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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny_Fox" data-source="post: 905236" data-attributes="member: 82776">[USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER] Well that definition nails what i tried to explain. In that context (maybe installing extensions from Google store and apps from Windows store) when they don&#039;t install software by themselves, what is the relevance of False Positives in regard to downloaded (executable files).Since Microsoft started co-signing drivers, I never have had any false positives of hardware related drivers. Some monitoring and management software of hardware vendors is not signed, but inmy experience blocking them due to false positives isues with Windows Defender on Max, does not seem to cause any problems.As posted earlier my girlfriend&#039;s laptop and my PC have WD on Max for nearly two years now. The only reason I run WD on High for my relatives is your warning it could cause FP&#039;s on vendors software. The only FP&#039;s which might interfer with average user experience are FP blocks on URL&#039;s. This might cause&nbsp; users to delay purchases or websites visits, how damaging is that? Near zero IMO, so I repeate my earlier statement FP&#039;s are not (very)relevant to average PC users.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lenny_Fox, post: 905236, member: 82776"] [USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER] Well that definition nails what i tried to explain. In that context (maybe installing extensions from Google store and apps from Windows store) when they don't install software by themselves, what is the relevance of False Positives in regard to downloaded (executable files). Since Microsoft started co-signing drivers, I never have had any false positives of hardware related drivers. Some monitoring and management software of hardware vendors is not signed, but inmy experience blocking them due to false positives isues with Windows Defender on Max, does not seem to cause any problems. As posted earlier my girlfriend's laptop and my PC have WD on Max for nearly two years now. The only reason I run WD on High for my relatives is your warning it could cause FP's on vendors software. The only FP's which might interfer with average user experience are FP blocks on URL's. This might cause users to delay purchases or websites visits, how damaging is that? Near zero IMO, so I repeate my earlier statement FP's are not (very)relevant to average PC users. [/QUOTE]

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