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First posted on 10 July 2009.
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Explanation :
When a legitimate file is detected as infected by an antivirus product, it is called a "false positive" or a "false alarm".
Additional DetailsFalse positives sometimes occur in every antivirus product because of the complexity of present-day malware and file compression/protection utilities that are used on both malware and legitimate software.
If you encounter a false positive, please submit a sample of it for testing and verification, specifying that you are submitting a false positive. Any additional information such as the origin of the file, scanning report file, and false positive detection name will help to resolve the issue more quickly.
Exclusion Instructions
If you are certain that the file detected is a legitimate application file, you can exclude it from scanning.
Instructions for:
• F-Secure Internet Security 2009
• F-Secure Internet Security 2008
• F-Secure Internet Security 2007
• F-Secure Internet Security 2006
If additional instructions are required, please consult the Product Manual for your version of F-Secure.
False Positive Notices
• Trojan.Win32.Hrup.a
Certain Sybase files are detected as Trojan.Win32.Hrup.a from database version 2009-05-27_02. The issue was resolved with database version 2009-05-27_09.
Sybase databases are possibly not affected before the database is restarted.
Any Sybase files detected as Hrup.a should not be quarantined or deleted. Exclude such files from real-time scanning. See the links above for details.
Internet Security 2008, Internet Security 2009, and Client Security 8 should automatically exclude this detection with database version 2009-05-27_04.Last update 10 July 2009
