false trigger

[PreciousRoy0]

Hello

I am having problems with false posetives. when i connect as shown here https://learn.adafruit.com/using-an-infrared-library/hardware-needed
i keep getting random messages multiple times a second. I thought it was maybe noise but even if i cover the whole sensor it still registers.

Decoded Unknown(0): Value:0 Adrs:0 (0 bits) 
Raw samples(2): Gap:410
  Head: m65534  s4574

Extent=4572
Mark  min:32767	 max:0
Space min:32767	 max:0

Decoded Unknown(0): Value:0 Adrs:0 (0 bits) 
Raw samples(2): Gap:4290
  Head: m70  s4574

Extent=4644
Mark  min:32767	 max:0
Space min:32767	 max:0

any idea why it is doing this?
note: i know it works because if i point a remote it does decode messages correctly