X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Gmane User Subject: Re: Exclude cygwin folder from malware scans? Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:06:37 -0500 Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Fred Ma wrote: > After some surfing, I haven't found any evidence of malware targetting > cygwin. I'm considering excluding the massive file tree from scans > (AV, SpyBot, AdAware). I'd be interested in more experienced opinions > about this. Thanks. Thanks for your response. In summary, the likelihood of malware targeting cygwin explicitly is low, but there are occassional precedents for continuing to scan the sizable cygwin directory tree. I guess I'll be disciplined and do a 3-day rotational schedule, launching each of the 3 malware scanners at the end of the day. Thanks, all. Fred -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/