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Do virus scanners need to get stupid again?

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Renegade:
Just installed some banking software... Got a false positive... Sigh...

Bamse:
Last week PrevX decided to change opinion about Nirsofts tools. Previously they have said they are all white listed since most exe-flies can be misused so no need to jump on little Nirsoft. FPs suck, even more with PrevX, but I don't really believe anyone is haunted by them. Even Emsisoft is fairly ok these days. You can collect enough evidence proving that is too optimistic, most have horrible stories of mistaking even system files, but in the bigger picture you still ignore number of users vs. problems parameter. So blown out of proportion but also true that most security companies do not care that much about what they estimate/sense is only relevant to minority http://blog.nirsoft.net/2009/05/17/antivirus-companies-cause-a-big-headache-to-small-developers/ In other words they suck :) Much is fixed by a "possible unwanted program" type of tickbox btw. On the other hand to get closer to 100% idiot proof security that should be ticked! Can't look bad in stupid AV-test. How it is.

Avira most likely have paid helpers, in one way or another, but expect similar from all populated forums serving a product. They can do more harm that good, get too eager.

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