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False positives with CloudFlare

I just noticed that at least one of our users was flagged as a false positive. It appears her recorded IP was shared by several users within a short timeframe, and it also appears the IP is coming from CloudFlare. Just one hour before this user tried to create an account, the same profile (IP + browser type—chrome on android) was flagged for vulnerability probing. I just found the WP Cerber article (https://wpcerber.com/cloudflare-and-wordpress-cerber/) describing how we should set "I am behind a reverse proxy" to true in the settings, and I have done so. Will this take care of this issue? Should I also turn on the wp-cerber cloudflare add-on (https://wpcerber.com/cloudflare-add-on-wp-cerber/)? There are warnings about installing the add-on, and I don't want to do anything that will adversely affect more users...
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Cerber Security, Antispam & Malware Scan
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Cerber Security, Antispam & Malware Scan
Gregory M.
GM
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First of all, you have to make sure that WP Cerber detects IP addresses correctly. Otherwise, it cannot protect your website and can cause issues with legit access to your website. Installing our Cloudflare add-on is optional. If you install and activate it, you need to make sure that your legit customers have no issues with access to your website. The Cloudflare add-on is an additional security layer that makes access control more restrictive than it is with just WP Cerber installed.
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