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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 904969" data-attributes="member: 32260">So they cannot be average.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />But seriously, the false positives are not only related to blocked executables:&quot;False Positive (False Alarm) Test ResultThe false-alarm test in the Real-World Protection Test consists of two parts: wrongly blocked domains (while browsing) and wrongly blocked files (while downloading/installing). It is necessary to test both scenarios because testing only one of the two above cases could penalize products that focus mainly on one type of protection method, either URL filtering or on-access/behaviour/reputation-based file protection.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 904969, member: 32260"] So they cannot be average.:) But seriously, the false positives are not only related to blocked executables: "[SIZE=6][B][I]False Positive (False Alarm) Test Result[/I][/B][/SIZE] [I]The false-alarm test in the Real-World Protection Test consists of two parts: wrongly blocked domains (while browsing) and wrongly blocked files (while downloading/installing). It is necessary to test both scenarios because testing only one of the two above cases could penalize products that focus mainly on one type of protection method, either URL filtering or on-access/behaviour/reputation-based file protection.[/I]" [/QUOTE]

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