Chapter 15 Unified Threat Management for FortiOS 5.0 : AntiVirus : Antivirus concepts : Antivirus techniques : Heuristics
  
Heuristics
After an incoming file has passed the grayware scan, it is subjected to the heuristics scan. The FortiGate heuristic antivirus engine, if enabled, performs tests on the file to detect virus-like behavior or known virus indicators. In this way, heuristic scanning may detect new viruses, but may also produce some false positive results. You configure heuristics from the CLI.