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Date: | Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:26:15 -0400 |
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Subject: | Re: Cygwin setup.exe flagged by AVG as high level security threat because of Win32.AirCrack.c |
From: | "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed AT gmail DOT com> |
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Martin N Brampton wrote: > I cannot find any reference to AirCrack anywhere in documentation directly > related to Cygwin. Unless you got a bad copy of cygwin from a disreputable site, that someone has inserted a virus into, it doesn't contain aircrack or any other malware. It is most likely just a false positive match from the virus checker, which is not an uncommon occurrence. See http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.virus. -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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