X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <53b627ea1003131626t2fbc23f1r794a25b0fec5188c@mail.gmail.com> References: <53b627ea1003131626t2fbc23f1r794a25b0fec5188c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:42:52 +1300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin & Virus From: David Antliff To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 13:26, Karthik Balaguru wrote: > Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment. > What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by > virus ? Hello Karthik, I don't entirely understand your question - are you asking whether a Windows virus infection can affect files manipulated by Cygwin on that same system? I would imagine the answer is yes if Cygwin is using standard OS facilities to read/write files. Or are you asking about viruses targeted at Cygwin specifically? Or are you asking about the vulnerability of Cygwin to Linux-targeted viruses (of which there aren't very many)? -- David. -- 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