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False positives can be more than just annoying.
Repeated warnings that are erroneous cause the same effect as the boy who cried wolf . If too many false positives occur, when a legitimate warning is presented, users may disregard it. For this reason, it is important to determine the reason for the false positive. This can usually be accomplished by sending the offending file to the antivirus vendor's virus laboratory for analysis. Some users claim that behavior blocking results in too many false positives.