20 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > False positive
False positive
A false positive error occurs when anti-virus software wrongly claims that a virus is infecting a clean file. False positives usually occur when the string chosen for a given virus signature is also present in another program. Also see: false negative.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Software
- Category: Anti virus
- Company: McAfee
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Natural environment Category: Water
Biocide
A chemical that is toxic to microrganisms. Biocides are often used to eliminate bacteria and other single-cell organisms from water.
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Timmwilson
0
Terms
22
Blossaries
6
Followers
Best American Cartoons of the 90's
Category: History 2 7 Terms
7 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- General architecture(562)
- Bridges(147)
- Castles(114)
- Landscape design(94)
- Architecture contemporaine(73)
- Skyscrapers(32)
Architecture(1050) Terms
- American culture(1308)
- Popular culture(211)
- General culture(150)
- People(80)
Culture(1749) Terms
- Journalism(537)
- Newspaper(79)
- Investigative journalism(44)
News service(660) Terms
- Poker(470)
- Chess(315)
- Bingo(205)
- Consoles(165)
- Computer games(126)
- Gaming accessories(9)