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Subject:	Re: Norton flagging as malware
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On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM, James Rome wrote:
> Norton flagged regtool.exe and update-mime-database as malware in your
> latest distribution.
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That is an issue with Norton and their dodgy behavioral scanning.  I
have tried to get them to make exceptions but they won't do it.

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda

Robert Pendell
shinji AT elite-systems DOT org
CAcert Assurer
"A perfect world is one of chaos."

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