X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B9C3563.703@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:01:23 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin & Virus References: <53b627ea1003131626t2fbc23f1r794a25b0fec5188c@mail.gmail.com> In-reply-to: <53b627ea1003131626t2fbc23f1r794a25b0fec5188c@mail.gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 On 3/13/2010 7:26 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote: > Hi, > Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment. > What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by > virus ? Very low. If you have a virus checker that's pointing at a Cygwin utility as a virus, I'd recommend running that reported virus-infected file against at least a few other checkers before drawing any firm conclusions. FWIW, there has never been a confirmed virus from any Cygwin utility installed via 'setup.exe'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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