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Oct 13th, 2008, 9:31pm
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trojan guard what to do
« on: Apr 23rd, 2006, 8:07pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
hi all i have been a long time user of trojan hunter and been very happy with the program. i have to ask though since all these new sigs are being added i have read a lot about fp's so is it better not to let th auto clean for awhile i don't want to lose a inportant file due to a false postive although i have to say i never hear a peep out of trojan hunter.thanks in advance for your advise
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Re: trojan guard what to do
« Reply #1 on: Apr 24th, 2006, 12:13am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Keep in mind that THGuard nor TH Scanner delete files from your system.  They rename and neutralize the file by adding a .tcf extension to the original name.  So you never "loose" a file.  All it takes to recover from a False Positive is to remove the .tcf extension from the file and you are back in business.  
 
False positives can and do occur with any of this type of security program.  This is why quarantine retrieval mechanisms are provided.  Gavin works hard to not generate any false positives during the ruleset creations...as do all the analyst for other security programs.  However, they can and do occur because of the thousands of hardware/software combinations that are active in the world.  
 
In my honest opinion, the risk of damage from a malicious element getting into the system far outweighs the inconvenience of having to remove a .tcf extension should I get hit with an FP.   Wink
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