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Is it better to set the resident shield sensitivity to "high"?
« on: March 23, 2009, 10:25:10 PM »
If I set it to high, do I run the risk of getting false positives?
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Re: Is it better to set the resident shield sensitivity to "high"?
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2009, 10:30:35 PM »
No more so that set to Normal as the sensitivity relates to what files are scanned and when, High basically scans more files on creation/modification, including those files not normally considered a risk. This can have a performance hit on your system depending on its specs, I have had the standard shield set to Normal for 5 years.

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Re: Is it better to set the resident shield sensitivity to "high"?
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2009, 10:32:55 PM »
No, the false positives are not the problem here.
Normal is the best level balance between protection and protection. High could overkill your computer (in some configurations).
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