672217-1005-SOFTWARE\RIT\THEBAT!\ Perfect. The registry key TB uses for its own private GUID. Why on earth should Trend take any notice? The only spying going on here is by Trend. Having and using a registry key for configuration and setup data is certainly no indication of malware. Yes, some malware uses the registry. So does a lot of other (probably most) software. Some joker has told trend that this registry key is an indication of malware infection. Tosh.
I'll contact Trend tomorrow and see what they have to say. J> However, I'm still uncomfortable with the idea that The Bat! may be
J> spying on me. Your discomfort is entirely unnecessary. The Bat! does not spy. Never has. Never will. Nor does The Bat! collaborate with spies and goes out of its way to ensure it never will. Trend has alarmed you for no reason whatsoever.
Okay. Thanks for the feedback. I hope that you are suitably reassured by this. I do recommend that
you now contact Trend and make twice the amount of noise there as you have here, since the fault is all theirs. You can even copy the text of this message to them if you feel it may help. At least their support service is getting paid to offer advice, unlike us poor souls here!
I didn't know that my voicing of my concern here (with just *one* post) would be considered "noise." I'll try to be more "quiet" the next time. Maybe less than 4-5 words. PS: I apologize for the previous top posting. I'm forced to use my web-based Google Mail account for the the time being, and Google makes it easy to do things wrong. PPS: To everyone else who offered help and reassurances...please accept my thanks! It was much appreciated. -- Joe ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.80.06 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
