Cisco Firesight IDS signatures identified as Malware when scanned by Windows Defender

[SpeedGoat97]

My organizations policy is to virus scan files prior to placing them into our labs. Cisco Firesight IDS signatures are being identified/quarantined by windows defender as malware when scanned. Emails with Cisco support indicates that the issue is a false positive. We are looking for confirmation from the Microsoft Windows Defender support team to verify this.

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