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RE: Virus report in cygwin
- To: Peter Buckley <peter dot buckley at cportcorp dot com>, "'Nathaniel at booktailor dot com'" <Nathaniel at booktailor dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: RE: Virus report in cygwin
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 13:52:30 -0400
At 01:35 PM 8/3/2001, Peter Buckley wrote:
>Try another anti-virus program. McAfee is
>famous for its false positives
>on .tar.gz files. Don't worry, 99 to 1 odds
>(or better) that there is no virus in the
>file. Maybe this should be a faq? Maybe it
>is in the faq already?
Yup.
The README says I should turn off anti-virus software. Isn't that dangerous?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC10
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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