A false positive scan occurs when the target responds with incorrect error codes, such as returning a 200 OK instead of a 404 when a file does not exist.
This results in an overwhelming number of false positives.
In such cases, it becomes impossible to scan the target and obtain accurate output.
The large volume of false positives can overwhelm the Penetrator's CPU and hard disk. For this reason, from the next firmware, the Penetrator to interrupt such scans.
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