When the ALARM SYSTEM is triggered without an obvious cause (intruder, fire, etc.). Equipment malfunction (due to environmental factors or outright failure), or user error are the common causes of FALSE ALARMS.
Heuristic scans, used to detect new and previously undiscovered viruses, will often give off a lot of false alarms or flags. The novice user may think that a flag during a heuristic scan indicates a virus. In most cases it is just a false alarm but worth checking out nonetheless.
A situation were an alarm signal is triggered without any intrusion attempt . Some causes of this are user error (accounts for over 80%) , telephone line trouble and equipment malfunction.
An alarm signal which results in a police dispatch without the presence of a true hazard. False alarms can be caused by subscriber error, telephone line faults, equipment malfunction, environmental interference and operator error. Close Glossary Window
an alarm to which the responding officer finds no evidence or situation requiring a response by a police officer
an alarm when the cause is unknown and an intrusion is therefore possible, but a determination after the fact indicates no intrusion was attempted
An alarm signal that does not represent a dangerous or unwanted condition, usually caused by some fault or problem in the system.
An alarm given with malicious intent or without reason.
An alarm for which no fire existed or for which the Fire Department response was unnecessary or due to accidental operation of fire alarm devices or a malicious act.
Alarming an EAS system with a tag that has not been deactivated.
Improper detection of a clean file. Heuristic and generic detection methods can protect users from threats, which have not even been discovered yet. However, these detection techniques can also lead to false detections, or false alarms.
An alarm signal causing a response by police or fire when a situation requiring a response did not exist at or about the time of the response. The burden of proving that such an alarm signal was not a false alarm shall be on the alarm user. Category: Police
Improper malware detection of a clean file. For example, heuristic and generic detection methods can protect users from threats that have not yet been discovered. However, these detection techniques can also lead to false detections, or false positives.
A false alarm is when an alarm is triggered after an incorrect service check, even though there is no error. Reasons for an inaccurate check could be network fluctuation or contact congestion so that a time out occurs. To prevent this from happening, ServerGuard24 performs repeat checks.
An alarm generated internal to the sensor equipment, for which the specific cause is unknown. Some causes of this are user error (accounts for over 80%) , telephone line trouble and equipment malfunction.
A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the phony report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic and/or bringing resources (such as fire engines) to a place where they are not needed. Over time, repeated false alarms in a certain area may cause occupants to start to ignore all alarms, knowing that each time it will likely be a fake. The concept of this can be traced at least as far back as Aesop's story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, where many episodes of a boy falsely yelling "wolf" caused the townspeople to ignore his cries when a real wolf came.
False Alarm is The Bronx's third released single and the second off their debut album. The single was released on July 5, 2004 and features both the title track False Alarm as well as a cover version of a Neil Young track, The Needle & The Damage Done.
